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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Dorchester Open Streets concludes Open Streets Boston series

Xiaoya Shao September 28, 2022
A two mile strip of the street closed its road for drivers and opened it up for pedestrians to engage with neighbors and friends and support small businesses in Boston.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Gentrification and the Green Line Extension, over 30 years of MBTA mishaps

Editors March 24, 2022
The immigrants, blue-collar workers and middle-class families that make up Somerville are vital to Greater Boston’s dynamic culture, and deserve to know that the City’s development won’t happen at their expense.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Beautiful Boston — to romanticize or not?

Editors February 10, 2022
Every city has its good and bad aspects. If people choose to focus on the good, why should we stop them?
Resident of Methadone Mile, Michael Gavin, who stays in Southampton Street Shelter sits in a wheelchair in front of Best Western Plus Boston Hotel. The blizzard on Jan. 29 closed many businesses’ doors, but Pine Street Inn – one of the shelters that is part of Mayor Michelle Wu’s Mass, and Cass relocation plan – remained open for locals who needed help. KAITO AU/DFP STAFF

Boston works on homelessness resources following historic blizzard

Bella Ramirez February 2, 2022
A homeless shelter will be opening beds and hiring medical staff as part of Mayor Michelle Wu’s plan to relocate unhoused people from the intersection of Mass. and Cass.
Jan. 31, 2022

Jan. 31, 2022

Ellen Maloney January 31, 2022

EPISODE DESCRIPTION We survived the blizzard! Today on East to West, we cover student complaints with Disability Access Services, student concerns over dining hall hygiene, the extension of the Boston...

Mayor Michelle Wu announces $50 million housing equity plan

Wu invests millions into affordable housing

Casey Choung January 28, 2022
Mayor Michelle Wu announced an allocation of $40 million to create 718 affordable housing units across the city of Boston as part of her housing justice plan to reduce housing discrimination.
J.P. Licks’ two new ice cream flavors: “Midnight Munchies” and “Strawberry Lime Red Bull Sorbet.” MOLLY FARRAR/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Were these two new JP Licks flavors a hit?

Daily Free Press Staff October 20, 2021
"Midnight Munchies" and "Strawberry Lime Red Bull Sorbet" hit locations Sept. 20.
Patrons at Club Café in Boston June 2018

LGBTQ+ organizations, bars reflect on importance of queer bars as they reopen

Divya Sood July 1, 2021
Organizations are working to provide community and safe spaces for queer people, especially in the wake of COVID-19.
Buffalo Exchange sign reads "Masks Required!"

Local businesses talk change in policy as state prepares to lift mask mandate

Divya Sood May 26, 2021
Local owners have the option to require masks or not as restrictions loosen across the state.
Mei Mei restaurant's community fridge

Volunteers in the Boston-area create community fridges to fight food insecurity

Jesús Marrero Suárez April 22, 2021
Over a dozen community fridges have popped up in the city since September 2020.
zinneken's food truck on commonwealth avenue

Boston food trucks take to the streets after a difficult 2020

Daniel Kool April 6, 2021
Thirty vendors participated virtually in the City’s 2021 Food Truck Lottery in March.
Basket of gala apples

New community gardens planned for Mattapan, East Boston

Taylor Brokesh March 9, 2021
The pair of gardens will follow two different models of urban farming: one will be a food forest, the other a community farm.
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