City officials are gearing up to redesign a 2.4 mile stretch of Columbia Road from Kosciuszko Circle to Franklin Park and they say they want the communities along the corridor to be front and center when questions like “bus lane or not?” are being considered. The conceptual design for the roadway, which Boston Transportation Department (BTD) leaders describe as a
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The Boston fire commissioner is at odds with the firefighters union over a proposal to cut the required training time for cadets in half, from two years to one, a year into a program aimed at diversifying the ranks.
Leaders of a new Dorchester-based organization hopes to unite Caribbean-connected communities that have existed on islands – literally and figuratively – with a focus on keeping its constituencies engaged year-round in political and civic advocacy. Leaders of the Boston Caribbean American Association (BCAA) announced the group’s formation at an event held in what is now an