Posts Tagged ‘city’
Hubway Bike-share Program Begins This Summer
Thursday was a big day for bicycle riders in and around Boston as the city finally announced Hubway, a new bike-share program , at a public event at City Hall Plaza . The $6 million program, funded by fees, grants, donations and corporate sponsorships, is set to begin this summer with 600 bikes and [...]
Sox Beat LAA; Youk’s OK
All of a sudden, the 2011 Boston Red Sox have found themselves to be capable of winning baseball games. After an 11th-inning, RBI double from Adrian Gonzalez powered the Sox to a 4-2 win over the L.A. Angels , the team has now won five of their last six games. More: Sox Beat LAA; Youk's OK [...]
State Trooper Hit By Drunk Driver
Massachusetts State Trooper Michael Isom was hit by an alleged drunken driver on Friday morning while working a highway detail on I-93 in Randolph. Isom is 41 and was sent to Boston Medical Center with head and back injuries. Police arrested Leslie Minasian, 47, of East Bridgewater and will be [...]
Weekend Happenings
Catch a lunchtime concert. Drink wine. Rock out. Get techno-arty. Look out for cartoon characters. It's not a bad little weekend... Here is the original post: Weekend Happenings
Sports Redux: Even
Michael Ryder's goal just 1:59 into overtime enabled the Bruins to take a 5-4 win away from Montreal and tie the first-round playoff series at 2-2. Ryder scored another goal in the second period and assisted on a third-period goal to tie the game and send it into overtime. Here is the [...]
Testing Menino’s Business Resource Center, Part III
My last two blog posts ( here and here ) have provided some ideas about some key aspects of the Mayor’s initiative to reform the permitting process. If we can get the physical layout right, the organizational structure right, and the culture right, the last step is to build in accountability [...]
Editors’ Picks: The Razzies
If you’re like much of America, you’ll tune in this Sunday to watch the Academy honor the best films of 2010 . If you’re like us, you’re more excited for the night before – when the worst films of 2010 will finally get their due at the 31st annual Golden Raspberry Awards , [...]
New York Fashion Week: Behind the scenes
The first New York Fashion Week in 1943 (then called Press Week) was the world's first organized fashion week. It was designed to attract attention away from French fashion during World War II, when industry insiders were unable to travel to Paris to see the fashion shows. As fashion has evolved, [...]
Ideas: Our growing fascination with robots
A historian traces our long, complicated relationship with mechanical beings Read the original post: Ideas: Our growing fascination with robots
"President Obama said today that he hopes Boston will build a statue of Celtics legend Bill…
"President Obama said today that he hopes Boston will build a statue of Celtics legend Bill Russell, endorsing an idea that supporters see as a way for the city not only to reconcile with one of its greatest sports heroes but with its long history of racial strife." - Globe Read the [...]
