Boston Votes 2012, By the Numbers
Polls open across the city at 7 a.m. on Tuesday and close at 8 p.m., at which point results for Boston will start to trickle in on City Hall’s website (www.cityofboston.gov).So here’s a few numbers,...
View ArticlePolice: Bandit may be targeting passengers leaving Red Line
Boston and MBTA Police are stepping up patrols this week and warning the public after a flurry of street robberies targeting women that may be the work of a single, armed bandit. The incidents have all...
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Tom Menino as mayor of Boston: good; probably great; not perfect
By Peter Kadzis, Special to the Reporter News-fix on Neponset Ave. : Mayor Tom Menino gets his weekly dose of the Reporter at the Mud House, Neponset Ave., 2007. Photo courtesy Mayor's OfficeDiligence,...
View ArticleRemarks from President Obama, Gov. Patrick and Mayor Menino at Interfaith...
Reporter StaffThe following remarks at the ‘Healing Our City’ interfaith service were delivered at the South End’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross. The remarks are in the order they were delivered: Mayor...
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Clayton Street to close this weekend as bridge work continues
Reporter StaffClayton Street — a busy sidestreet between Park and Freeport Streets near Fields Corner— will be closed to traffic this weekend as workers prepare to replace an aging bridge that carries...
View ArticleMeet The Next Mayor on BNN TV
Boston's Race to City Hall12 candidates, each determined to make it through the primary election on September 24, are what remain after 24 sought to win a nomination on the ballot to fill the seat of...
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Short and sweet: Red Line bridge replaced in 3 days
Will Taylor, Special to the ReporterClayton St. bridge: After months of preparation, workers swung a new bridge into place above Clayton Street over the Veterans Day weekend. The new span, pictured...
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Fresh coat for Dot's landmark tank
Julian Escondon, a union painter for the John W. Egan Company, worked on the top of the National Grid rainbow gas tank last month. John Doherty photoA team of union painters have just completed a...
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Former Mayor Thomas Menino dies at 71
Gintautas Dumcius, State House News ServiceThomas M. Menino: He'll be remembered long after the signs come down.Thomas Menino, a self-described "lunch bucket guy" who rose from his roots in Hyde Park...
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Sunday traffic snafu as Beades Bridge gets stuck
Image courtesy Dorchester Yacht ClubRepairs continue after roadway plate got caught on moveable spanThe drawbridge that carries Morrissey Boulevard over the inlet between Dorchester Bay and Savin Hill...
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Brothers pitch a pot shop at Freeport Street property
Katie Trojano, Reporter StaffTwo brothers who run existing businesses in Fields Corner hope to add a cannabis retail shop in a now-vacant office building on Freeport Street to their portfolio. Brian...
View ArticleCourt makes it easier for minority drivers to challenge traffic citation, in...
StaffThe Supreme Judicial Court ruled Thursday that in the absence of state-mandated data on the race and ethnicity of drivers pulled over for traffic stops, minority drivers who feel they were...
View ArticleCourt upholds use of gun as evidence against robbery suspect found walking in...
Reporter StaffThe Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled Tuesday that Boston police officers did nothing wrong when they searched a man walking through Dorchester's Clam Point early one morning right after...
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Morrissey property that includes Lambert's, Puritan Plaza is up for sale
Bill Forry, Executive Editor/PublisherLambert’s Rainbow Market — and the adjacent Puritan Plaza shopping center on Morrissey Boulevard— is on the market.The 3.63 acre property at 777 Morrissey Blvd. is...
View ArticleCourt rules gun found on man walking down a deserted Clam Point road early...
Reporter StaffThe Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that a police officer who stopped David Privette not long after the robbery of a gas station one night in 2018 had enough probable cause to conclude...
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