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PAGING ALL DIG READERS: WHAT’S WRONG WITH BOSTON? WHAT’S RIGHT WITH BOSTON?

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 25, 2019 Filed Under: DigThis, Uncategorized

We are doing two issues of DigBoston—What’s Wrong With Boston (#WWWB), and What’s Right With Boston (#WRWB)—that will ride the holiday slide into 2020. It’s a big deal that we’re hurtling into another decade, and so we wanted to do something different from the regular look-back and look-ahead spreads.

Filed Under: DigThis, Uncategorized Tagged With: Hub, survey, transit, What's Right With Boston, What's Wrong With Boston, WRWB, WWWB

WHAT ABOUT THE 56,000 BPS STUDENTS UNDER 30?

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted March 7, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Though hardly the first slap in the face of struggling Bostonians, the Forbes announcement (and its wicked timing) made for the latest twist in the demented joke that has become of Boston in 2016.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Boston, Boston Public Schools, BPS, BPS Walkout, budget, business, Daniel Koh, English High School, Forbes Under 30 Summit, Hub, Madison Park High School, mayor Marty Walsh, student walkout, Tommy Chang

GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted January 18, 2016 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Some of the many details the corporate media isn’t telling you.

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: #makeGEpay, #mapoli, Apparent Horizon, BINJ, Boston, business, Charlie Baker, GE, heliport, Hub, Innovation District, Jason Pramas, Life Sciences, mainstream media, Marty Walsh, Massachusetts, pollution, propaganda

PICS AND MOMENTS: BOSTON MAYOR TOM MENINO’S FUNERAL PROCESSION

Written by DIG STAFF Posted November 3, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

The day after thousands waited in the snow and cold for one last glimpse of Mayor Tom Menino, many more returned to Faneuil Hall for his Hizzonner's final send-off. As the media waited for the casket to be carried out, Bostonians scrambled for the few "Thank You Mayor Menino" signs available and rapped with dozens of police getting the route ready.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Angela Menino, Boston, City Hall, Family, Faneuil Hall, Funeral, Grove Hall, Hub, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Mayor Menino, procession, River Street, route, Roxbury, sitting state, Tom Menino, wake

FROM CITY HALL TO HYDE PARK: A WAKE TO REMEMBER AND A FINAL RIDE FOR MENINO

Written by TAK TOYOSHIMA Posted November 3, 2014 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

Sometimes you just have to suspend the fantasy that we live in a Utopian democracy, and bow to the king. Even if that king felt passionately that every individual should play a special role in their community.

 

Yesterday was such a time. Everyone who flocked to Faneuil Hall for the memorial service ...  read more

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Angela Menino, Boston, City Hall, Family, Faneuil Hall, Funeral, Grove Hall, Hub, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Mayor Menino, procession, River Street, route, Roxbury, sitting state, Tom Menino, wake

MEDIA FARM: WITH NEW BOOK, FORMER MAYOR MENINO FINALLY GETS TO WRITE THE HEADLINES

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted October 13, 2014 Filed Under: A+E, NEWS+OPINIONS

Menino presents a version of the past four decades of local politics that's absolutely entertaining, but should be taken with a pound of salt.

Filed Under: A+E, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Autobiography, Book, Boston, Boston History, Boston Marathon Bombing, Boston politics, City Council, City Hall, Good News of Boston, Hub, Hub history, Iannella Chamber, Jack Beatty, Mayor Menino, memoir, Timilty, Tom Menino

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