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The city says they hope the area will become a hotspot to gather for big events.

The main plaza at Boston City Hall is being reopened Friday after a two-year, $70 million renovation. Mayor Michelle Wu held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday afternoon amid a day-long celebration that will include live music and a digital projection and light show, according to the city. Initiated under Mayor Marty Walsh, the renovation’s “goal is to move toward a more…

The Christian flag that became the focus of a free speech legal battle that went all the way to the Supreme Court was raised — briefly — outside Boston City Hall on Wednesday to cheers and songs of praise. The flag-raising took place about three months after the Supreme Court in a unanimous decision ruled the city discriminated against Harold...

Mayor Michelle Wu’s push to boost Boston’s vaccination rates with a free walk-in clinic ended with residents being pushed away from City Hall for not having an appointment.

Michelle Wu was sworn in as mayor of Boston Tuesday. She is the first woman or person of color elected to the position.

The first woman and person of color to be elected mayor of Boston, Michelle Wu took the oath of office in the City Council chambers on Tuesday.

Judge Myong Joun administered the oath of office to Michelle Wu on Tuesday, beginning the term of the first woman and person of color elected to the position.

Michelle Wu, the first woman and person of color elected to be mayor of Boston, was sworn in on Tuesday, the latest historic achievement for the former city councilor in her adoptive city. Wu took the oath of office flanked by her two children and her husband, vowing to “faithfully and impartially discharge and perform all the duties incumbent on…

NBC Sports Boston celebrates the 20th anniversary of what many consider a low-point in local sports history, as Bruins fans come together at City Hall to celebrate Ray Bourque winning the Stanley Cup with Colorado

Boston Mayor Kim Janey has tapped Reverend Mariama White-Hammond to become the city’s chief of environment, energy and open space. White-Hammond is the founding pastor of New Roots AME Church in Dorchester and a fellow with the Green Justice Coalition. In a statement, Janey praised her for her work connecting “ecology, immigration, climate change, energy policy and environmental justice.”...

Kim Janey, the first woman and the first person of color to become mayor of Boston, was sworn in Wednesday and vowed to fight racial inequity and continue the city’s recovery from COVID.

Kim Janey speaks after being sworn in as Boston’s first Black Mayor on Wednesday.

Boston Mayor Kim Janey on Wednesday vowed to increase COVID-19 testing and vaccinations and close racial equity gaps as she was sworn in as the first Black person and first woman to lead the city. In a ceremony at City Hall, Janey struck an optimistic tone, acknowledging the historic nature of her ascension but also the work needed to recover…

Boston will open its first testing site for first responders as coronavirus cases continue to climb.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh announced that the city was opening its first coronavirus testing site for first responders.

“If we each do our part as humans and individuals to stop the spread, then we’ll get through this quicker,” Boston Mayor Marty Walsh said at a news conference Friday, but without that, stay-at-home orders will drag on.

Mayor Marty Walsh took aim Friday at Boston residents who are still gathering in public places like parks despite the stay-at-home orders meant to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus outbreak. Predicting that the city’s stringent measures could last through May or even July, Walsh reiterated his message to Bostonians that staying at home and socially distancing when...

After months of work and requests for employee feedback, the largest health system in Massachusetts has a new name: Mass General Brigham. Partners HealthCare announced the rebrand the day before the Thanksgiving holiday. The rebrand was coupled with the announcement of a new five-year plan for the 12-hospital system.

Members of the Massachusetts Package Stores Association are challenging the constitutionality of a Cumberland Farms ballot proposal that would, among other things, allow retailers to sell alcohol in an unlimited number of their stores statewide. Westborough-based Cumberland Farms put forward the proposal this summer. It’s currently on track to go before voters in November 2020.

Tammy Kilgore raised the giant claw of a John Deere excavator high in the air, then slammed it down on the roof the house where she had spent nearly her entire adult life. The shingles crunched, but not much else. So she did it again, and again — each time taking a bigger bite with the mouth-like claw, until the...