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The MBTA Gets Tough On Drivers By Updating Cell Phone Policy

To ensure rider safety, MBTA officials implemented a rule change that beefs up their policies and protocols when dealing with T drivers caught carrying cell phones […]

Arts & Entertainment

Scenes from the 2014 Boston Dragon Boat Festival

More than 60 teams sped down the Charles River in sleek and colorful 39-foot dragon boats over the weekend as part of the 35th annual Boston Dragon […]

City Life

A Boston Entrepreneur’s Lesson in Checking Your Phone Bill

The Federal Trade Commission announced that the operators of a text messaging scheme run by Babson College graduates agreed to surrender more than $10 million in […]

Restaurants

Strip-T’s’ Baseball Inspired Pop-up Dinner

Chefs draw inspiration from everywhere: the ingredients in their walk-in, the produce and proteins currently in season, travel, and even their fellow chefs.  But for […]

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Wellness

Beth Israel Deaconess Creates a Comprehensive Cancer Center

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) is creating a multidisciplinary approach to one of the most challenging cancers—pancreatic cancer. The Cancer Center at BIDMC is […]

Arts & Entertainment

Women’s Group Looking For Creative Types to Bring Public Art to South Station

In 2012, for the first-time ever, the MBTA hired a woman to become the general manager of the agency’s daily bus and train operations in the Commonwealth. […]

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Arts & Entertainment

Scenes from the 2014 Boston Pride Parade and Festival

This past Saturday, the annual Boston Pride parade drew a record 25,000 people and 200 groups to march from Copley Square to City Hall Plaza, led […]

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Wellness

Be Grateful: It’s Good for Your Health

If patience is a virtue, Bostonians aren’t the most virtuous lot. A population of sidewalk speeders, jaywalkers, and people who use the horn more than the […]

City Life

Cambridge Police Rolling Out Gunshot-Detecting Technology

Cambridge Police are turning to social media to answer questions about new equipment they’re installing on the city’s streets that can detect and pinpoint the […]

Restaurants

Dunkin’ Donuts Deemed Best Cheap Coffee

Los Angeles-based coffee expert Wes Johansen might have finally settled Boston’s ongoing debate over its two most ubiquitous caffeine peddlers, Starbucks and Dunkin’ Donuts. Over […]