On eve of election, man who wants to run for mayor sues to block election results

On eve of election, man who wants to run for mayor sues to block election results
When Boston experimented with British-style highway signs.

One of two Nubian Square shooting victims is charged with involvement in the shooting of the other, police say

November 3

A Roxbury Municipal Court judge today ordered a man held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on Thursday on charges he was involved in shooting a man on Marvin Street in Nubian Square on Saturday, court records show....

On eve of election, man who wants to run for mayor sues to block election results

November 3

John Houton, a long-time City Hall attorney, today sued Mayor Wu, the city's chief lawyer and others at City Hall over what he says is a conspiracy to keep him off the ballot for mayor in two elections and unconstitutional city ordinances that make it far harder to run for mayor in Boston than in any other city in the state....

Regime department gets ready to declare Blue states illegal - and screw many state and non-profit workers

November 3

The regime on Friday published an impending new policy that would end forgiveness of student loans for employees of states and non-profit groups that have  a "substantial illegal purpose," the definitions of which the regime says include providing shelter for...

First the train part, now the bus part of South Station nearing upgrade

November 3

Highguard reports:

The new expansion to the south station bus terminal is completedish. Signage and final touches still ongoing.

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Court overturns Black man's gun conviction because his lawyer was a virulent racist

November 3

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today ordered a new trial for a Black man who pleaded guilty to three gun-related charges in 2018, because his white public defender at the time turned out to have a deep hatred of Blacks, details of which he readily shared on his public Facebook page, if not with his clients....

When Boston experimented with British highway signs

November 3

On Feb. 14, 1973, Ernst Halberstadt looked down Boylston Street from the area of Arlington Street and snapped this photo of a road sign that today strikes us as odd, for several reasons....

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