Dave Watkins

Boston launches a year of black excellence and announces its first National NAACP Convention hosting in 40 years. Mayor Martin J.

Boston Tax Help Coalition kicks off 19th season of free tax preparation, targeting $24 million in returns.

Boston renames City Hall Plaza parking garage for longtime attendant Jimmy Donnelly.

Boston University's Howard Thurman Center hosted its annual MLK Day celebration Monday under the theme "Era of the Woman," drawing a packed ballroom of students, city officials, and community members for speeches, music, and student readings honoring Coretta Scott King, Sue Bailey Thurman, and Areth

Boston approves $300,000 in design study contracts for a new animal shelter and two community centers.

Boston PFC unanimously clears $250,000 greenway grant and two nominal-price land transfers in a single session. The Public Facilities Commission on July 22 approved all three votes presented by the Department of Neighborhood Development, led by Chief and Director Sheila Dillon.

Boston City Council adopted its 2021 municipal rules 11-2 and advanced more than a dozen hearing orders on its first full session of the new term.

Boston City Council opens 2020 term with climate declaration and wide-ranging reform agenda.