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Pilot of retrofitted electric street light at 212 Stuart St. in Bay Village.

Boston to switch its 2,800 gas lamps to LEDs

Emily Niedermeyer, Reporter
March 24, 2023
Boston, MA: Feb. 24, 2023 — In February, many of the stalls at the Somerville Winter Farmers Market look like this one: packed with locally-sourced seasonal root vegetables like carrots, parsnip, daikon and radishes. As climate change influences agriculture practices in the area, farmers may see a shift in their harvest and the produce it yields.

Boston-area farmers find solutions for unusually warm winter

Elisabeth Hadjis, Assistant Editor
March 21, 2023

[VIDEO] This nonprofit in Jamaica Plain is pushing to change the healthcare industry through food

Shuang Jing and Elijah Nicholson-Messmer
March 2, 2023
The free Route 23 bus arrives at Ruggles Station. This is one of the most active lines in the whole system and has been fare-free for almost a year.

Transit activists celebrate anniversary of fare-free buses, call for expansion

Ben Crawley, Reporter
February 22, 2023
Boston, Massachusetts - Jan. 27, 2023: Student artist Sophia Vaz places her newly-made artwork on one of the walls for the Stories that Make Us exhibit, which recently opened at the Teen Gallery of the Institute of Contemporary Art Studio in Seaport. The space was filled with pre-made art plus, as the night evolved, immigrant teenagers of diverse backgrounds worked on small 3x3 mirrors using colorful markers to tell stories of their new lives in the U.S.

New exhibit at Teen Gallery celebrates the immigrant experience

Desirée Vignola-Hung, Reporter
February 20, 2023
Coats hanging in Caties Closet distribution center in Dracut, MA. Photo courtesy of Caties Closet.

Free clothing organizations in Boston work to help children thrive in school

Cassidy McNeeley , Reporter
February 16, 2023
Approximately 3,000 people walked in the Winter Walk march on Sunday in Boston.

‘Everyone deserves a home’: Annual Winter Walk uplifts stories of homelessness to fight for change

Rachel Umansky-Castro, Reporter
February 13, 2023
The Bra Run, July 2022. Photo by George Grullon and courtesy Elizabeth Rock, co-founder and co-organizer of the Bra Run and TrailblazHers Run Co.

Boston’s running community pushes for inclusive change

Kelly Chan and Pavithra Rajesh
February 8, 2023
Film cameras at CatLABS, an analog camera store and film processing lab in Jamaica Plain.

[VIDEO] A film roll’s footprint: Boston photographers call for more sustainability in traditional photography

Alyssa Fell and Kylee Hendrie
February 4, 2023
Boston, MA: Jan. 29, 2023 -- Lions and a masked figure dance in the streets of Bostons Chinatown. This years Lunar New Year rang in the Year of the Rabbit. (Photo: Kelly Chan)

Boston celebrates Lunar New Year with annual Chinatown lion dance parade

Kelly Chan and Sophia Paffenroth
January 29, 2023
How free meal programs in the Boston area are helping to ease food insecurity

How free meal programs in the Boston area are helping to ease food insecurity

Kristina DaPonte, Reporter
January 23, 2023
Urban educators struggle to support students post-pandemic

Urban educators struggle to support students post-pandemic

Grace Comer, Reporter
January 19, 2023
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