BOSTON – Boston's landmark Northern Avenue Bridge may get a much-needed facelift or it could be replaced with an entirely new structure that "honors the legacy" of the century-old span that once connected downtown to Fan Pier and the South Boston Seaport District.
To help the process along, the Boston Society of Architects is working with the city to solicit ideas from the public on what to do with the bridge, which has been closed since 2014.
BOSTON – The Hub of New England trails both the Manchester-Nashua area of New Hampshire and even Springfield in western Massachusetts in terms of a "well-being" index created by Gallup, a polling and research organization, and Healthways, a firm that helps governments, insurers and hospitals improve the wellbeing of their constituents.
But greater Boston outranks both Hartford, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island, on the list of 190 communities studied last year, the organizations said, while the greater Worcester area fell into the bottom 10. Among small towns, Barnstable on Cape Cod came out on top nationwide.
