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Nov 17

Mayor Walsh Reconstitutes the City of Boston Compensation Advisory Board

Today Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced five appointments to a reconstituted City of Boston Compensation Advisory Board. “I have full confidence in the judgment and expertise of the members of this...

Nov 17

Mayor Walsh Appoints New Member to Boston School Committee

Today Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the appointment of Jeri Robinson to the Boston School Committee, the governing body of the Boston Public Schools. Robinson is currently the Vice President of...

Nov 15

City Implementing Parking Changes In The Innovation District

In collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, the Boston Transportation Department will be implementing parking policy changes in the Innovation District effective November 17, 2014...

Nov 13

Mayor Walsh Appoints Chief Digital Officer

Today, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the appointment of Lauren Lockwood as Boston’s first-ever Chief Digital Officer. In her role, Lockwood will unite and strengthen the City's digital assets...

Nov 12

Boston Public Library Expands Free Digital Magazine Offerings

Boston Public Library expanded its free digital magazine service by adding publications in a variety of genres; including the New Yorker, Wired, and Bon Appétit, as well as Architectural Digest...

Nov 10

First Night Boston highlights include indie rock heroes Yo La Tengo

Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the City of Boston announce that First Night Boston 2015, the annual New Year’s Eve festival celebration, will take place December 31, 2014, throughout downtown Boston.

Nov 7

Updated Technology Offerings at Boston Public Library Locations Citywide

Boston Public Library is updating the range of technology it offers to library users citywide. Taking place now through the end of the calendar year is a series of upgrades to the technologies used by...

Nov 6

North End Resident Parking Permits Up For Renewal

The Boston Transportation Department is reminding drivers that City of Boston-issued resident parking permits for the North End will expire on Sunday, November 30, 2014. Notices have been sent to...

Nov 6

Mayor Walsh Seeks Operator for the Roxbury Innovation Center in Dudley Square

Today Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the City of Boston has released a Request for Proposal (RFP) to operate the Roxbury Innovation Center that will be housed in the new Bruce C. Bolling Municipal...

Nov 6

Boston EMS to Honor the Best of the Best

Boston Emergency Medical Services will hold its 22nd annual awards banquet tomorrow November 7th, at 6 p.m. at the Venezia Restaurant, located at 20 Ericsson St. in Dorchester. The department, joined...

Nov 4

UPDATED -- Voting in State General Election Is Underway in Boston

Polls opened at 7:00 a.m. for the 2014 State General election. As of 9:00 a.m., 6.97% (26,765 people) of eligible voters in Boston had turned out to vote. As of 12:00 p.m., 15.39% (59,039 people) of...

Nov 3

Boston's State General Election Preparations

Today, the Board of Election Commissioners for the City of Boston released plans for tomorrow’s 2014 State General election. The City of Boston has well over the number of ballots to satisfy each of...

Nov 1

Media Update: Parking and transportation, City Hall hours, services

City Hall will be open today until 6:00 p.m. for members of the public. On Sunday, City Hall will remain open while Mayor Thomas M. Menino lies in state, for the duration of the public event. Mayor...

Nov 1

City of Boston Parking Advisory for Sunday, November 2, and Monday, November 3, 2014

To accommodate services for former Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, taking place on Sunday, November 2, and Monday, November 3, the following temporary parking restrictions will be implemented in the...

Oct 30

Statement from Mayor Walsh On the Loss of Former Mayor Menino

"Today the City of Boston mourns together. "To any who had come to know him, it is no surprise that more than half of Boston had a direct interaction with Tom Menino. No man possessed a greater love...

Oct 29

Mayor Walsh launches regional climate preparedness effort

Today, on the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the City of Boston will be convening a regional summit to better prepare Greater Boston for the impacts of...

Oct 29

Back Bay Traffic Signal Retiming Project Underway

Traffic signals at 62 locations in Boston’s Back Bay are in the process of being retimed as part of a Boston Transportation Department program designed to ensure that equipment settings at the city’s...

Oct 29

City Council Passes Truck Side Guard Ordinance

Today the Boston City Council voted unanimously to pass a Truck Side Guard Ordinance, filed by Mayor Martin J. Walsh in conjunction with At-Large Boston City Councilor Ayanna Pressley and the Boston...

Oct 28

Mayor Martin J. Walsh Lends His Support to BCYF HubNob

Mayor Martin J. Walsh will be on hand on Monday, November 10th at the House of Blues Boston to Co-Chair “HubNob,” an annual fundraiser for Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) the City of Boston...

Oct 28

Tips for a Successful Voting Experience on November 4

With the State Election fast approaching, the Boston Election Department offers the following tips to help ease the process for both voters and poll workers alike. Voters with any questions or...

Oct 28

November Literary Events at Boston Public Library Locations

Boston Public Library locations will host a variety of events for reading enthusiasts, including children’s book club meetings and author talks on a range of subjects from the Salem witch trials and...

Oct 27

Mayor's Office of Arts + Culture Features Exhibit of International Labor Movement Posters in The…

The Mayor's Office of Arts + Culture will feature an exhibition of international labor movement posters from Stephen Lewis’ collection ( https://www.facebook.com/Lewisposters) in the Mayor’s...

Oct 27

Boston Parks Records Dating Back To 1875 Now Online

Historians, scholars, friends groups, and open space advocates are among these who now have a window into the past as the records of the Boston Parks Commission have been digitized and put online...

Oct 24

Mayor Walsh Issues Wage Theft Executive Order

Yesterday, Mayor Martin J. Walsh signed an Executive Order establishing payment certification requirements for vendors with city contracts. The measure seeks to prevent wage theft, which is the...

Oct 24

Boston Receives $25,000 for Urban Agriculture Visioning Project

Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the City of Boston’s Office of Food Initiatives announced today the receipt of a $25,000 planning grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Local Food...

Oct 24

East Boston Resident Parking Program Expanded to Horace, Homer, Byron and Moore Streets

At the request of East Boston City Councilor Sal LaMattina and neighborhood residents, the Boston Transportation Department is expanding the East Boston Resident Parking Program to include Horace...

Oct 21

Mayor Walsh Accelerates City's LED Streetlight Retrofit Program

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that the Public Works Department (PWD) has retrofitted 38,838 of its 64,000 streetlights to Light-emitting Diode (LED) technology, which use less energy, last...

Oct 21

Mayor Walsh Announces Lead Poisoning Prevention Week in Boston

Mayor Martin J. Walsh will recognize National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week the week of October 20th. The Mayor’s Office of Fair Housing and Equity, the Boston Public Health Commission, the...

Oct 20

Mayor Walsh Celebrates Re-Opening of Renovated BCYF Draper Pool

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today officially reopened Boston Centers for Youth and Families’ (BCYF) Draper Pool in West Roxbury. The $3.5 million dollar renovation took just over a year to complete and was...

Oct 15

Mayor Walsh Launches Office of Financial Empowerment to Address Poverty and Income Inequality

Today Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Vice Chair of the U.S. Conference of Mayors’ Cities of Opportunity Task Force, launched a wide-ranging effort to address poverty and income inequality in Boston with the...

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