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A nine-member citizen panel will oversee a portion of the city budget.

On an ancient hill in Dorchester, all signs pointed to the future Monday when city officials broke ground on what is only Boston’s second new fire station in 40 years. The new Meetinghouse Hill Fire Station got underway late last year with construction crews blasting away at solid ledge rock for several weeks. Work is now underway on the station’s foundation. With that

Education and school buildings comprised a hefty portion of Mayor Michelle Wu’s 2023 State of the City address, and one key piece involves a collaboration between Boston Public Schools (BPS) and Dorchester’s UMass Boston. In her speech, Mayor Wu outlined a pilot program for Fenway High School students to be able to take a “Year 13” after graduation to work towards a college

As some members of city council push to return police to Boston Public Schools, others fear it might cause more harm than good.

Four members of the Boston City Council who have been pushing for police officers and metal detectors in schools sent a letter to Superintendent Mary Skipper...

A Monday morning brawl among eighth graders at Boston Latin Academy that left one student injured prompted four Boston city councillors to fire off a second letter to BPS Supt. Mary Skipper this week. The same group of councillors wrote a similar letter on Jan. 6. In the Jan. 23 letter, Councillors Erin Murphy, Michael Flaherty, Frank Baker, and Council President Ed Flynn note

Barstool Sports celebrated its title sponsorship of the Arizona Bowl with a tailgate party featuring food by the likes of Si Charro, Howler Head and...

The Boston City Council on Wednesday filed over 40 motions, orders and resolutions that will shape the body's hearing calendar and agenda as it moves into the new year. Among them are orders to establish a climate change curriculum in Boston Public Schools, put up contraception and menstrual product vending machines throughout the city, and to diversify Boston's cannabis

Councilors pointed to hundreds of instances of bullying and assault within the district as reason for a hearing.

Elected officials, religious leaders, and the public weighed in during the designated time for comment on Pine Street Inn’s proposal to convert the Comfort Inn on Morrissey Boulevard in Neponset into permanent supportive housing for formerly homeless people. The period for feedback on the controversial project, which remains under review by the Boston Planning and Development