Before every practice, the coaches would split up and walk their practice field at Clifford Park in Roxbury to pick up needles from the grass. The conditions have become so dire that the Boston Bengals made the decision to merge with another Pop Warner program — the Brookline Jamaica Plain Patriots — so they don’t have to play at their practice field anymore. Continue reading →
Vaccine mandates among employers and mask mandates in schools are widely popular in Boston, a new poll shows, a promising sign of consensus at a time when COVID-19 restrictions and vaccine rules remain highly divisive issues in other parts of the country. Continue reading →
With days left before Boston’s mayoral preliminary election, a pair of debates this week loom large in the crowded and increasingly heated race. Continue reading →
Legislators said they have watched in dismay as the state has fallen woefully behind on a mandate in the climate bill to switch 100,000 homes a year off fossil fuels this decade, noting that a big hurdle appears to be the state’s own energy efficiency program. Continue reading →
In addition to the power problems, more than half of the gas stations in two major cities were without fuel more than a week after Hurricane Ida slammed into Louisiana. Continue reading →
The trip gave Biden another opportunity to demonstrate his commitment to the federal government’s storm response and to build support for an infrastructure package that he has promised would help safeguard against future storms. Continue reading →
Mexico’s supreme court voted Tuesday to decriminalize abortion, a striking step in a country with one of the world’s largest Catholic populations and a decision that contrasts with tighter restrictions introduced across the border in Texas. Continue reading →
The Taliban announced a caretaker government on Tuesday, taking a major step in reestablishing their Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan and empowering many of the movement’s stalwarts from their regime in the 1990s. Continue reading →
A powerful earthquake struck near the Pacific resort city of Acapulco on Tuesday night, killing at least one person and causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City hundreds of kilometers away. Continue reading →
Before every practice, the coaches would split up and walk their practice field at Clifford Park in Roxbury to pick up needles from the grass. The conditions have become so dire that the Boston Bengals made the decision to merge with another Pop Warner program — the Brookline Jamaica Plain Patriots — so they don’t have to play at their practice field anymore. Continue reading →
The couple was arraigned Tuesday in connection with the June death of 17-year-old Alonzo J. Polk IV, who was pulled from a pool at their Dedham home during a high school graduation party before succumbing to his injuries days later. Continue reading →
The race for mayor in Boston has entered its tense final stretch in the preliminary election, and the gloves have decisively come off as the candidates vie to be one of the two hopefuls to move on. Continue reading →
With preliminary mayoral election drawing near, City Councilor Michelle Wu is garnering support from big names in Boston's business world, though Janey and Campbell have lots of fans too. Continue reading →
He will become chief legal and external affairs director at Devoted Health, a Medicare Advantage provider founded four years ago by brothers Ed and Todd Park. Continue reading →
The 245-foot-long charter boat and oyster bar will host one-on-one battles between celebrated street dancers from Boston and beyond. Continue reading →
The new policy, which goes into effect Sept. 28, is similar to requirements already in place at Harvard University and a variety of area performing arts organizations. Continue reading →
I’m here to argue for perpetual ice cream season. If the length of the lines I’ve waited in recently are any indication, many New Englanders are on board. Continue reading →
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