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.
WHAT ABOUT THE 56,000 BPS STUDENTS UNDER 30?
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.
GE BOSTON DEAL: THE MISSING MANUAL
Some of the many details the corporate media isn’t telling you.
PICS AND MOMENTS: BOSTON MAYOR TOM MENINO’S FUNERAL PROCESSION
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.
FROM CITY HALL TO HYDE PARK: A WAKE TO REMEMBER AND A FINAL RIDE FOR MENINO
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 honoring former […]
MEDIA FARM: WITH NEW BOOK, FORMER MAYOR MENINO FINALLY GETS TO WRITE THE HEADLINES
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.
