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By adamg - 9/25/12 - 6:26 am

The Daily Free Press reports.

By adamg - 9/24/12 - 5:58 pm

Boston Public Schools officials formally released five possible plans for re-aligning assignment zones for elementary and middle-school students today, but promptly said three of the proposals - for 11 or 23 zones or pure neighborhood schools - were too extreme for the goals of ensuring quality education with a diverse student population.

By presspass - 9/24/12 - 5:54 pm

Press Pass TV is a non-profit organization that harnesses the power of media arts to empower youth in under-served communities. In this segment, PPTV partners with the City School to take an in-depth look at an innovative education program in Haiti. Click here to check out the video!

By adamg - 9/24/12 - 3:20 pm

ScottThe Globe's Eric Moskowitz tweets the state Department of Transportation unanimously named the head of Atlanta's public-transportation authority as the new general manager of the MBTA.

Beverly Scott beat out her second-in-command - Dwight Ferrell - to permanently replace Richard Davey, who moved up from the MBTA to transportation secretary.

By adamg - 9/24/12 - 2:31 pm
Mr. Donut

If so, you might be able to identify the location of this scene from 1970s Boston, posted by the Boston City Archives.

By adamg - 9/23/12 - 4:17 pm

That Christmas spirit

The Dedham Lowe's already has a couple of aisles dedicated to Christmas lights and wreathes and singing Marilyn Monroe Christmas ornaments and icicles and all the other stuff without which you can't celebrate that most wonderful time of the year. But no giant inflatable Santas just yet - the shelves where those would normally go are still unaccountably filled with giant inflatable scythe-wielding Deaths on giant inflatable demon horses for those laggards who have yet to buy their Halloween decorations.

By dbryck - 9/22/12 - 11:06 pm

Local theatre artist Danny Bryck performs his one-man documentary play "No Room for Wishing," chronicling the story of the occupation of Dewey Square, using the exact words of the people involved. Co-produced by Company One and Central Square Theater, playing at the Boston Center for the Arts this weekend and Central Square Theater 9/30-10/9.

By adamg - 9/22/12 - 6:17 pm

This video shows members of SEIU 615, which represents roughly 14,000 janitors at Boston-area buildings, voting to authorize a strike if negotiations with management break down.

By adamg - 9/22/12 - 11:28 am

Over the Monster explains why last night's Sox game was, all in all, decent, except for Lester getting the loss instead of, say, Aceves or Padilla.

By adamg - 9/20/12 - 4:45 pm

The Boston Licensing Board decided today that the Liberty Hotel did nothing wrong when it offered guests a complimentary flute of sparkling Spanish wine when they registered.

However, whether the hotel can resume the practice - interrupted Aug. 13, when Boston Police detectives issued a citation - might be up to the state Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, which pretty explicitly states on its Web site that hotels may not offer free alcohol to guests, except as part of a meal package.

By adamg - 9/20/12 - 4:36 pm

Groups representing blacks, Hispanics and Asian-Americans are calling on Mayor Menino to veto - again - a City Council redistricting plan they say unfairly packs too many minority residents into a single council district - the one currently represented by Charles Yancy (Dorchester, Mattapan):

District 4 remains nearly 95% people of color, thus diluting the potential impact of minority votes elsewhere. This second map vote is akin to a double-fault in tennis and Boston would benefit from a map that truly puts the city "in play" for people of color.

By adamg - 9/20/12 - 4:17 pm

Boston Police report officers responding to a report of a screaming woman around 11 p.m.

By adamg - 9/19/12 - 11:21 pm

School Committee member Claudio Martinez was late to tonight's committee meeting and boy was he pissed. Seems seven parking spaces around BPS headquarters are designated for School Committee members, but when Martinez drove up tonight, they were all filled, forcing him to find a space somewhere else.

By adamg - 9/19/12 - 10:57 pm

MCAS scores released today show Boston public schools getting their highest scores ever.

But officials acknowledged the Mattahunt Elementary School in Mattapan was one of just two schools in the entire state put on a list of troubled schools at potential risk of a state takeover. The designation means BPS has three years to boost test scores at the school and comes because of declining English and math scores over the past three years.

By adamg - 9/19/12 - 4:36 pm

The City Council was supposed to vote on a proposal by Council President Steve Murphy today to allocate money to study how to redraw district council lines after Mayor Menino vetoed their earlier effort as shoehorning too many minority voters into too few districts.

Instead, the council voted 7-6 to pass a proposal by councilors Matt O'Malley (West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain) and Tito Jackson (Roxbury) that critics said was pretty much the same thing.

By adamg - 9/19/12 - 10:35 am

Around 10:20 a.m. at 70 Hamilton St. Police were looking for a stocky black male in his mid 20s who was wearing a gray cardigan, but may have found him up on Stoughton Street.

By adamg - 9/19/12 - 10:32 am

The outlaw Josie Dunk's cupThe outlaw Josie Dunkin' cupCity Council President Steve Murphy wants to ban "expanded polystyrene" food and beverage containers - the kind we all call Styrofoam, even though they actually aren't.

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