Friday, March 24, 2017

Boston to unveil transportation plan for future and other top stories.

  • Boston to unveil transportation plan for future

    Boston to unveil transportation plan for future
    The future of transportation in Boston includes fewer cars on the road, heavy reliance on public transit, and lots of so-called microhubs, one-stop access points where commuters can share a bus, bike, or car.Those initiatives are detailed in a comprehensive plan that city officials will unveil Tuesday, a transportation blueprint for the next decade that puts heavy emphasis on a growing city population and the various ways residents get around. Advertisement The blueprint, called Go Boston 20..
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  • Boston developer and father-in-law killed in house fire

    Boston developer and father-in-law killed in house fire
    MILTON, Mass. (AP) — A prominent Boston developer and his father-in-law have died in a house fire in Milton. The Norfolk district attorney’s office says 91-year-old developer Kenneth Guscott and 87-year-old Leroy Whitmore died in the blaze reported at about 12:30 a.m. Monday. They both lived in the home. Guscott was known for his work in Boston, especially Dudley Square in Roxbury. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker expressed condolences Monday. Boston has lost a tru..
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  • Finally, a Big Four Boston office has a woman at the helm

    Finally, a Big Four Boston office has a woman at the helm
    Chris Morris for The Boston Globe Jane Steinmetz There’s finally going to be a woman in charge at one of the Big Four in Boston. Jane Steinmetz, who most recently led Ernst & Young’s New England financial services practice, will take over as managing principal of EY’s Boston office in June. Advertisement She’ll replace George Neble, who is retiring after more than five years in that job.This marks the first time a woman has run the Boston office at any of the “Big Four” accounting fir..
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  • Boston's Seaport could soon get 2100 new parking spots

    Boston's Seaport could soon get 2100 new parking spots
    Not long ago, the Seaport District was mostly parking lots catering to suburban commuters who didn’t want to pay downtown Boston prices or use public transit. But the glass boxes that have sprung up in the past decade inexorably changed the parking calculus on the South Boston Waterfront, to the point where the area is at risk of having too few spaces. Now, two big garage projects, each subsidized by a government agency, are being teed up to help ease the crunch. Read the complete story at Bost..
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  • With $25 Million Gift, Boston Medical Center Creates Hub For ...

    With $25 Million Gift, Boston Medical Center Creates Hub For ...
    State, local and federal officials gathered at Boston Medical Center Monday for the formal announcement of the largest private donation in the hospital's history: $25 million to help combat addiction.The money, donated by billionaire investor and South Shore native John Grayken and his wife, Eilene, will be used to establish the Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine at the hospital."Addiction is happening to all of us," Kate Walsh, the hospital's president and CEO, said during a press conference..
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  • New Trump travel ban aims to withstand court challenge

    New Trump travel ban aims to withstand court challenge
    WASHINGTON — President Trump scaled back his executive order barring migrants from several predominantly Muslim countries Monday, in an attempt to insulate the controversial rules from a flurry of legal challenges and critics.The new executive order, which will be phased in starting March 16, removes Iraq from the list of original list of seven banned countries. The switch came after the Iraqi government, a key ally in the fight against the Islamic State, decried the initial order and worked wi..
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  • Tuesday's business agenda

    Tuesday's business agenda
    DISCUSSION Understanding financial investments Come out to a discussion about high growth investments. Audience members will have the opportunity to view re-enactments of negotiations from the perspectives of entrepreneurs, engineers, and investors. Tuesday, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., Morgan Lewis, 1 Federal St., Boston. $35. NETWORKING Salesforce spring launch Salesforce, a cloud computing company, is hosting a networking event. Participants will learn about Salesforce technologies and networ..
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  • Tom Scholz and Boston set summer concert date with Joan Jett

    Tom Scholz and Boston set summer concert date with Joan Jett
    Josh Reynolds for The Boston Globe/file Tom Scholz of the band Boston onstage at the Wang Theatre last summer. It seems like an odd pairing, but what do we know? Boston, whose 1976 song “More Than a Feeling” was more than a hit, will play TD Garden July 13 with Joan Jett opening the show. Boston played Boston not too long ago. Last August, guitarist Tom Scholz’s band celebrated its 40th anniversary with two shows at the Wang Theatre. Tickets go on sale Friday.
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  • Plan in place, Patriots ready themselves for free agency

    Plan in place, Patriots ready themselves for free agency
    The next two days will begin to unveil the early tenor of the Patriots’ performance in free agency.With the 52-hour legal tampering period opening Tuesday at noon, the Pats will start to truly get a sense of what it will cost to keep their prized free agents. Barring a drastic about-face, linebacker Dont’a Hightower, cornerback Logan Ryan, tight end Martellus Bennett and safety Duron Harmon will all hit free agency Thursday at 4 p.m., according to sources. Defensive tackle Alan Branch, another ..
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  • 'I feared for my life': Professor responds to Middlebury protests

    'I feared for my life': Professor responds to Middlebury protests
    On Thursday, Middlebury College in Vermont became engulfed in heated controversy after protesters shut down a speech delivered by the conservative social scientist Charles Murray.What happened at Middlebury was unlike anything he had experienced before, Murray wrote in a reflection published on the website of the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank. Advertisement Murray said he knew going into Thursday’s speech that students planned to protest. Over 23 years and dozens o..
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Costco to pay $11.75 mln over lax US pharmacy controls .Who will be at the Women's March in Boston? Everyone, it seems. .
Customs officials in Boston ask police for space for detainees .With 400 cases, Washington mumps outbreak continues to grow .

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