State transportation officials joined Mayor Michelle Wu and other elected officials on Tuesday afternoon at the Talbot Avenue Commuter Rail stop to announce that a pilot project that increased service frequency on the Fairmount Line two years ago will be locked in permanently. “One fifth of Boston’s population lives on this line and it’s a community that deserves to have this
In the 1860s, it was viewed as groundbreaking to form an all-black regiment and send them into battle. The mere existence of such a regiment meant threats of bondage and execution for soldiers and officers. This is also one of the things that made them heroes.
Billions of federal dollars for infrastructure improvements and projects are headed to Massachusetts, with a number of Dorchester bridges on the list for funds recently outlined by Gov. Baker. Some of the projects were already authorized and federally funded. Over the next five years, the bipartisan infrastructure law signed by President Biden last year is set to send $9.5