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City of Boston plans to install electric vehicle charging stations for every neighborhood

Casey Choung • March 3, 2023

According to a Boston Transportation Department spokesperson, electric vehicle charging stations will be posted in every neighborhood by this year, with charging stations to be installed in Allston, Dorchester, Hyde Park and Roslindale.

Students express disapproval as new Kenmore Square building slowly covers iconic BU Citgo sign

Madhri Yehiya • October 21, 2021

60-foot-by-60-foot sign no longer fully visible from a distance in the west direction along Comm Ave.

Cannabis delivery licenses on the way for Boston dispensaries

Isabella Abraham • April 27, 2021

Boston must site at least 52 recreational cannabis dispensaries, according to state law.

Boston Design Week returns virtually after last-minute cancellation last year

Jesús Marrero Suárez • April 16, 2021

The 12-day festival celebrating the role of design in everyday life will return April 28.

EDITORIAL: Boston Police’s overtime budget is out of control, in desperate need of fewer officers, reallocation

Editors • April 15, 2021

We must stop spending hundreds of millions paying the criminals, abusers and killers who “protect” us.

Janey announces programs aimed at tackling city contract inequity

Sam Trottenberg • April 12, 2021

The new Boston Contracting Opportunity Fund will grant up to $15,000 to companies looking to bid.

Master Plan hatched for Allston-Brighton

Greye Dunn • April 12, 2021

Activists said the City Council failed to protect residents against rent hikes and gentrification.

EDITORIAL: All Inclusive Boston will help create equitable tourism, but the city’s reputation cannot be restored without addressing its racism

Editors • April 7, 2021

Boston remains unwelcoming to the vast majority of its residents, regardless of how we market it.

East to West: Mar. 29, 2021

Justin Tang • March 29, 2021

Content Warning. This episode contains mention of sexual assault. Jenga Building floods! Today on East to West, we cover a water main breaking on a BU construction site and its campus-wide effects,...

Mayor Kim Janey sworn in as Boston’s first woman, first Black Mayor

Anna Stjernquist • March 26, 2021

Janey noted racial and economic disparities difficulties “laid bare” by the COVID-19 pandemic.

MLK, Coretta Scott King memorial planned for Boston Common

Olga Benacerraf • March 25, 2021

Installation of the abstracted bronze figure is expected to take place in October of 2022.

Boston moves into modified Phase Four of reopening plan

Isabella Abraham • March 24, 2021

The move comes with increased citywide vaccinations and a decrease in new COVID-19 cases.