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BU mourns custodians’ deaths in the wake of COVID-19

Nick Kolev March 11, 2021
When Boston University custodians Juber Lopez and José Ferreira died in January due to complications from COVID-19, it was a loss for the whole BU community.
On Wednesday, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced the state would provide free COVID-19 testing sites in eight cities seeing higher numbers of positive cases, as part of efforts to help control the spread of the virus. COURTESY OF U.S. ARMY STAFF SGT. MARY JUNELL VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Baker provides free testing in eight cities

Kyla Denisevich July 11, 2020
Chelsea, Everett, Fall River, Lawrence, Lowell, Lynn, Marlborough and New Bedford will have free testing sites from July 10 to August 14.
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.
Campus crime logs: 2/28

Campus crime logs: 2/28

Mia Cathell February 27, 2019
Reports were taken from the Boston University Police Department crime logs from Feb. 21–25.
Donald Trump's supporters gather at the Boston Common Saturday afternoon at the end of their mile-long march from the North End. PHOTO BY OLIVIA FALCIGNO/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Trump supporters battle counter-protesters in opposing demonstrations

Alyssa Meyers March 26, 2017

[mediagrid cat="39326"] Citizens across the nation gathered on Saturday for “Make America Great Again” marches to support President Donald Trump, including a group of approximately 100 people participating...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh speaks at the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston on Saturday. He and other mayors in the Boston Area are joining together in the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition to fight climate change. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston-area mayors come together to fight climate change

Nathan Bindseil November 22, 2016

Mayors of 14 municipalities around Greater Boston signed a Climate Mitigation Commitment, which pledges that their communities will collaborate to halt the progress of climate change, according to a...

A Suffolk Superior Court dismissed a suit Thursday from the City of Boston fighting the construction of Wynn Casino in Everett. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Next steps in Wynn casino construction await

Paige Smith December 10, 2015

An attempt by the City of Boston to block construction by Wynn Resorts in a nearby city has reached a standstill as officials consider the next step of legal action. Superior Court Justice Janet...

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