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A student bikes down Commonwealth Avenue. Mayor Michelle Wu introduced “Better Bike Lanes” in September 2022, an initiative to make biking in Boston safer, but within the last two years, there have been 582 crashes involving bicycles, according to city records. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘I’m going to get killed’: Boston cyclists stress need for better bike infrastructure

Nicole Abrams December 6, 2024
The Daily Free Press investigated how many bike crashes happen in Boston, what streets and neighborhoods are the most dangerous for cyclists and what advocates say need to change.
Boston City Hall. The Boston City Council Ways and Means Committee discussed the creation of a Boston Development fund to compliment Mayor Michelle Wu’s $100 million proposal to expand affordable housing. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

City Council Ways and Means Committee discusses Boston homeownership improvements

Elizabeth Mehler November 13, 2024
Boston City Council Ways and Means Committee held a hearing on docket #1002, the creation of a Boston Development Fund in the planning department, on Wednesday at City Hall Plaza. 
Raine Wang, a College of Arts and Science sophomore, catches her hat as the wind knocks it off her head and her umbrella inverts. Boston University’s Charles River, Fenway and Medical Campuses closed for a snow day on Tuesday after Mayor Wu declared a snow emergency, causing public schools and universities in the Boston area to close. ANDREW BURKE-STEVENSON/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Snow-where to be found: Boston University snow day met with lack of snow 

Megan Amato February 14, 2024
Boston University adhered to the snow emergency Boston Mayor Michelle announced Monday evening, where she canceled classes for public schools in Boston. Both Northeastern University and Tufts University canceled class. Despite forecasts, BU’s snow day had very little snow fall.
Storm Total Snowfall Forecast Boston Tuesday February 13

BU closes campus following forecasted winter storm

Andrew Burke-Stevenson February 12, 2024
Boston University closes campus after a winter storm is predicted.
Mayor Wu standing behiind a podium and speaking

Gallery: Mayor Michelle Wu delivers her first State of the City address

Andrew Burke-Stevenson January 27, 2023

Mayor Michelle Wu delivered Boston’s State of the City address on Wednesday, her first since being elected. Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and Attorney General Andrea Campbell were also in attendance. ...

Smaran Ramidi | Senior Graphic Artist

Politics may be personal, but political figures have a right to privacy | EDITORIAL

Editors October 31, 2022
One offering certain aspects of their life to the spotlight doesn’t posit the entirety of their personhood for public consumption or response.
boston marathon 2022

126th Boston Marathon brings energy, community back to Patriots’ Day

Daily Free Press Staff April 19, 2022
More than 28,000 runners from all 50 states raced from Hopkinton to Boston for the 126th Boston Marathon this Monday.
A residential street in Boston. A new ordinance that limits protests in residential areas will prevent “targeted picketing” from the hours of 9 p.m. to 9 a.m. ALICE LEE/DFP STAFF

Tiered fines introduced for residential protesting

Bella Ramirez April 7, 2022
The Boston City Council passed an anti-picketing ordinance by a 9-4 vote March 30.
North End Outdoor Dining

North End restaurateurs shun Wu’s outdoor dining compromise

Seamus Webster April 1, 2022
Mayor Wu proposed a compromise Tuesday for the $7,500 outdoor dining fee on North End restaurants.
Boston LGBTQ+ initiative

Mayor Michelle Wu announces new LGBTQ+ Advancement office

Jennifer Small March 29, 2022
Mayor Wu launched a new office that will focus on advocacy, equity and empowerment of Boston’s LGBTQ+ community.
north end outdoor dining

North End restaurants band together to oppose new $7,500 outdoor dining fee

Ruhika Ponda March 24, 2022
In response to community complaints about narrow streets, North End restaurants must pay a $7,500 fee to participate in the outdoor dining program.
Anti Vax lawsuit

Plaintiffs seek $6 million each from City of Boston after alleged damages caused by indoor vaccine mandate

Bella Ramirez March 14, 2022
Plaintiffs requested $6 million each for damages caused by the indoor vaccine mandate.
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