BOSTON—Kenya’s Benson Kipruto won the pandemic-delayed Boston Marathon on Monday when the race returned from a 30-month absence with a smaller, socially distanced feel and moved from the spring for the first time in its 125-year history. Although organizers put runners through COVID-19 protocols and asked spectators to keep their distance, large crowds lined the…
Disputes Erupt Over How to Help Homeless on Boston’s ‘Methadone Mile’
Messy tents line the streets. Bottles, plastic bags, and all kinds of trash fly in the breeze. People with shabby clothes wander and sit. It is Boston’s “Methadone Mile,” an area that is only a few miles away from the city’s downtown and Financial District. The epicenter of Boston’s opioid crisis and homelessness earned its…
US Supreme Court to Hear Case Over Boston’s Refusal to Fly Christian Flag
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Thursday to hear five cases, including a dispute over flying a Christian flag in Boston. Boston resident Hal Shurtleff and his Christian group, Camp Constitution, asked the city in 2017 to let him raise the flag on Boston City Hall flagpoles to commemorate Constitution Day, or Sept. 17. But city…
Boston Rally Protests Against Vaccine Mandate
Mary Gordon-Judge and Michelle Orfanos, registered nurses from Massachusetts, felt they were “discarded like trash” as hospitals in the state announced plans to discipline employees who would not comply with their vaccine requirements. The nurses said their colleagues could easily get an exemption from flu shots in past years, but now only “a percentage of…
Boston’s Famous Skinny House Sells for a Nice Fat Price
BOSTON—Boston’s famous Skinny House has sold for a nice fat price. The home in the city’s North End hit the market in August for $1.2 million, and the deal was closed Thursday for $1.25 million, according to Zillow. The home “received multiple offers and went under agreement for over list price in less than one…
Boston Mayor Indicates Opposition to Vaccine Passports, Comparing Them to Slave Papers
Boston’s mayor on Tuesday appeared to come out in opposition to requiring proof of COVID-19 vaccination, suggesting that so-called vaccine passports would disproportionately impact minorities. “We want to make sure that we are giving every opportunity for folks to get vaccinated. When it comes to what businesses may choose to do, we know that those…
Man Honors 9/11 Crews With Boston-New York Drink Cart Push
BRAINTREE, Mass.—A former flight attendant who lost several colleagues when United Flight 175 was flown into the World Trade Center’s south tower in New York on Sept. 11, 2001, is honoring his friends on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks by pushing an airline beverage cart from Boston to ground zero. Pushing a cart…
Boston Schools Chair, Member Resign Over Racially Charged Texts Targeting White Parents
Two Boston School Committee members, including the chairwoman, have resigned after text messages disparaging parents of students as “delusional” and “racist” were made public. The texts were sent last October during a public debate on whether the city’s three prestigious public schools will continue to use an entrance exam to select students or decide eligibility…
Boston Halts Advanced Learning Program Because Too Many Asian, White Students
Boston Public Schools (BPS) are halting a selective program for high-performing kids in grades four through six because of a lack of racial equality in the makeup of the student population, local media have reported. The program, known as Advanced Work Classes (AWC), will be paused for a year, reported PBS-affiliate WGBH. “There’s been a…
Abraham Lincoln Statue Removed by Boston Commission
A statue of former President Abraham Lincoln and a freed slave was removed from Boston this week. Workers took down the statue from Park Square early Tuesday. The statue was a replica of the one that sits in Washington. It was erected to commemorate Lincoln and his role in freeing slaves through the Emancipation Proclamation….
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