West-Roxbury News

Missing from the group of pols and volunteers who lined Blue Hill Ave. on Sunday afternoon for Ayanna Pressleya s City Council At-Large bid was the big gun brought in for the weekend before the Nov.

The five-bedroom Tudor-style house at 1652 Centre St. includes a 950-square-foot office legally zoned for commercial use.

MassVOTE confirms one measure of the interest in this year's election in Boston: the highest turnout in a city election since 1993, when Thomas Menino won his first term as mayor.

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Slow at Cathedral HS. At 7:10 not many voters. Almost no one stumping - two people, appropriately across the street this time as well.

But this is a different Boston, a "new Boston." Four years before he ever thought of running for an at-large council seat, Kenneally migrated across town - leaving Westie to settle in the vibrant ethnic stew that is East Boston.

Open Monday - "Thursday, 11:30 am - "2:30 pm and 5 - "9:30 pm; Friday and Saturday, 11:30 am - "2:30 pm and 5 - "10:30 pm; and Sunday, 11 am - "2 pm and 4 - "9 pm AE, DI, MC, VI Full bar Free parking lot accessible from VFW Parkway northbound or from behind Spring Street CafA©; free valet parking Saturday night Street-level access I have to ...

Two years ago, I wrote about how Gregory Glennon, candidate for Allston-Brighton District 9 City Councilor, was so thoroughly unresponsive to attempted contacts by various neighborhood residents .

UBurger , which already sells fresh burgers and hand-cut fries to BU students from two location, plans to open a third outlet on Tremont Street at Temple Place.

When Boston City Councilors Michael Flaherty and Sam Yoon declared their candidacies for mayor many months ago, the duo opened up what is normally a very narrow field for at-large Council candidates.

By Samuel Tsoi All eight candidates vying for Boston's four open at-large city councilor seats participated in the MassVote forum on Tuesday, October 13, hosted at UMass-Boston. Even though September's preliminary election narrowed the crowded field of fifteen down to eight, the candidates remain an impressively dynamic cohort, representing a ...

The two mayoral candidates this week offered a preview of the closing weeks of the campaign as incumbent Thomas Menino defended a record of lower crime during his tenure and a history of fighting foreclosures, while City Councilor At-Large Michael Flaherty hammered the mayor over underperforming schools in the system and City Hall's e-mail deletion ...

Overview: Boston Police are investigating several residential thefts in West Roxbury that occurred in close proximity.

Buried in a press release about "exciting new and expanded programs" for parents this fall in the Boston Public Schools is this nugget: The Superintendent is exploring options to expand elementary school capacity in the West Zone, particularly in West Roxbury, where demand currently exceeds supply.

A power outage at Boston City Hall caused problems with many traffic signals yesterday, turning the rush-hour commute into a crawl for some.

It seems "sign envy" is playing out around town to varying degrees in Roslindale, a neighborhood that abuts Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park and West Roxbury.

Boston City Councillor John Tobin, Jr. tomorrow will file an order asking the city to consider imposing a ban on texting while driving.

Gazette Photo by John Ruch Mayoral candidate Michael Flaherty 9right) and his "running mate" Sam Yoon talk with residents in front of J.P. Licks on Centre Street during a campaign stop on Oct.

You're a "Dexter" fan; my wife's a "Dexter" fan; you're a "Dexter" fan. It's Showtime's most compelling reason to, um, pay for Showtime.

Several BPS principals have shone in the media spotlight recently, as local newspapers have profiled these hard-working school leaders in back-to-school stories.