By: Bennet Johnson
Boston is a sports town. And not just any ordinary sports town, but it is the best sports city in America. What’s remarkable is that Boston views itself as different, special-perhaps even better than others.
Metro, Column
COLUMN: Sounds of the City
By: Ryan Towey
Walk down a city street and you hear three things-a mother telling her son to come back here right now, a businessman saying he will be there in five minutes, and music.
Metro, Food
South End’s Coppa Offers Italian Food and a Local Feel
By: Maggie Powers
Tucked away off Shawmut Ave. in the South End, Coppa offers a neighborhood feel that is difficult to come by in most of Boston.
Metro, Politics
Walsh Reveals Plans For New, Streamlined Cabinet
By: Bennet Johnson
Last week, Walsh met with a group of the city’s top officials to discuss reorganizing Boston’s city government. Although all formal details were kept from the public eye, Walsh recently released his official plan to restructure his cabinet in order to meet his plan of efficiency and collaboration within the Mayor’s office.
Metro, Boston
Homelessness Data Released by Walsh
By: Gus Merrell
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, WCAS ’09, discussed and released the findings of the 34th Annual Homeless Census at the Long Island Shelter on Jan. 31.
Metro
‘Repeal the Casino Deal’ Prepares for Legal Action
By: Tricia Tiedt
John Ribiero is chairman of Repeal the Casino Deal (RTCD), a group of citizens who have banded together to stop casinos from coming to Massachusetts
Metro
Design Museum Boston Hosts Speakers Throughout the City
By: Sarah Moore
Design Museum Boston is giving the city a creative way to wake up. As one of the museum’s most successful events, Design Museum Mornings bring local movers and shakers together over breakfast once every month for an atypical Friday morning.
Metro, Column
COLUMN: The Beauty of Taking the B Line
By: Sarah Moore
After the combined hour and a half I spent barely clinging to a ceiling bar in a dimly lit, B Line car on Monday, I have decided that the train Boston College students love to hate is a beautiful thing.
Metro
U.S. To Seek Death Penalty For Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
By: Ryan Towey
U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. today authorized the pursuit of the death penalty in the case of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tsarnaev is accused of detonating two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon last April.
Metro
Collegiate Round-up
By: Maggie Maretz
Highlights and news stories from other colleges in the Boston area, including BU, Harvard, MIT, and Northeastern.
