LOCAL NEWS
Senate delays vote on same-day registrationWith formal legislative sessions set to end in just days, local lawmakers are leading an 11th-hour effort to revive a bill, stalled in the state Senate's Ways and Means Committee since February, that could give thousands of Massachusetts citizens the chance to register and vote on Election Day. More » |
Budget boosts for schools, jobs, but questions remainAs it is with most municipal budgets, there's good news and bad with Boston's fiscal year 2009 budget when it comes to money and programming aimed at the city's youth and schools. More » |
Baseball exhibit ties race, American societyAs the summer wears on and baseball once again dominates this city's thoughts, an exhibit at Boston's Museum of Science is examining the sport's central role in American history and society - a role defined, at least in part, by its complicated relationship with race. More » |
Peace Garden neighbors cut through city red tapeIt didn't have any trees or flowers, and the landscaping wasn't remarkable. But the open plot of land next to 998 Tremont Street had come a long way from being a weed-laden garbage pit. More » |
New England Latino Baseball Series uplifts cultureAfter their 8-6 loss to the Yawkey League All-Stars two weeks ago, Dave Valdez's team of Dominican all-stars had dropped four straight in the inaugural New England Latino Baseball Series. But if the Medford businessman and Dominican squad manager was upset, it didn't show. More » |
Patrick tries to imagine new economy for Mass.Hanging high in the chambers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives is the wooden sculpture of a cod fish ? a silent reminder of what was once the backbone of state's economy. More » |
And now, our feature presentationThe Roxbury Film Festival celebrates 10 years of telling our stories the way they need to be told More » |
The family manWith "Of Boys and Men," Robert Townsend looks inward to examine the ties that bind More » |
After hitting the road with Public Enemy, Hub filmmaker returns to RoxburyAs the afternoon sun beats down, Robert Patton-Spruill instructs a small crew of budding filmmakers on how to position their equipment. The crew is filming his wife, Patti Moreno, for an installment of "Garden Girl TV," an online program she hosts about sustainable living. More » |
