Lt. Gov Kerry Healey's campaign hit Commonwealth Avenue yesterday as she visited the MATCH charter high school to speak about her agenda for public high schools and to praise the students for their success at the school. Healey also used the opportunity to criticize Democratic candidate Deval Patrick's views on budget caps for public high schools.
Anti-gay marriage groups presented Duck and Run awards to 100 Massachusetts Legislators last Wednesday -- a mock award for politicians who moved to delay voting on a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage. The Massachusetts Family Institute and VoteOnMarriage.
Panelists analyzed the implications of racial profiling in law enforcement during a discussion yesterday at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government -- a topic they said stretches from the Mexican border to the streets of Boston. Kim Williams, associate professor of public policy, focused on officers' use of racial profiling along the Mexican border.
Residents of Roxbury and South Boston vented frustration with the continuing construction of Boston University's Level 4 Biosafety laboratory to a National Institutes of Health spokeswoman yesterday at Saint Patrick's Parish Church in Roxbury, saying they remain unsatisfied with the explanations lab officials have given.
Mayor Thomas Menino yesterday named Edward Davis III Boston police commissioner, expressing confidence in the former Lowell Police Superintendent because of his focus on community policing and his success in lowering Lowell's crime rates during his 12 years leading the force there.
What do making beer and making movies have in common? For 1983 Boston University College of Communication graduate Garrett Oliver, more than it may seem. Oliver graduated from the then School of Public Communication expecting "to be a filmmaker or work in television.
For those wondering where Will Hunting traded insults with Harvard elitists, Sam Malone knew everybody's name or the MacManus brothers massacred mafia members, Boston's Movie Tours may show a whole new side of Beantown. A growing trend in cities such as Los Angeles, New York City and Philadelphia, movie tour guides take customers on bus and foot tours highlighting locations of the most popular movie scenes shot in the area for $30 a ticket.
Nobel Peace Prize winner, writer and activist Elie Wiesel stressed the importance of global and religious tolerance in the second installment of his three-part lecture series on "The Fascination of Jewish Tales" to a packed Metcalf Hall at Boston University.
The following reports were taken from Allston-Brighton's District 14 crime logs from Oct. 16 to Oct. 22. At approximately 4:20 a.m. Saturday Oct. 21, after an intoxicated man was denied entrance into a taxi cab, he repeatedly tried to punch the driver and missed each time.
After more than 20 years of on-campus social unrest and political activism, Boston University administrators sought stability through recruiting high-profile scholars and increasing its global reputation throughout the 1980s. In the second decade of John Silber's presidency, the university concentrated on rising above a "commuter school" reputation, starting by raising standards for the student body.
Renowned Japanese chef Hiroko Shimbo sought to prove sushi is "not just raw fish" at a demonstration for 37 aspiring sushi chefs at Boston University's Metropolitan College last night. Shimbo, who is touring the United States promoting her new book, The Sushi Experience, showcased the art of Japanese cuisine as part of the university's food and wine program.
National Public Radio talk-show host John Moe, promoting his new book on conservatism, offered a riot of humorous anecdotes and political humor to about a dozen attendees during his book signing last night at Barnes & Noble at Boston University. Moe read passages from Conservatize Me!: How I Tried to Become a Righty with the Help of Richard Nixon, Sean Hannity, Toby Keith and Beef Jerky.
