MWRA proposes wind turbine in Charlestown

Charlestown could soon be home to a 400-foot wind turbine located on a patch of land belonging to a Massachusetts...

Council’s action hushes warship foes

Score one for Old Ironsides. The Boston City Council yesterday passed a resolution backing the USS Constitution’s...

Al’s well that ends well for Mike Flaherty

You can call him Al. When he walked into City Council chambers yesterday sporting a fresh salt-and-pepper...

Michael Ross likely set for 2nd term as council prez

Michael Ross appears to have an early lock on a second straight term as president of the City Council for another...

Council fires off resolution backing USS Constitution blasts

The Boston City Council sent a loud signal today: “Don’t tread on Old Ironsides.” The council...

Mayor on the mend to work from home

Mayor Thomas M. Menino will once again be hosting meetings with his cabinet members — but in the living room...

Michael Kineavy to ‘test his endurance’ with Mt. Everest trek

Michael Kineavy, the mayor’s right-hand man, has been sent packing. But it has nothing to do with...

Councilor’s move would crush Mayor Menino’s king-making ability

A Boston city councilor is calling for a vote today on his measure to prevent Mayor Thomas M. Menino and future...

Harvard funds anti-rat trash bins to fight rodent scourge

The city today will begin distributing more than 2,600 rodent-resistant trash caddies - paid for by Harvard University...

Illegal dumpers trashed

Trash-toting out-of-towners are illegally dumping their garbage on Boston streets, infuriating Hub residents,...

Local politician wants city to crack down - in a flash

There are few people in Boston who would welcome a Big Brother-like camera on their block more than Janet Hookailo,...

Autopsies withheld in firefighter probe

A federal investigator probing the deaths of two Hub firefighters got a bewildering runaround from state and...

Boston Fire Department, DA: We didn’t block Feds in firefighter probe

Suffolk prosecutors and Boston Fire Department brass yesterday strongly refuted findings in a federal report,...

In wake of fed probe, commish defends BFD

Boston Fire Commissioner Roderick J. Fraser Jr. shot down claims by a union official that the Boston Fire Department...

Mayor Menino caps big win with surgery

The mayor won’t be skipping into his historic fifth term after going under the knife yesterday to repair...