Xmas Trees: Gone But Not Forgotten
After standing tall for a month and serving as a major beacon of the holiday season, the year’s Christmas trees are sent to SiteOne Landscape Supply on Boston’s American Legion Highway..

Flu Will Impact Downtown Areas
In light of influenza cases, hospitalizations, and deaths surging sharply over the last two weeks, officials are urging residents to get vaccinated..

South End Loses A Local Treasure
“He was very much a neighborhood, gregarious character. I guess that’s a good word to use. He was definitely a South End character known by lots of people,” said Ted Pietras, who was a good friend of Duffy for 40 years. “And everybody, you know, everybody liked Paul.

Couple Starts FB Page for Back Bay
When Hailey George and Andrew Nosrati moved into their Back Bay apartment this year, one aspect that excited George was the grandiose front stoop..

Two Places Claim Birth of Telephone
Steps from City Hall, almost hidden in a courtyard between the John F. Kennedy Federal Building and Cambridge Street, a nondescript granite marker reads, BIRTHPLACE OF THE FIRST TELEPHONE.

REMEMBER WHEN?
Yes, there was once a time when Government Center did not have the brutalist City Hall monolith and was a viable neighborhood..

Braille Press Spreads Literacy Nationwide
After purchasing the building at 88 Saint Stephen Street in the late 1940s, the nonprofit expanded from a weekly Braille newspaper to a national Braille printing press for textbooks, literature by blind authors, and materials for public signage and private businesses.

Bowker Overpass Is Named For Joe McCarthy Supporter
Every day in Boston, more than 100,000 vehicles drive under the Bowker Overpass, which stretches across the Interstate 90 turnpike and Commonwealth Avenue from Fenway to Storrow Drive.

State Scraps Shattuck Recovery Campus
“The team has worked as planned to refine its proposal based on public feedback, funding availability and other considerations,” the state Executive Office of Health and Human services said in a joint statement with the state’s planning agency and the Boston Medical Center (BMC), which was tapped in 2023 to redevelop the site.

Celebrating A New Year
Dancers from the Chuling Dance Academy on Washington Street helped bring in the new year at Copley Place..

Boston’s Valuation Process Needs Reform
For instance, while the city claims residential valuations rose about 2 percent citywide, communities like the South End saw their home values increased unilaterally by the assessing department by more than 7 percent..