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An advertisement for Garbage to Garden, Inc.’s free food waste collection program is displayed on the T. The program is increasing its advertising and outreach efforts to increase participation in the service. PHOTO BY ALEXANDRA RUANE

Boston expands outreach efforts for Curbside Food Waste Collection program

Alexandra Ruane February 5, 2025
The City of Boston launched new advertisements on public transit to promote its free curbside food waste collection service.
OVRDRV

Dance showcase ‘OVRDRV’ brings Boston collegiate dance troupes, professional dancers to BU

Melina Nguyen November 15, 2022
Boston-based dance group Unofficial Project put on their annual hip hop showcase at BU on Saturday.
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley celebrating her congressional victory in 2018.

PREVIEW: Meet the 2021 Commencement ceremony speakers

Daily Free Press Staff May 13, 2021
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Moderna founder Noubar Afeyan are among this year's speakers.
The City of Boston has hired Black-owned communications companies Proverb and Colette Phillips Communications for a racially inclusive tourism campaign aimed at welcoming people of color to the City. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Bostonians skeptical about City’s upcoming campaign to promote tourist diversity

Rin Velasco November 9, 2020
The campaign will feature minority-owned businesses and organizations, as well as advertise Boston’s arts and entertainment sectors to help the local economy recover from the pandemic. 
 Guilford Jones, former professor in Boston University’s Department of Chemistry, passed away on July 10 from Parkinson’s Disease. COURTESY OF JASON JONES

Guilford Jones, BU professor of almost four decades, dies

Alex LaSalvia September 17, 2019
Guilford Jones, who taught chemistry at Boston University for 38 years, died on July 10 after battling Parkinson’s Disease for 15 years. He was 75.
Boston University’s BUild Lab during its preparation for its annual Idea Conference on March 2. Current students will come to speak about their experiences creating businesses with hopes of inspiring their peers. SOPHIE PARK/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Students, staff prepare for BUild Lab’s Idea Conference

Jennifer Suryadjaja February 21, 2019
In a one-day conference focusing on innovation and entrepreneurship, the Boston University BUild Lab IDG Capital Student Innovation Center is hosting its second annual Idea Conference on March 2.
Boston University’s College of Communication. Boston has been named the ninth best city out of 180 in the nation for finding a job in 2019, according to a WalletHub Report.
MEGHANA PATNANA/ DFP FILE

Boston ranks in top 10 cities for finding a job

Amelia Griffiths February 12, 2019
A WalletHub report ranked Beantown as the ninth best city out of 180 in the nation for finding a job in 2019.
SooBeen Lee performs Monday at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum’s Calderwood Hall. COURTESY OF KAITLYN RIGGIO

Violin prodigy SooBeen Lee makes Boston debut with performance at Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Kaitlyn Riggio February 1, 2019
“Korea’s hottest violin prodigy” made her Boston debut Sunday with a performance at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
The Crossroads C5 Leaders group received money from the Boston Police Youth Development Fund Grant. The Fund gives each recipient $25,000 to help provide resources and support to youth communities. COURTESY OF CROSSROADS

Boston youth organizations receive funding from City

Mia Cathell November 30, 2018
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner William Gross announced Tuesday the recipients of the Boston Police Department’s $500,000 Youth Development Fund.
Chairman Steven J. Hoffman and the Cannabis Control Commission met Thursday to discuss granting final licenses to six dispensaries. MIA CATHELL/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

CCC grants final licenses to several Massachusetts dispensaries

Mia Cathell November 2, 2018
The Cannabis Control Commission held a public meeting in Downtown Boston Thursday to determine approvals of license applications for the cultivation, manufacturing, transport and sale of recreational marijuana.
The Department of Public Health reports a decrease in opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts. PHOTO BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Massachusetts opioid-related deaths decrease in 2017

Shaun Robinson November 17, 2017

Opioid-related deaths in Massachusetts have dropped by about 10 percent in the first nine months of 2017 in comparison to the same time frame in 2016. In a third quarter report, the Massachusetts...

The Mass Marijuana Summit Wednesday morning featured a panel discussion on Massachusetts legalization at the Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Center. PHOTO BY LILIAN LI/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Experts discuss up-and-coming cannabis industry in Massachusetts

Sarika Ram November 16, 2017

  The Massachusetts Marijuana Summit brought together various government officials, legal experts and entrepreneurs to address concerns and opportunities for approximately 200 people involved...

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