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Boston City Hall Plaza in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024.(Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)
City council deadlocks over resolution to pause and review White Stadium rebuild

After nearly 90 minutes of debate Wednesday, Jan. 29, city councilors remained deadlocked on a resolution calling for an “immediate pause”...

A protestor holds up a sign with the word “fascism” crossed out in front of the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Country wide movement to protest President Trump reaches Mass. State House

At noon on Wednesday, protesters wearing keffiyehs and carrying pink and blue transgender pride and rainbow flags gathered at the Massachusetts...

Boston City Hall Plaza in the evening on Monday, October 28, 2024.(Nick Peace/ For the Beacon, File)
Josh Kraft announces campaign for Boston mayor, takes on incumbent Michelle Wu

Just a few months after a contentious presidential election, Bostonians are beginning to prepare for another—this time, for mayor.  On...

Dancers perform a “Lotus Dance”, which originates from 1600’s Vietnam. The Lotus flower in Vietnamese culture symbolizes purity, commitment and optimism for the future on Jan. 30, 2025. (Rian Nelson/ Beacon Staff)
Slithering into new beginnings: MFA hosts Lunar New Year celebrations

Vibrant colors of lion dancers and echoes of traditional music filled the halls of the Museum of Fine Arts on Jan. 30 for a special event to...

(Adam Nuñez/ Beacon Correspondent)
‘We are done letting this happen’: Protesters demand an end to encampment sweeps in Massachusetts
Volunteers conducting the Homeless Census in Boston on Jan. 30, 2025. (Hannah Brueske/ Beacon Staff)
Volunteers brave the cold to conduct 2025 Homeless Census
David Methven, piper for the 15th annual Burns supper at The Haven last Thursday night.
‘Everybody gets to be Scottish tonight’: In Jamaica Plain Burns supper honors Scotland’s national poet
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey shakes hands with moderator and Globe climate reporter Sabrina Shankman at the conclusion of Thursday's panel discussion on building the climate workforce at Day 2 of the Boston Globe Summit on September 26, 2024 (Bryan Hecht / Beacon Staff).
Governor Maura Healey proposes criminal background checks for emergency shelter applicants
Cars passing in front of a Boston Architectural College building in the Back Bay neighborhood in Boston on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. (Nick Peace/ Beacon Staff)
‘A happy dorm is a peaceful dorm’: BAC students share reflections and hopes about living at Emerson
Unionized Blue Bottle Coffee baristas leaflet outside of the Newbury Street location in Boston, Mass. on Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025.
Unionized Blue Bottle Coffee baristas walk out for nearly eight minutes, demand fair wages, working hours
A vendor pulls his cart of Trump merchandise towards the crowds waiting outside the Capital One Arena for President  Trump’s rally. Monday, Jan. 20, 2024. (Nick Peace/Beacon Staff)
Trump loyalists ring in a ‘golden age of America’ outside Capitol Building
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) spoke with constituents and held a young girl while talking to her relative at the "Day of Beloved Community" event she hosted Monday, Martin Luther King Jr. Day and skipping President Donald Trump's inauguration Jan. 20. (Ari Mei-Dan/Beacon Staff)
Pressley hosts ‘Day of Beloved Community’ in Roxbury, skips Trump inauguration
A crowd protesting Trump's second term outside of the Massachusetts State House on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
Mass. officials react to Trump inauguration
Hundreds rallied on the Boston Commons during the rebranded People's March on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (Abigail Hoyt/ For the Beacon)
Rebranded People’s March attracted hundreds of Massachusetts residents ahead of inauguration
John McCarrick brushes snow off his car on Commonwealth Avenue. in Boston on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (Arthur Mansavage/Beacon Staff)
Photos: Overnight winter storm blankets Downtown Boston with nearly half a foot of snow
The Boston chapter of the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) holds a rally against the Trump administration outside the JFK Federal Building Monday afternoon. (Arthur Mansavage/ Beacon Staff)
In the freezing weather, a ‘heated struggle.’ Boston social justice groups rally on inauguration day.
Calling all ice cream lovers to Seaport: Boston’s Museum of Ice Cream has opened 
Calling all ice cream lovers to Seaport: Boston’s Museum of Ice Cream has opened 
The Mass. State House (DJ Mara/Beacon Staff)
DiZoglio fights for accountability on Beacon Hill through audit of state legislature
Mike Vrabel named 16th head coach of the New England Patriots
Mike Vrabel named 16th head coach of the New England Patriots