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The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority plans to restructure the Massachusetts Turnpike. PHOTO BY JOHN KAVOURIS/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MBTA plans structural improvements in Allston

Sabrina Schnur November 29, 2017

The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is planning an improvement project aimed to restructure the Massachusetts Turnpike in Allston, an effort which would straighten streets, build more parks...

Consul General of Sweden in New York Leif Pagrotsky and other Nordic ambassadors meet with the New England Council Thursday afternoon. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Nordic ambassadors discuss benefits of trade, sustainability

Sabrina Schnur November 10, 2017

The New England Council hosted a luncheon Thursday on the economic relationships between New England and Nordic countries to discuss what factors have made Nordic economies so successful. Sixty-five...

School of Law Dean Maureen O'Rourke will step down from her position after 14 years. PHOTO BY BRIAN SONG/ DFP FILE PHOTO

School of Law dean to step down at end of year

Alana Levene October 24, 2017

Boston University School of Law Dean Maureen O’Rourke will step down from her post at the end of the 2017-18 academic year after 14 years of leading the law school. O’Rourke — who joined the...

Opioid overdoses in the United States have been shown to shorten lifespans by two and a half months. PHOTO BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Recent study attributes national drop in life expectancy to opioid overdose

Sabrina Schnur September 26, 2017

Opioid overdoses are responsible for an approximate two-and-a-half month decrease in national life expectancy in the last 15 years. The numbers for this change in life expectancy are likely an underestimate,...

One thousand five hundred staff members at Boston Logan International Airport receive little to no emergency training. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Proposed bill looks to fill gaps in Logan Airport security

Sabrina Schnur September 22, 2017

  Major security loopholes have come to light at Boston Logan International Airport, prompting city officials and airport staff to push for preventative legislation Wednesday, according to...

Food for Activists serves food donated from local restaurants to protesters at the Labor Day Rally on Sept. 4. PHOTO COURTESY AXEL SIMON

Fueling the fight – Food for Activists feeds local rally-goers

Sabrina Schnur September 20, 2017

Being a social activist is not easy — it requires coordination, passion and endurance. Boston Food for Activists is a group dedicated to assisting activists with that last requirement  — keeping...

Mayor Martin Walsh cuts the ribbon to new Freedom House education facility at Grove Hall Library Sept. 16. PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF BOSTON

Freedom House educational facility opens new location in Grove Hall Library

Sabrina Schnur September 19, 2017

  Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and chief operating officer Tyler Seever of Freedom House opened the nonprofit’s newest location at the Grove Hall branch of the Boston Public Library Saturday,...

The City of Boston releases $13 million for affordable housing units as part of the Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030 plan. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

City allocates $13 million to affordable housing units

Sabrina Schnur September 18, 2017

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced the beginning of the release of $13 million, which is allocated for affordable housing projects in accordance with the Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030 plan,...

Staff of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center at Logan airport before flying to Florida to provide medical support for evacuees. PHOTO COURTESY BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS CENTER

Massachusetts sends support to Floridians battered by Irma

Sabrina Schnur September 13, 2017

In the wake of Hurricane Irma, various organizations in Massachusetts have sent emergency teams to aid Floridians struggling in the storm’s aftermath. Eversource, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical...

Cambridge, Newton, Somerville and Watertown were labeled “high-risk” for the West Nile virus by the Massachusetts Department of Health on Thursday. COURTESY OF PIXABAY

Year’s first West Nile Virus case reported in Massachusetts

Sabrina Schnur September 13, 2017

A resident of Bristol County was confirmed Friday to have contracted West Nile virus, marking the first human case in Massachusetts this year, according to the press release from the Massachusetts...

The award-winning, Boston-based artist Silvia Lopez Chavez is commissioned to paint the first public mural on the Esplanade. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

First public mural opens on Charles River Esplanade

Sabrina Schnur September 8, 2017

  The Esplanade Association is set to unveil the first public mural on the Charles River Esplanade next week. The Esplanade Association commissioned Now and There, a nonprofit dedicated to...

One of the workshops that many women claim have helped them secure higher salaries, “Gaining Ground on Equal Pay: Empowering Boston’s Women Through Salary Negotiation Workshops,” was held Thursday evening at the Jamaica Plain Branch Library. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Report finds City’s salary negotiation workshops help women address gender inequalities

Breanne Kovatch September 8, 2017

  A year after Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of Women’s Advancement and the American Association of University Women teamed up to offer salary negotiation workshops in a program called Work...

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