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SOMERVILLE — Mayor Joe Curtatone on Monday night delivered his annual state-of-the-city address — although this year's edition was a little different as it comes on the heels of a Donald Trump presidential victory and a GOP-led Congress that appears ready to pull federal funding out of America's
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CAMBRIDGE — Harvard Law School Dean Martha Minow, whose time at the helm of the elite institution has been defined by both her fund-raising acumen and an at-times uneasy relationship with campus social justice activists, will be stepping down from her post at the conclusion of the academic year. In a
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Long-simmering quarrels between Trump backers and state GOP party officials are boiling over this week over access to presidential inauguration tickets. A chain of emails obtained by New Boston Post show that Trump-supporting delegates to the Republican National Convention last July are fuming over their inability to get tickets to
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Former Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick has inserted himself into the debate over President-elect Donald Trump's pick of Alabama Republican Senator Jeff Sessions to be the next U.S. attorney general, labeling Sessions "the wrong person to place in charge of our justice system." Patrick's
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"Victory has a hundred fathers, but defeat is an orphan." — Count Galeazzo Ciano The Russians did it, right?
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BOSTON — A Jamaica Plain man is suing more than a dozen Hub businesses in federal court, alleging various violations of the Americans With Disabilities Act. Legal filings show that Raoul Marradi, who suffers from cerebral palsy, is no stranger to the court system. Marradi, according to the copies of 15
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SOMERVILLE — It's only fitting that denizens of the city that boasts a neighborhood named Winter Hill take their Christmas decorations seriously. Last Saturday, the Somerville Arts Council held its annual trolley illuminations tour, a jaunt that makes various stops so riders can admire the lights and sights of
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BOSTON — A local atheists' group is crying foul over the decision to allow a Nativity scene to be displayed inside the State House, just days before Christmas. Zachary Bos, state director for American Atheists, told the NewBostonPost that he is specifically angered at what he called a "legal