By: Bennet Johnson
Opening day for the Boston Red Sox is just a week away. The team hopes to defend its World Series title by starting a series in Baltimore. Everything seems to be great in Red Sox Nation, right? Wrong.
Politics, Metro
Walsh Looks For Boston To Have Greater Clout In Casino Debate
By: Bennet Johnson
Walsh’s administration made a statement in two letters to the state’s gambling commission on Wednesday, which asserts that Boston is a host community to a Mohegan Sun casino project at Suffolk Downs in Revere and to a Wynn Resorts proposal in Everett.
Politics, Metro
Supporting Menino
By: Bennet Johnson
With former mayor Thomas M. Menino’s diagnosis, now is an appropriate time to take a step back and recognize many of the changes he brought to the city of Boston that affect us today.
Metro
St. Patrick’s Day Race Promotes Diabetes Awareness
By: Bennet Johnson
This weekend, many will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by donning their finest green colors and flocking to the bars throughout Boston. For those looking for a healthier alternative this Saturday, the Barton Center for Diabetes Education will host its annual St. Patrick’s Road Race/Walk in North Oxford, Mass.
Business, Metro
‘Globe’ Plans To Alter Its Digital Businesses
By: Bennet Johnson
This past week, The Boston Globe laid out a new plan for its future that included a number of changes to its digital businesses.
Column, Metro
Boston in the South
By: Bennet Johnson
Boston has a big influence outside of the New England bubble, though. One area with a distinct Bostonian flavor includes Fort Myers and Sanibel Island, Fla.-otherwise known as Boston South.
Column, Metro
Another Group of Bostonians
By: Bennet Johnson
After distributing the remains of our supply of sandwiches and cookies, our group headed back to T, this time noticing numerous homeless people huddled together for warmth in the underground stations. As we all return to the BC Bubble, their problem goes on.
Metro
Body Worlds Exhibit Features the Inner Appearance of the Human Body
By: Bennet Johnson
Body Worlds Vital, an exhibit featuring more than 200 chemically preserved individual human specimens and 15 whole cadavers all stripped of skin, is open to the public on the second floor of Faneuil Hall until April 1.
Column, Metro
COLUMN: BCPD’s Well-Deserved Thank You
By: Bennet Johnson
After numerous drunken encounters with students in the Mods and lurking around Late Night, I’m always surprised to see an officer smile and wave at passing students crossing CoRo on Monday morning.
Boston, Metro
Building a Safer Boston
By: Bennet Johnson
After completing a full-length marathon, Evans worked 42 straight hours as one of the key leaders in the search for the Boston Marathon bombers.
