The first day of Passover happened rather unceremoniously in the 2 Boylston St. alley. Grape juice and paper seder plates bordered a dinner table thrown together with copies of Emerson College’s student newspaper, sprawled long across the brick ground.
A vote to receive federal funding for the Boston Regional Intelligence Center was passed by city council last Wednesday, despite concerns raised by civilian justice organizations and councilors that the surveillance effort disproportionately monitors people of color. Nearly half of the city council voted no on the increase in funding.
This week’s crime logs include larceny, assault and battery, a gas and chemical event, threats, harassment, a person with a weapon, a fight, noise complaints, a well being check and a suspicious person.
This week’s crime logs include two false threats, a suspicious & unwanted person, elevator entrapment, a suspicious vehicle, a person with weapon, a group disturbance, larceny, a suspicious package, other service request and a fight in progress.
Boston’s mayor-elect Michelle Wu, who made history as the first woman and person of color to be elected to the position, will officially take office Tuesday, and students at Boston University expressed...
Politicians should provide actual treatment options for people with substance abuse issues rather than removing essential resources that mean life and death for the residents of the Methadone Mile.
