The USPS presented a plan Wednesday that would avoid closing some of the rural post offices and instead, reduce the hours of 13,000 rural post offices across the country.
Five states and the District of Columbia offer a full gamut of rights to gay people, according to The Guardian.
City Councilor Mike Ross said Charles Street on Beacon Hill is an example of a business district where retail is being strangled by too many street-level banks.
The controversial program, which is intended to help catch undocumented immigrants, has been in effect in Boston since 2008.
The Boston City Council's weekly meeting was short on time, as councilors rehashed redistricting districts.
Don't forget to pay your quarterly tax bill this week.
Universal Hub reports that City Councilor Mike Ross has a plan to catch motorists who blow past stopped E-Line trolleys and endanger T riders.
Plus information on the continuing decrease in federal funding for affordable housing.
Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was among the mayors who visited JP as part of work on the U.S. Conference of Mayors Food Policy Task Force.
Jamaica Plain was able to show off its local food system on Thursday as mayors from as far away as Louisiana took tours and ate lunch.
Hundreds of concerned citizens took to the streets of the Financial District Tuesday to protest "tax-dodging" corporations.
JP District Councilor Matt O'Malley ran in the 2012 Boston Marathon and recorded his last 200 yards.
JP's District Councilor "encouraged and impressed with Mayor Menino's FY 2013 budget proposal."
The new rule bans clerks from earning money for performing marriages during workdays.
The I-Team at WBZ reports that "week after week," Clerk Magistrate Maura Hennigan, a well-known JP resident, takes walks and campaigns instead of being at the courthouse.
The council unanimously approved a resolution urging the legislature to reject a "Stand Your Ground" style bill currently in the senate.
Among the direct effects on JP transit users, a Wednesday decision by the T ends the 48 Bus starting on July 1.
The MBTA faces a budget deficit heading into the next fiscal year which begins July 1.
On Friday night at the inauguration party of the "unofficial mayor of West Roxbury," a man was seen taking photos of U.S. Senator Scott Brown every step he took, which attracted the attention of a Boston Police deputy.
Two Boston City Councilors who represent JP have filed a resolution opposing a bill in the legislature that would bring to Massachusetts the "Stand Your Ground" law at the center of the killing of Trayvon Martin.
The president of the Boston Police Patrolman's Association said Commissioner Edward Davis is out of touch with the rank-and-file officers after the union voted unanimously to picket a planned speech this week.
Highlights from the Boston City Council's weekly meeting.
As expected, the 48 Bus (AKA "JP Loop) got the axe. Subway fares will rise to $2.
The MBTA is processing the feedback from its two proposals, and support for the two proposals looks to be low.
“There will be no further discussion on a bridge,” a Transportation Department spokesman told the Gazette.
The City Council resolution urges the Marriott Copley Place to take all necessary actions to ensure that the contracted employees receive fair wages and benefits.
Proceeds will help finance capital projects, including a new library in East Boston, extensive work to the exterior of the Mattahunt School in Mattapan, new fire equipment, and the continued reconstruction of roadways and sidewalks citywide.
Menino also plans to establish a panel of energy experts to investigate cause of the Back Bay fire that sparked widespread power outages. Some areas are still blacked out.
Dr. Jill Stein won the most votes among the handful of Green-Rainbow ballots that were cast in JP precincts last Tuesday.
Efficiencies in choosing which precincts would get Chinese and Vietnamese ballots, plus shifting costs to the state for state ballots, would create the city's savings.
The Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate stopped in JP on Tuesday to talk to people whose homes are in foreclosure.
MBTA Acting GM and CEO of MassDOT write a letter thanking customers for their input and inviting them to stay engaged.
District 6 City Councilor is raising money on behalf of Boston non-profit Project Hope.
Candidates received a total of 557 votes, with former Gov. Mitt Romney taking 54 percent of the vote. That's lower than statewide, where he garnered 72 percent.
A new webpage from the Metropolitan Area Planning Council invites you to show you how you would fill in the budget gap.
The state's Department of Transportation decided not to build a smaller, lower bridge in place of the crumbling Casey Overpass.
City Council passed a resolution calling for a "three strikes" bill working its way through the legislature to let judges keep control over sentencing, among other recommendations.
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney finished Super Tuesday strong, winning four states and leading in two more at by 12 a.m. Wednesday.
Former Gov. Mitt Romney, as expected, won the Bay State's Republican primary, according to the CNN, NBC and the Associated Press.