Boston out as US candidate for 2024 Olympics. Boston's bid to host the 2024 Olympics is over. A person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press that the city and the U.S. Olympic Committee severed ties after a board teleconference Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision had not yet been made public. The decision throws the bid process — and hopes that the U.S. will host another Olympics — into flux. Only seven weeks remain before cities have to be officially nominated. The Boston bid soured within days of its beginning in January, beset by poor communication and an active opposition group that kept public support low.
Earlier Monday, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced he would not be pressured into signing the host city contract that puts the city on the hook for any cost overruns. The United States hasn't hosted a Summer Olympics since the Atlanta Games in 1996, or any Olympics since the Salt Lake City Winter Games in 2002.
WHITEY: An Only-In-Boston Extravaganza Comes To The Big Screen. Spotlight report: Driven to the Edge. Riding Bus 19 to the top (with images, tweets) · BostonDotCom. Boston Marathon Bombing. NASA - Spot The Station. The Boston Bean - an experiment in local currency | JP NET. Review: ‘An Elevated View: The Orange Line,’ at the BPL - Theater & art. TheFutureMBTA. Thoughts on the Blue Line Back Bay Bypass | vanshnookenraggen. I’ve been making maps of fantasy subway extensions for a decade now. Ever since I was a freshman at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston I began dreaming up plans after spending hours combing over old maps and plans. Over the years I’ve tried to research as much as I could to try and get a better idea as to what the future system, in this case Boston’s MBTA, could use to be improved. At this point it’s safe to say most of the plans on the table have been though up generations ago but it’s still fun to think about.
I stopped updating the FutureMBTA a long time ago as I feel that I’ve distilled the best ideas into what I consider the best possible options (though now and again I go back and rethink things). Map of the Green Line. Source Wikipedia The MBTA is a legacy system, the oldest subway in the US that has been reworked more than a few times over the decades. Boston subways with proposed Riverbank Subway Blue Line on the D Branch as proposed by Wentworth students. A Better Bypass. Old Photos of MBTA Green Line. Eye catchers / An Elevated View: The Orange Line, Twenty Five Years Ago, #Boston. Boston City Council redistricting: Dividing neighborhoods. Again.
Boston Phoenix: Meet the new boss? WOULD-BE KINGMAKER: Democracy for America Boston head Brad Johnson argues that DFA has the power to transform the city's politics. COMING A-COURTING: Boston City Council at-large challenger Sam Yoon was one of a bevy of candidates to attend the DFA's May 4 meet-up. TWO YEARS AGO, a nationwide army of disgruntled lefties and idealistic twentysomethings united to make former Vermont governor Howard Dean’s presidential candidacy the most intriguing political insurgency in recent memory.
Dean — now safely ensconced as chair of the Democratic National Committee — has since become part of the establishment, but his army lives on. And it has a new goal: winning grassroots races around the nation and building a movement that will give tired, unimaginative, and conventional candidates — and the special interests they cater to — something to think about. Not bad for an organization that didn’t even exist two years ago. Consider DFA’s track record in the 14 months since its inception. Mass. minority hopes pinned to new district map. BOSTON—When state lawmakers unveiled a redrawn congressional map for Massachusetts, they boasted of a first for the state -- a district where blacks, Hispanics and Asian-Americans make up a majority of voting-age residents.
While all agree the new map reflects the state's growing racial and ethnic diversity, deciphering the larger implications of the state's first "minority-majority" district is proving trickier. For some, the ultimate goal is to pave the way for the election of a minority candidate to Congress. For others, it's enough to create a critical mass of minority voters to guarantee their voice is heard no matter which candidate represents them. Still others say Massachusetts' recent past -- most notably the election of Deval Patrick, the state's first black governor -- shows the state is moving beyond its long, sometimes troubled, history of politics divided along ethnic and racial lines.
For U.S. Rep. "I find those kinds of comments offensive to the society," he said. Bay State Banner - WriteBoston opens students eyes. Lange - The troubles at English HS, where I tutor… #Boston... Headmaster leaves English High in turmoil. Twitter subpoena social media Boston occupy movement. An Australian activist is fighting an attempt by Boston authorities to subpoena information about her from Twitter in relation to the #occupy movement. Asher Wolf, a transparency and information activist, is based in Melbourne and over the past 18 months has quietly become one of the key people on Twitter for following news about transparency issues, WikiLeaks, net surveillance and the Occupy movement, via her extensive and systematic retweeting of information from around the world.
Just before Christmas, she learnt that the Boston District Attorney Benjamin A. Goldberger had contacted Twitter and demanded user information about “Guido Fawkes, @p0isonANon, @occupyBoston, #BostonPD, #d0xcak3” in what is called an administrative subpoena, commonly issued by law enforcement agencies to holders of information such as telecommunications companies. But in trying to subpoena a hashtag, the Boston DA, one Benjamin A. How much standing Twitter’s Australian users have is unclear. The Independent Film Festival of Boston. TEDxBoston :: Home. Neighbors for Neighbors - Boston's soundboard for voices and springboard for action. Your Town. By Danielle Dreilinger, Globe correspondent Latino advocacy group Centro Presente says Diva Bistro in Somerville and Mumbai Chopstix in Boston have shorted workers $10,119, according to a statement from the group.
Centro Presente is slated to hold a meeting about the campaign at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 5 in the Piemonte Room, fifth floor, Boston City Hall. Two employees have stepped forward and filed complaints with the state attorney general, said organizer Patrick McDermott. However, the two said, additional workers also have been paid under minimum wage. One World Cuisine, owned by Amrik Pabla, is a major force on the Boston-area Indian restaurant scene. Along with Diva and Mumbai Chopstix, the group owns Bukhara in Jamaica Plain, Cafe of India in Harvard Square, Kashmir on Newbury Street, Mela in the South End, and Dosa Factory/Shalimar in Central Square, as well as several liquor stores.
The Somerville-based Centro Presente has a history of success in these endeavors. Your Town. By Matt Rocheleau, Town Correspondent After lengthy deliberation, the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council passed, by a one-vote margin, a measure to publicly oppose a Whole Foods store slated to move into Hyde Square. On Wednesday, the supermarket company responded that it is "disappointed" by the council's vote. But Whole Foods, which now holds keys to the commercial space, said it is also "encouraged that it was such a close vote" and "appreciative" of support it has received in the wake of the council's decision.
The 20-member council, designed to represent neighborhood residents on public issues including development, took an official stance for the first time Tuesday evening on a controversial issue that has divided JP residents since mid-January when the national grocer announced its intentions. The council's stance has no direct impact on Whole Foods' plans.
(See the entire JPNC statement below this story) "[The Whole Foods store] is an as-of-right move," said Rep. Boston Wireless Advocacy Group: Projects. Boston MA WiFi Hotspots - Hot Spots Directory For A Wireless Hotspot Location. NewburyOpen.net. Boston Restaurant Guide | Boston's Hidden Restaurants. Restaurants that offer outdoor dining. New York City Restaurants, New York City Menus, Ratings, Reviews, NYC Restaurants Guide. Food - Boston (Phoenix) Best Readers Poll 2010. Future of Boston -- The Boston Globe Magazine. FutureBoston.