Vrabel is the author of “A People’s History of the New Boston,” a fact-laden look at the important neighborhood stories and organizing issues during the1960’s, 70’s, and 80’s. He also published “When ...

Lawmakers reflected on the significance of Juneteenth Wednesday, promising that Massachusetts will fight for and support Black Americans facing headwinds from new federal challenges.

While the construction work is now well underway to renovate White Stadium for use by Boston public school students and a women’s professional soccer team, city officials are hustling to get local ...

Juneteenth falls on Thursday this week. The June 19 holiday commemorates the day in 1865 when Union troops arrived in Texas to spread the news of the end of slavery in the United States. The ...

The owners of the Murphy Funeral Home on Dorchester Avenue filed plans with city officials on June 17 to re-develop their parking lot into a four-story building with 22 units of housing and ground ...

It was the “frugality” piece that gained them neighborhood credibility. Elisa shared that they salvaged lumber from several wooden “shacks” that occupied a then- vacant lot on Bowdoin Street where the ...

The Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers (MAMLEO) will build a new facility on the site of its long-time headquarters at 61 Columbia Rd. near Blue Hill Ave. The group ...

I proposed ten questions to ask candidates for mayor of Boston in candidate forums. Those questions relate to challenges facing city neighborhoods that are regularly discussed at civic and ...

The City of Boston’s GrowBoston office and the Trustees of Reservations joined neighbors to re-open the Julian, Judson and Dean (JJD) community garden on May 24 after a refurbishing project.

Save the Harbor/Save the Bay is partnering with researchers and state officials to study why water quality dipped in those areas. Mancini said it could be due to variability in the timing of tests, ...

Officials are putting more definition on possible new tweaks to the admissions policy for the city’s highly coveted public exam schools. A report presented at the Boston School Committee meeting on ...

Their locations are crucial, Isaacson said. The museum chooses public spaces where all sorts of people walk by. The Winthrop ...