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In the days and weeks following the 2013 Boston Marathon, a makeshift memorial grew in downtown Boston’s Copley Square. Comprised of thousands of items like flowers, posters, notes, t-shirts, and...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the City has sold general obligation bonds (Series A) via competitive sale at an interest rate of 2.88% to fund $170 million in new capital projects. Seven...
On behalf of Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Felix G. Arroyo, Chief of Health and Human Services, today joined the Mayor’s Office of NewBostonians and the Haiti Fund at the Boston Foundation to launch the...
The exhibition C ity of Neighborhoods: The Changing Face of Boston opens at the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library on Saturday, March 22, with an open house, tours, and...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today kicks off the City's first-ever participatory budgeting process, inviting youth from around Boston to share their ideas for how to spend $1 million in City capital funds...
The PeopleForBikes Green Lane Project has selected Boston as one of six new U.S. cities to join its intensive two-year program to build protected bike lanes. Boston will receive financial, strategic...
In his first address to the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today unveiled a series of commitments to make Boston a world-class, international city. The Mayor spoke of efforts...
Today, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the selection of a search firm to identify the permanent Commissioner of the Boston Fire Department. FACETS management consulting firm has been retained by the...
Today, Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston School Committee announced the upcoming dates for public hearings to engage the community in the search for a Boston Public Schools (BPS) superintendent....
The exhibition Public Women, Private Lives opens at the Boston Public Library’s Copley Square location on Friday, March 7, and runs through May 30 this year. March is Women’s History Month and the...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced 106 Boston homeowners have signed contracts to install solar power through the 2013 Renew Boston Solarize program, a community bulk pricing program.
On behalf of the city of Boston, I wish to extend my very best wishes to Malcolm as he prepares to leave the position that he has held with great distinction. Malcolm’s diligent work in making the...
More than 4,000 seniors and persons with disabilities living in the Boston Housing Authority’s elderly/disabled developments will soon be getting a knock on their doors from a volunteer asking them...
Boston teens are invited to check out the Boston Public Library during Teen Tech Week, which takes place March 10-15. Seven neighborhood locations in the Boston Public Library system have events...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Boston Main Streets today announced seven awardees for the Boston Main Streets Foundation’s Innovation and Impact Grants. Winners received grants for a range of projects...
February 24, 2014 President Barack ObamaThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20500 Dear Mr. President: As Mayors of major cities across the United States, we are writing to...
The Boston Transportation Department is reminding drivers that City of Boston-issued resident parking permits for Allston and Brighton will expire on Monday, March 31, 2014. Notices have been sent to...
Boston Centers for Youth & Families’ (BCYF) is pleased to bring back the popular “Indoor Golf Clinics” and invites Boston young people ages 7 and older and adults to learn how to play golf so you’re...
Boston Public Library will host lectures and author talks at the Central Library in Copley Square and branch locations through the month of March, highlighting the works of writers and experts in a...
BOSTON – February 11, 2014 – Boston Public Library offers numerous programs for children, teens, and families during school vacation week; including Olympic-themed events, musical performances, Black...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and a coalition of community and business partners kicked off the 2014 Boston Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) campaign and celebrated the opening of 24 community-based tax...
February school vacation week is fast approaching and Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) is urging young people to make plans today to attend one of the many programs and activities being...
Today, during a visit to Future Chefs in the South End, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the appointment of John Barros as Chief of his Economic Development Cabinet. The appointment is a significant...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Boston School Committee Chair Michael O’Neill announced today the formation of a Superintendent Search Committee. The Search Committee will be tasked with spearheading the...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the City of Boston is now accepting applications for the Mayor’s Commission for Persons with Disabilities. The commission is made up of nine members who work to...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) invite Boston youth and families to BCYF’s “Summer Warm-Up”, a free, fun filled event during February School Vacation Week to help...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh visited a city-run shelter at Long Island today to meet guests and staff, to learn more about programs, and to release the findings of Boston’s 34th Annual Homeless Census...
Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that Boston will join the City Energy Project (CEP), a new joint initiative of the Institute for Market Transformation (IMT), the National Resources Defense...
Boston Public Library’s 2014 “Gateway to Reading” Lowell Lecture Series begins Thursday, February 6, at 6 p.m. in Rabb Lecture Hall and features an appearance from Nínive Calegari, the co-founder of...
Today, my thoughts and prayers are with the families of Martin Richard, Lingzi Lu, Krystle Campbell, Sean Collier, and the brave survivors whose lives have been forever changed by the events of April...
