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The MBTA: ruining weekends since 1897

The first portion of the subway line that would become the MBTA opened more than 115 years ago, and by the standards of that time, it's doing pretty well ...
Your Town

Menino outlines $1.8 billion, five-year plan for capital improvements across city

(Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff) Mayor Thomas M. Menino today at the proposed site of a handicapped friendly park near Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Charlestown ...
Your Town

Boston OKs building with 104 apartments in growing 'Green District' near Allston, Brookline border

The city’s redevelopment authority board on Thursday evening unanimously approved a developer’s plan to build a 104-unit apartment building in Allston along the same block of Brainerd Road where the company opened a 100-unit apartment building last summer and is preparing to soon finish construction on another 79-unit complex.
Daily Free Press

REVIEW: Green Light for Gatsby

Baz Luhrmann’s new film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s acclaimed classic, The Great Gatsby, is exactly what the title implies: great ...
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MBTA to launch faster, more informative 'T-Alerts' system; old system to be discontinued

The MBTA says riders will soon be able to receive faster, more reliable, and more informative alerts, via text and e-mail, about sudden service delays and disruptions and planned changes.
Boston Globe

Remembering fallen cyclists

The cyclist community is coming together to honor the fallen after a string of tragic deaths in Boston this year ...
Your Town

Medford saxophonist who played with stars to perform for a cause

The show is a celebration of Dyer's new CD and also will be a fund-raiser for The Second Step, a Newton-based comprehensive program for survivors of domestic violence.
Boston Globe
Boston Globe

Developer eyes adding 220 housing units near BU in Allston after nixing plan for Sassoon beauty school

A developer is seeking city approval to expand a two-story building on Commonwealth Avenue in Allston by adding four new floors with 220 residential units and to renovate an existing ground-level retail space ...
Daily Free Press

New Zealand crash: 1 year later

On May 12, 2012, Boston University students completing a semester in New Zealand were involved in a tragic car accident ...
BU News Service

Death Of Russian Lawyer Catalyzes International Whirlwind

By Edward Donga BU News Service On Nov. 16, 2009, Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, 37, died of heart failure in Moscow’s Matrosskaya Tishina Prison, after eight guards alledgedly beat him with rubber batons for more than an hour ...
BU News Service

Election 2012

View highlights from live election night special broadcast, Decision 2012.
BU News Service

Marathon, Bombings

On a day that’s normally joyous as runners cross the Boston Marathon finish line, BU News Service switched from chronicling triumph to reporting a tragedy.
Boston Globe

15th annual 'Child Safety Day' in Allston-Brighton, hosted by Boston Police, will focus on bike safety

The Boston Police Department district serving Allston and Brighton will host its 15th annual ???Child Safety Day??? this month ...
Boston Globe

Allston-Brighton youth craft quilt showing why they don

The Allston-Brighton Substance Abuse Task Force Youth Coalition recently created its own interpretation of the national Above the Influence principles through completion and sharing of a quilt that represents the positive influences that keep them "above the influence ...
Boston Globe

Honor student, 12, killed after being struck by van in Allston

A 12-year-old boy was killed when he was struck by a van in Allston this morning ...
Allston Brighton Newsflash

37 North Beacon plan junked

The 37 North Beacon Street proposal, cars or not, seems to have been junked for good at a Board of Appeal hearing on April 23 ...
Allston Brighton Newsflash

New construction, new candidates

Rob Consalvo, candidate for mayor, and Michelle Wu, candidate for at-large city council, will be speaking at the BAIA meeting this Thursday, May 2 ...
Allston Brighton Newsflash

One dead in Allston fire

A fire this morning at 87 Linden Street in Allston has left one person dead and 15 people injured ...
Boston Globe

Top 10 best locations to live in Mass.

If you were to move to any Massachusetts community, where should you go? We analyzed and ranked each towns crime rateincluding violent and property crime,the number of public transit options, the number of historical sites per resident, the percentage of acres that are open space, and the number of grocery stores ...
Boston Globe

Cheapest places to live in Massachusetts

Here's a slideshow of the 10 towns with the cheapest home values in Massachusetts ...
Boston Globe

Top 10 Most Fun Places to Live in Massachusetts

How fun is your town? We ranked the top 10 most fun communities in Massachusetts by analyzing the number of restaurants, theaters, and museums, using Tripadvisor and other online sources, per population data provided by the US Census ...
Boston Globe

Top 10 towns with best schools in Massachusetts

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Top 10 hipster places in Massachusetts

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Dreamtown Finder: Massachusetts town search calculator

A tool to help you find the ideal Massachusetts communities for your needs ...
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