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Boston City Council looks to increase city’s accessibility

Boston City Council looks to increase city’s accessibility

By Chloe Els / November 13, 2022

The Boston City Council dedicated the bulk of its agenda toward examining accessibility in Boston at its meeting on Wednesday afternoon in City Hall. One...

Students applaud Biden marijuana pardons

Students applaud Biden marijuana pardons

By Maddie Khaw / November 9, 2022

Last month, President Joe Biden pardoned thousands of people convicted of marijuana possession at the federal level. Emerson students and experts alike...

Healey wins governor's race, first female and lesbian elected in Mass.

Healey wins governor’s race, first female and lesbian elected in Mass.

By Hannah Nguyen / November 9, 2022

Democratic Attorney General Maura Healey scored a historic win Tuesday night after becoming the first elected female governor in Massachusetts and the...

$28 million to fund Boston Common renovation

By Sasha Zirin / November 9, 2022

With plans being finalized, renovations to the Boston Common’s entrances and borders, upgraded amenities for visitors, and improved recreational areas...

Geoff Diehl gives his concession speech alongside running-mate Leah Allen.

Diehl concedes to Healey; his supporters don’t

By Maddie Barron / November 9, 2022

At the Boston Harbor Hotel, voters for former Massachusetts State Representative Geoff Diehl gathered to await what they hoped to be the election of another...

‘It's the only way we can progress in society’: students reflect on “fall back”

‘It’s the only way we can progress in society’: students reflect on “fall back”

By Sasha Zirin / November 9, 2022

Last March, the Senate unanimously approved the Sunshine Protection Act, a federal law that concretes daylight saving time as the standard year-round time...

Tuesday's total lunar eclipse.

Total lunar eclipse visible on Election Day

By Ryan Forgosh / November 8, 2022

From 5:16 to 6:41 a.m. Bostonians and others on the East Coast looking up into the northwestern sky saw the moon completely bathed in a dark red hue in...

The Massachusetts State House, undergoing reconstructive changes.

2022 midterm elections: Emerson College students contemplate possible outcomes of this year’s ballot

By Sabrina Lam / November 7, 2022

As Election Day approaches, Emerson College students evaluate each candidate’s platforms and consider what positions to take on the four ballot questions...

Vice President Harris taking the stage.

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in Boston before midterm elections

By Ryan Forgosh / November 5, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris spoke at a rally on Nov. 2 to endorse the Massachusetts democratic candidates for this year’s general election. Harris,...

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak speaking with members of the media at an event on August 14, 2019.

MBTA general manager Steve Poftak to step down on Jan. 3

By Maeve Lawler / November 4, 2022

MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak announced Tuesday he will step down on Jan. 3, 2023. He led the agency for four years during some of its most difficult...

Auditing the auditor’s race: Amore, DiZoglio promise transparency within Auditor’s Office

Auditing the auditor’s race: Amore, DiZoglio promise transparency within Auditor’s Office

By Adam Spector / November 2, 2022

Director of Security and Chief Investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Anthony Amore—the republican running for state auditor against democratic...

MBTA Bus to Dudley Station

MBTA revises proposed bus route map upon public feedback

By Maeve Lawler / October 30, 2022

After receiving feedback from Boston bus riders, the MBTA updated its bus route map on Thursday.  The changes reflect over 20,000 public comments the...

Ali Deva performing a tarot card reading.

Befriending a psychic: the inner-workings of mediumship

By Maddie Barron / October 26, 2022

Reverently resting in a box in Ali Deva’s apartment are her first set of tarot cards. These cards, bent and tattered from use, were bought by Deva in...

Street vendors in Salem.

Salem residents share perspectives on tourist crowds

By Anastasia Petridis and Sasha Zirin / October 26, 2022

Over half a million tourists visited Salem, MA this October according to NBC Boston—an increase of 15 percent compared to last year—leaving residents...

Inside the lodge.

The Masonic Temple of Boston opens its doors to the public

By Karenna Umscheid / October 26, 2022

The Masonic Temple of Boston, located on the corner of Boylston and Tremont Street, opened its mysterious doors to the public and held an open house on...

A grave.

The spooky and the sacred: gravestone art

By Gabel Strickland / October 26, 2022

Nothing gets someone in the Halloween spirit quite like a visit to a graveyard, where even more haunting than the graves at your feet are the images etched...

Race participants begin their first lap around the Boston Common.

Move for MDS 5K raises awareness for rare blood cancer

By Chloe Els / October 24, 2022

Dozens of runners and walkers circled the Boston Common for the annual Move for MDS 5K, hosted by MDS Foundation Inc. on Sunday. MDS, or Myelodysplastic...

A display Boston cream pie.

The Omni Parker House celebrates National Boston Cream Pie Day

By Ryan Forgosh / October 24, 2022

The Omni Parker House—home of the original Boston cream pie—welcomed visitors for free slices of the famous cake in celebration of National Boston...

Local support for migrants at Joint Base Cape Cod continues

Local support for migrants at Joint Base Cape Cod continues

By Maeve Lawler / October 19, 2022

The wave of community-based support in response to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ relocation of nearly 50 migrants from San Antonio, TX, to Martha’s...