Patriots owner Robert Kraft leads NFL moment of silence
On Monday night, the undefeated New England Patriots observed a moment of silence before their NFL game against the Buffalo Bills to memorialize Ezra Schwartz, the Jewish 18-year-old from Sharon, Massachusetts, who was killed last week by a Palestinian gunman in the West Bank. The honor at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough,…
TRANSATLANTIC POLICY LAB CITY SOCIAL FOR BOSTON RESILIENCE STRATEGY
BOSTON - Thursday, October 29, 2015 - Today, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced in collaboration with 100 Resilient Cities - Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation (100RC) that the Transatlantic Policy Lab (TAPL) will convene a social equity lab in Boston to assess the ways inequalities in income and opportunity affect…
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch Announces New Intellectual Property Enforcement Program Initiative at MassChallenge Roundtable Discussion
Boston, MA. United States. Friday, October 2, 2015 Thank you, John , for that kind introduction, for your leadership of this pioneering organization and for your dedication to promoting initiative and entrepreneurship in the new economy. It’s a pleasure to be in Boston today and to be able to visit MassChallenge –…
A North-South Rail Link Won’t Do Any Good Underwater
BLUE BOSTON. A North-South Rail Link Won’t Do Any Good Underwater. BY JASON PRAMAS. Image via ELM Action Fund When I heard that two former Massachusetts governors … Share More:
Disaster Chef
MAYOR WALSH TO RECOGNIZE NATIONAL PREPAREDNESS MONTH WITH COOK-OFF CHALLENGE Boston - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced a Cook-Off Challenge, hosted by his Office of Emergency Management (OEM), to highlight September as National Preparedness Month in the City of Boston and inform Boston residents…
Police Ice Bucket Challenge
The Boston Police Department has once again accepted the Ice Bucket Challenge to raise awareness for ALS! This year, Commissioner Evans with the BPD Command Staff, supervisors, officers, and civilian employees, will be dunked in ice water in honor of one of our own sergeant detectives who is courageously battling…
Media Station cautions staff: ‘Don’t go live’ if unsafe
In the wake of the horrific murders of a Virginia TV reporter and her cameraman that played out on live television, on-air reporters at one Boston station are being told to go straight to police headquarters if they feel like a broadcast may turn violent, according to one veteran Share…