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Boston lawmakers are considering cutting $18 million from law enforcement in their budget amendments, drawing outrage from the head of a Boston police union.
Nearly two months have gone by with three of four new councilors not speaking on issues raised at Boston City Council meetings due to a quirky tradition that largely bars new members from talking before delivering their maiden speech.
Less than one-fifth of Boston’s electorate trickled to the polls on Tuesday to pick a new crop of city councillors in an election that will bring a marked shift in the personnel and dynamics to the 13-member body. The new faces will include John FitzGerald, who posted a decisive victory over Joel Richards in the race to succeed Frank Baker as the District 3 councillor.
The improvements to Dorchester Avenue’s Ryan Playground took three years from the design phase to the construction fences coming down a few weeks ago, and cost $1.4 million. The wait, and the money, seemed worth it to the shouting kids who crowded around as Mayor Wu and other elected officials cut the ribbon last Thursday (July 20). The renovation produced a half-court for
By the end of this year, Centre Street in West Roxbury will be transformed. Whether that transformation will be for the better is a topic of debate that has deeply polarized the neighborhood for four years.