Widett Circle News Today

A young man tussles with a mad cow, someone steals the chief constable's hat, and other odd tales that were reported in the Boston Globe in 1872.

The $2 billion-plus South Station expansion, which would add up to 10 tracks to the existing 13, has been sidelined in part because the postal service showed no sign of budging.

The company will move its production facility to Andover, though about 750 corporate jobs will stay at Fort Point headquarters.

If Boston Mayor Michelle Wu wants “a temporary new approach” to alleviate the Mass and Cass drug and homeless nightmare, she should consider utilizing Fenway Park.

Wu called the campaign to establish a recovery campus at Widett Circle an “incredible effort,” but said it was “not formed with significant public health expertise” and currently lacks funding.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu was cool Monday to the idea that Widett Circle could be used as a recovery campus to help address persistent drug<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/wu-widett-circle-recovery-campus-idea-not-feasible/">Read More</a>

“It’s not something that, for me, seems feasible within the city’s purview,” Wu said during her monthly appearance on WBUR’s “Radio Boston.”

As municipal elections begin, we asked readers about the issues that matter most to them. Here’s what they said.

The city is implementing a newly adopted plan for the Newmarket neighborhood, aiming to preserve industrial uses that could have been wiped away otherwise.

Under a new proposal, dozens of temporary pallet houses would be built at Widett Circle to support residents recover from substance use.