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Today, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced he has signed an Executive Order creating the Veteran-Owned Small Business Development Initiative, aimed at increasing participation of veteran owned small...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced a partnership with playlocal.com that will create a first-of-its-kind platform allowing Boston's tennis players to reserve courts online and find similarly...
Boston was selected as one of the first 10 cities to implement the initiative.
The Boston School Committee tonight unanimously ratified a contract with Dr. Tommy Chang to serve as the next Superintendent of the Boston Public Schools (BPS). The five-year contract will take effect...
The City deploys a new address search tool for online permitting.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that both Standard and Poor's Rating Service and Moody's Investor's Services have affirmed Boston's AAA bond rating, the highest possible credit rating a City can...
A poster exhibit showcasing Wentworth student curatorial concepts for a digital/virtual house museum will be placed in the Mayor’s Neighborhood Gallery.
Today Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the launch of CEASE Boston (Cities Empowered Against Sexual Exploitation), a chapter of the CEASE Network, a collaboration of 11 pioneering cities committed to...
Today, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the City of Boston signed on to the Freedom to Marry Brief, in support of marriage equality for same-sex couples. In 2014 the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals held that...
In honor of Women’s History Month, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today joined the Office of Arts & Culture and the Office of Women’s Advancement in launching Lift/Women PowerLifters. This art display will...
You are invited to cheer on 26 Boston youth from across Boston as they compete in Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) annual Citywide Spelling Bee on Saturday, March 21st at 10:30 a.m.! The Bee...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced today that he has selected East Boston resident Claudia Correa as East Boston’s Neighborhood Liaison. The Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS) encourages...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today addressed the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, laying out what the future of Boston could look like, recognizing the challenges facing Boston, and discussing how Boston's...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today thanked the Boston Main Streets Foundation (BMSF) for awarding a total of $22,500 to five Boston Main Streets Districts. Through these grants, BMSF, which provides...
Too Good for Drugs is a new school-based drug prevention program designed to reduce the use of alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs.
The Boston School Committee tonight voted to select Dr. Tommy Chang as the final candidate for the Superintendent of Boston Public Schools. "I want to congratulate and welcome Dr. Tommy Chang as...
Today Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that 137 organizations and institutions supporting arts and culture in the City of Boston were awarded $303,476 by the Boston Cultural Council (BCC). The grant...
At his January State of the City Address, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the creation of StartHub, a regional program to support the startup community and help entrepreneurs grow their ideas and...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today filed a Home Rule Petition to raise the amount of fines that can be levied for snow infractions against property owners, and increase the cap on fines for these offenses to...
"With the passing of Leonard Nimoy, we have not only lost a talented actor, but a proud product of Boston’s neighborhoods and English High School," said Mayor Martin J. Walsh. "Mr. Nimoy never forgot...
The Boston Public Works Department today announced that posted residential street sweeping will be postponed in neighborhoods with March street sweeping until streets are cleared to the curb and...
The Central Library, Charlestown, Faneuil and West Roxbury branches to host.
"We are pleased that the FCC has voted to preserve an open internet and the right to build community broadband networks. Strong rules supporting an open internet protect broadband consumers and...
Today Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that the Public Works Department will begin removing space savers starting Monday, March 2, during regularly scheduled neighborhood trash collection.
These two awards recognize residents and businesses helping Boston achieve its climate and cycling goals.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced today a critical revision to the Joinder Agreement between the City of Boston and the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) that removes any language that had the...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced today the City of Boston will hold the second HubHacks event on Saturday, March 14, 2015, inviting the community to work together to create data visualizations that...
The Mayor's Office of Economic Development created the game to support local businesses following the historic amount of snow this winter.
