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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden held a town hall-style meeting at the Codman Square Health Center’s Black Box Theater last Wednesday (June 11) where about 50 people heard him talk about ...

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 Trustees of Reservations have announced that Nathan Hutto, the organization’s current chief people and culture officer, has been named its chief operating officer. He had been serving an interim ...

DaRosa is one of three challengers who made the ballot to challenge Mayor Wu, with Josh Kraft, son of Patriots owner Robert Kraft, and East Boston resident Robert Capucci being the other two. The four ...