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Helmet-to-Helmet: Lions dominate, Cowboys cruise and Packers freeze Dolphins in Thanksgiving thrill

Jason Asvestopoulos December 2, 2024
Thanksgiving football did not disappoint this year, despite seemingly uncompetitive matchups. Only two of the six teams in Thursday’s slate had winning records, setting up underwhelming expectations for the day’s games.
95 Everett Street in Allston-Brighton. A new development at 95 Everett Street, which is a part of the 119 Braintree Street project, will receive government funding after Mayor Michelle Wu announced $69 million in funding for affordable housing developments. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

New funding for affordable housing will help development in Allston-Brighton

George Lehman March 26, 2024
New housing developments on 95 Everett Street in Allston-Brighton will receive government funding after Mayor Wu announced $69 million in funding for affordable housing developments throughout Boston on Friday.
A group photo with the Cohort Cup. The Cohort Cup is designed to provide students with an environment to de-stress through events including scavenger hunts, dodgeball and trivia. COURTESY OF L. GEORGE SULAK

Cohort Cup encourages comradery amongst Questrom MBA students by hosting events, spirit weeks

Mia Knezevic February 20, 2023
The organization brings Questrom graduate students together for a break from the competitive business school environment.
East to West: Apr. 12, 2021

East to West: Apr. 12, 2021

Justin Tang April 12, 2021

It’s a special music edition! Today on East to West, we cover activist bands performing at Boston protests, how CFA students and teachers have worked their way around performance restrictions,...

circle of people playing drums

Drum circles bring rhythm, community to Boston residents

Daniel Kool April 8, 2021
Alan Tauber, director of Arlington-based DrumConnection, led a group of three.
An MBTA bus on Commonwealth Avenue. Transportation advocates and planners are pushing to create bus-only lanes in the center of roads and shoulders of highways in and around Boston. CAROLINE FERNANDEZ/ DFP FILE

City considers creating bus lanes running through center of road

Elyse Genrich February 20, 2020
Commuters in Boston may soon be stepping onto their buses from an island in the middle of the street.
Michael Greger, author of “How Not To Die.” A presentation based on Greger’s book was screened in Robbins Library Wednesday. COURTESY OF NUTRITIONFACTS

Community members share healthy living experience through film

Shikhor Wahed February 18, 2020
The screening of physician Michael Greger’s 2016 presentation, “How Not To Die: The Role of Diet in Preventing, Arresting and Reversing Our Top 15 Killers,” took place Wednesday evening in the community room of Robbins Library in Arlington.
The Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library and the National Park Service co-hosted “Sarah’s Long Walk for Equality in Education,” a tribute to 19th-century Bostonian Sarah Roberts to celebrate Black History Month Saturday. COURTESY OF BENJAMIN DOV FREDE

Boston Public Libraries honor Black History Month with tribute to Sarah Roberts

Cameron Morsberger February 5, 2020
The Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library, in coordination with the National Park Service, held an interactive discussion on Saturday called “Sarah’s Long Walk for Equality in Education,” centered around the life of Sarah Roberts, a young black Bostonian whose family sued the city of Boston in 1848 when she was denied adequate, accessible schooling.
Modern Musings: New Yorkers should be enraged about the Amazon deal

Modern Musings: New Yorkers should be enraged about the Amazon deal

Ausma Palmer November 19, 2018

It was officially announced last week that Amazon’s new headquarters — known as HQ2 — will be split between Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia, and Long Island City in the New York borough of Queens....

EDITORIAL: It’s better for Boston that Amazon takes HQ2 elsewhere

EDITORIAL: It’s better for Boston that Amazon takes HQ2 elsewhere

Editors November 13, 2018

Boston has been holdings its breath for months waiting for Amazon to release the winners of its HQ2 contest, determining where its second headquarters will be housed and determining which city is most...

MBTA might bring digital billboards to light

Samantha Day February 13, 2018

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is seeking the addition of street-level digital billboards outside five Boston transit stations that will feature up-to-date arrival times, service updates...

The Mass Marijuana Summit Wednesday morning featured a panel discussion on Massachusetts legalization at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Center. PHOTO BY LILIAN LI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Experts discuss up-and-coming cannabis industry in Massachusetts

Sarika Ram November 16, 2017

  The Massachusetts Marijuana Summit brought together various government officials, legal experts and entrepreneurs to address concerns and opportunities for approximately 200 people involved...

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