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August 1, 2014 - Boston, MA - StepStone Hospitality is proud to announce that the Ames Boston Hotel, one of the company's premiere hotels, has been named 'Boston's Best Hotel for 2014' by Boston Magazine's Best of Boston issue which highlights the very best the city has to offer.

As we've said before, Uniqlo is coming to Boston in a big way , and now they've tapped two local notables to star in their upcoming fall campaign.

Boston Public Library's collections can be easily accessed from home, a local coffee shop, or even the beach.

A Boston man is being held on $50,000 cash bail after an early morning scuffle with a police officer caused the officer's gun to fire, authorities said Thursday.

Marquis Smith, 23, was held without bail Thursday after being arrested Wednesday for allegedly shooting to death Daniel P. Taylor, 23, on Feb. 23 near the intersection of Boston and Howell streets, the Suffolk District Attorney's Office said.

A Boston-area mosquito pool tested positive for West Nile Virus, health officials said on Thursday.

One of the jurors in the Probation Department corruption trial has lashed back at Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh for what he called "reckless" comments defending political patronage on Beacon Hill, saying the mayor failed to recognize the charges the jury was considering.

Select areas of Boston will receive 75 liquor licenses over the next three years after a Massachusetts joint committee approved an economic development bill on Wednesday night.

The city of Boston is seeking a buyer for four connected parcels in Mattapan that could be the city's latest apartment complex.

For just over 60 years, the Freedom Trail has topped Boston's most popular tourist attractions.

Johnny Depp got a visit from his fiance Amber Heard while filming the adaptation of "Black Mass" in Lynn on July 21. Live palm tress were planted in the sand of Revere Beach to transform the area into Miami Beach on July 8. A scene from the movie "Black Mass" will be filmed there for the next several days.

The sound of an orchestra, swelling from a boom box, filled the Paul Revere Mall in the North End one recent Saturday afternoon.

Casting has been announced for the Boston engagement of Disney's The Lion King .

Coast Guard investigators are looking into what caused a Boston whale-watching boat to venture into restricted waters, where it became entangled on a floating cable and forced 163 passengers to spend Monday night at sea.

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It's more than two years away, but charter-school advocates are already eyeing the 2016 ballot after the state Senate dealt a blow earlier this summer to the movement to expand enrollment in charter schools in Massachusetts.

The fire began at around 8 a.m. and was being fought near the rear of 102 Webster St. and 309 Sumner St., according to fire officials.

Crews responded at 8:35 a.m. to the rear of 102 Webster St. and 309 Sumner St. in East Boston for a building fire.

A powerful fire ripped into three buildings in East Boston this morning, sending a large plume of smoke above the city's skyline and leading Boston Fire Commissioner Joseph E. Finn to take command of the six-alarm blaze which was brought under control in an hour.

Each year, first responders from Boston Emergency Medical Services and other public safety agencies respond to a wide variety of medical emergencies and public safety issues on Massachusetts' largest transportation system, the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's subways, buses and stations.