Friday, November 6, 2026
Boston
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Schools ·
Boston Public Schools proposed closing East Boston Early Education Center, Charlestown High and Greater Egleston High in 2028, pending school committee approval.
DevelopingElections ·
Massachusetts voters rejected a zoning change on the ballot by 1.2 percentage points, according to an Associated Press call Friday.
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Schools ·
A judge denied Boston Public Schools' request for English High's football team to play in MIAA playoffs, a spokesperson said Friday.
Public Safety ·
The family of Louisa Gag, a Boston transportation planner killed by a truck while cycling in Mission Hill in July, asked the City Council to act on street safety.
Public Safety ·
Police said a 16-year-old from Foxborough was arrested Wednesday and charged with two counts of murder in the May 2025 shooting deaths of two men in Dorchester.
Public Safety ·
Boston Fire Commissioner Rodney Marshall said lithium-ion batteries in plastic toolboxes caused the May 2026 Treadway Road fire that killed Firefighter Bobby Kilduff.
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Public Safety ·
The victim was stabbed in the neck on the station’s westbound Green Line platform.
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Elections ·
Massachusetts voters on Tuesday elected Gov. Maura Healey, the incumbent Democrat, to a second four-year term on Beacon Hill.
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Housing & Homelessness ·
Developer Sing Ming Chan filed plans with the Boston Planning Department for a seven-story, 60-unit D Street building with 34 parking spaces.
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Around Town ·
Nefertiti Walker will serve as interim chancellor of UMass Boston.
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Public Safety ·
A former Municipal Protective Services leader pleaded guilty to pandemic loan fraud, Boston Patch reported. Reports say he claimed to be an auto mechanic.
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Public Safety ·
A Dorchester woman has been charged in an alleged online extortion scam involving $34,000. The defendant allegedly posed online as a Hells Angels member.
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Public Safety ·
Storefront windows were smashed in one area of the city between September and October.
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Public Safety ·
A second Boston gang member pleaded guilty in a prison drug smuggling scheme, Boston Patch reported. Hearns is serving a sentence for manslaughter.
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Public Safety ·
A Rhode Island man has been indicted on charges of stalking a Boston woman for 16 months, according to the district attorney's office.
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Public Safety ·
The victim of the assault was transported to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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Public Safety ·
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Transit & Streets ·
Massport announced Christopher Donisi, an HVAC pipefitter from Burlington, as the winner of its Voice of Logan contest on Thursday. More than 6,000 people auditioned.
Business & Economy ·
Teso Life, a New York chain, is listed as the planned tenant of the former Blanchard's on Harvard Avenue in Allston, which closed Oct. 24.
Business & Economy ·
A historic Boston hotel is undergoing a renovation that will cost about $100,000 per room, according to the Boston Globe. Its three restaurants will remain open.
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Business & Economy ·
Formed in 2014, the five-piece is known for reanimating lost people and lost times in its music. They have two upcoming performances that mark professional milestones, including opening for the Dropkick Murphys.
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Business & Economy ·
John Carlton, owner of Historic Door, restores and reproduces the wooden doors fronting many of Boston's homes.
Read at The Boston Globe
Sports ·
Boston Legacy FC and the City of Boston held a Friday morning ceremony to mark the placement of the final structural beam at White Stadium.
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Health ·
A ceremony was held last Thursday (Oct. 29) to break ground at the future site of a 49,000-square-foot, three-story building on Old Road that will house operations of the existing Harvard Street Neighborhood…
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Culture & Events ·
Artist space is disappearing in Massachusetts. Officials estimate more than two million square feet have been lost in greater Boston over the last decade.
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Culture & Events ·
The Snowport Holiday Market opens for its 2026 season Friday in Boston's Seaport, with more than 125 local vendors.
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Sports ·
The Celtics have won 20 of their last 24 regular-season meetings with the Hornets, ahead of NBA Cup play.
Read at The Boston Globe
Culture & Events ·
Boston's official Christmas tree for the 2026 holiday season has been chosen and is coming from Nova Scotia.
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