A youth track-and-field club run out of the Melnea A. Cass Recreational Complex for more than a decade is closing on a deal for an alternative practice space after its long-time home turned into a temporary shelter for migrants. Boston United has received an offer to use the Reggie Lewis Center, about a mile away … Read more
The Somerville City Council is requesting President Biden to call for a ceasefire in Gaza but stopped short of endorsing a measure calling for the dismantling of Hamas and the administration of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Somerville became the first city or town in Massachusetts to call for a ceasefire after the City Council … Read more
Forty years ago this month, George K. Regan Jr. opened up a public relations agency focused on crisis communications with three full-time staffers working out of a small condo in the North End. Today, Regan Communications is going as strong as ever, and the founder says he is not backing down from taking controversial positions that … Read more
Maybe it’s Old Man Winter crying and howling because Bill Belichick is leaving. The precipitation just won’t quit this week, as the next storm is set to blast the region from Friday night into Saturday. The potent system will be the third storm to hit the Bay State within a week. The intense storm with … Read more
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu laid out her vision for the upcoming year, making a number of commitments around housing affordability, public education and green initiatives in her second state of the city address on Tuesday. Speaking at the MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Wu described the state of the city as “strong,” highlighting prior efforts … Read more
It was the Zoning Board’s second time in the past year being sued for rejecting a proposed cannabis retailer. Board members denied Sweetspot on High Ridge Road in July before settling a lawsuit with the company last month, allowing the business to open. It was also the third time in the span of a month that … Read more
Is there about to be a run on bread and milk at the grocery store? Forecasters are keeping a close eye on a possible major winter storm that may pound the region with “significant plowable snow” over the weekend. The nor’easter could dump more than 6 inches of snow on parts of Massachusetts, according to … Read more
An Indian-origin couple and their teenage daughter were found dead in their 4-million-pound ($5 million) mansion in Massachusetts, United States, in what is being seen as a possible murder-suicide case. Rakesh Kamal, 57; his wife, Teena; and their daughter, Arianna, 18, were found dead on Thursday in their luxurious mansion located in one of the … Read more
Outgoing Boston City Council President Ed Flynn said he was forced to make difficult decisions as part of his efforts to provide positive leadership during a tumultuous two-year period for a body tarred by its ethical and legal lapses. As he prepares to hand over the gavel to the body’s undetermined new leader, Flynn points … Read more
Outgoing Boston City Council President Ed Flynn defended his father’s “record on race relations” in the wake of criticism that’s been leveled at former Mayor Ray Flynn as part of a new documentary recounting the 1989 Stuart murder. Flynn said that while he hasn’t seen the documentary, a collaboration between HBO and the Boston Globe … Read more
