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Parade participants cheer from a duck boat on Causeway Street. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Celebrators crowd Boston streets for the Celtics’ victory parade

Lauren Albano June 24, 2024
In celebration of the Boston Celtics claiming their 18th championship in the NBA Finals last Monday, the City of Boston put on its Rolling Rally victory parade.
The site of the Allston Square Redevelopment Project. The program, which plans to construct 342 new housing units, has yet to receive proper funding. JOY KIM/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

‘A Boston-wide problem’: Allston square development project remains work in progress amidst lack of funding

George Lehman April 16, 2024
A plan to develop Allston square, announced in February 2018, has not broken ground as it awaits funding from bank lenders. 
Students use bike lanes on Commonwealth Avenue on Thursday. New separated bike lanes will be installed on Cambridge Street at the beginning of next year as a part of Cambridge’s new Safety Improvement Project. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Cambridge hosts open house to discuss bike safety project with community

Abigail Hassan December 1, 2023
Organizations and residents in Cambridge reacted to a new Safety Improvement Project announced on Nov. 14 aiming to install separated bike lanes on Cambridge Street at the beginning of 2024. 
XR die in

Die-In Protesters Stop Traffic and Demand Climate Action at Government Center

Macie Parker September 26, 2022
Extinction Rebellion Protestors protested in the streets of Boston on Sept. 20 for more climate change action. More protests from the organization followed.
A construction worker walks along a steel girder put in place for the construction of the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge. The Bridge will undergo the second phase of its renovation this summer. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/DFP FILE PHOTO

Dates of summer Commonwealth Avenue bridge construction announced

Armand Manoukian April 25, 2018
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced Monday that it will continue construction on the Commonwealth Avenue Bridge for 15 and a half days starting in July.

City Crime Logs: March 22–23

Eleanor Ho March 28, 2018
The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from March 22-23.
Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation hosts a public meeting Tuesday night on the Massachusetts turnpike at the Jackson Mann Community School and Council Inc. in Allston. PHOTO BY SYDNEY MAES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Delays in Allston public transit construction receive community backlash

Jordan Kimmel December 6, 2017

Many Boston residents voiced dissatisfaction with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s Massachusetts Pike billion-dollar project on Tuesday night at a public meeting hosted by Allston...

City Crime Logs: Nov. 27

City Crime Logs: Nov. 27

Kaylie Felsberg November 30, 2017

The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Nov. 27. Missing person report on Richardson Street An officer responded to a radio call at 5:10 a.m. on...

HAGERTY: Kombucha: what the heck is it!?

HAGERTY: Kombucha: what the heck is it!?

Grace Hagerty September 20, 2017

I first heard of kombucha in the spring of my senior year of high school. My friend Mary Anne drank it in our English class. She was a vegan, which at the time was incredibly edgy, especially considering...

Crime logs: Jan. 13-15

Crime logs: Jan. 13-15

Miguel Hernández Mercado January 18, 2017

The following reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Jan. 13-15. By Miguel Hernández Mercado Wallet stolen from Questrom A female student reported on...

The Mass Pike Allston Reconstruction Meeting held at Jackson/Mann K-8 School Tuesday night discussed the state’s plans to reform the I-90 turnpike, which may affect the community of Allston. PHOTO BY JAKE FRIEDLAND/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Allston residents speak about impact of reconstruction

Amanda Kaufman December 9, 2015

Living with the impact of reconstruction on Allston, residents gathered at a public meeting Tuesday at the Jackson/Mann K-8 School to gain input from the community and officials. The meeting, hosted...

Paramedics respond to a stabbing at the corner of Linden Street and Cambridge Street in Allston Saturday night. PHOTO BY AMANDA BURKE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Man stabbed in Allston, expected to pull through

J.D. Capelouto June 21, 2015

An Allston resident is expected to survive after being stabbed Saturday night, a Boston Police Department official said. BPD spokesman Stephen McNulty said officers responded to reports of a stabbing...

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