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Boston Common redesign

City of Boston releases ongoing plan to reconstruct Boston Common

Alicia Hamm October 26, 2022
The Boston Common will be receiving numerous improvements, as revealed in the Boston Common Master Plan announced earlier this month.
East to West: Oct. 22, 2021

East to West: Oct. 22, 2021

Veronica Thompson October 22, 2021

It’s Family and Friends Weekend! Today on East to West, we cover the second Boston mayoral debate, the upcoming Family and Friends Weekend, Boston Halloween events and more. Click here to stream...

Jack-O’-Lanterns. As Boston prepares to celebrate Halloween this year, many residents are opting to get in the spooky spirit with smaller gatherings and parties. LUWA YIN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Halloween festivities creep back into Boston, still more subdued than pre-COVID

Jit Ping Lee October 21, 2021
As we approach Halloween on Oct. 31, the City of Boston is preparing to celebrate the holiday. 
playground at James H. Roberts Park

Allston park renamed to honor Black WWII veteran, City employee

Madison Mercado March 1, 2021
An Allston-Brighton park was formally renamed to memorialize James H. Roberts, a Black WWII veteran, following a 50-year delay in the process brought on by a clerical error.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh named two companies that will execute the City’s Urban Forest Plan last week. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

City selects firms to lead long-term environmental action initiative

Tanisha Bhat February 22, 2021
Mayor Marty Walsh announced the two firms selected to head Boston’s first Urban Forest Plan — a 20-year project focused on protecting the city’s trees, addressing climate change and improving the overall lives of Boston residents.
Boston Parks and Recreation announced Friday it plans to build a dog park in every city neighborhood. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston looks to add dog parks to every neighborhood

Isabella Abraham February 10, 2021
Residents pushed for a dog area in West Roxbury's Millennium Park. Currently, there are four official BPRD dog recreation spaces out of 24 City-recognized neighborhoods — none lie south of Dorchester.
Heather and Tony Sampson, residents of Dundee, Nova Scotia, stand by the tree they are donating to the City of Boston as part of a yearly tradition to thank Massachusetts for its aid to the Canadian province after the Halifax Explosion of 1917. COURTESY OF HEATHER AND TONY SAMPSON

2020 Christmas tree lands in Boston Common from Nova Scotia

Allison Pirog November 11, 2020
The Canadian province of Nova Scotia gives Boston a free Christmas tree every year as a thank-you for the aid Massachusetts provided after the Halifax Explosion of 1917.
Boston’s official Christmas tree in the Boston Common, which arrived from Nova Scotia Tuesday morning. CAROLINE FERNANDEZ/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston’s official Christmas tree travels 659 miles from Nova Scotia

Lincoln Son Currie November 20, 2019
Boston's official Christmas tree came as a gift from Nova Scotia, delivered Tuesday morning. The city has a century-old history of friendship with the Canadian province.
Strong winds blow through Boston

Strong winds blow through Boston

Haley Lerner February 26, 2019
Strong winds hit Boston Monday, with wind speeds predicted to be as high as 20 to 30 mph and gusts up to 50 mph hitting the city through 4 a.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service.
A flyer advertising Resist Marxism’s Rally for the Republic on Nov. 18 is ripped outside of Boston City Hall. PHOTO BY LEXI PEERY/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Resist Marxism plans free speech rally without permit

Hannah Schoenbaum November 3, 2017

An anti-Marxist organization announced its plans Friday to proceed with its free speech rally at the Boston Common, scheduled for Nov. 18, despite not being granted the necessary permit. City officials...

The Justine Mee Liff Park opens Friday afternoon at the Back Bay Fens as part of the Muddy River Restoration Project. PHOTO BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Justine Mee Liff Park opens as part of restoration effort

Abigail Freeman April 26, 2017

Justine Mee Liff Park opened Friday afternoon as the first part of the Muddy River Restoration Project, which is an effort to address flood control and environmental issues through restoration work,...

Mayor Menino expected to sign smoking ban in public parks

Daily Free Press Admin December 4, 2013

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is expected to sign an ordinance in the coming weeks voted on by the Boston City Council that would ban smoking in all public parks owned by the City of Boston. Nick Martin,...

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