Fourteen schools in Boston need to shape up or ship out.
Superintendent Carol R. Johnson unveiled a five-year strategic plan for the Boston Public Schools, outlining new direction and priorities for “closing access and achievement gaps and graduating all BPS students from high school>”
“The days of business as usual are over,” said Johnson. “If we intend [...]

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November 16, 2009
Renown Boston tech writer Mark Baard gets “Heretical” on BlastMagazine.com
Mark Baard has a knack for fringe science and, let’s say, odd areas of technology.
The renown Boston tech writer and Boston Globe columnist will get to explore Boston’s boldest and outwardly oddest people and discoveries in the world of science, technology, gadgetry, [...]

An East Boston teen was charged with armed carjacking after allegedly robbing a Revere pizza delivery man of cash and his car Friday, County District Attorney Daniel Conley said today.

President praises work of MIT

Four guys walk into a bar…

State officials, high school students and advocates for new voting laws in Massachusetts urged the state Election Laws Committee to consider a bill that would change the landscape of voter registration for teenagers under the age of 18, yesterday at the State House.
As part of the Massachusetts Freedom to Vote Act, the proposed [...]

What’s the difference between archiving and just backing up?

Searching for a unique way to display your talent for creative projects?

The business and technology that put the zip in Zipcar

Hey Greenly — onion bagel, cream cheese

The American Rivers groups bestows praise on our city

We spoke with one of the fierce gamers.

No, it doesn’t taste like lobstah

Boston’s iconic Prudential building was evacuated after power failure in the building Friday morning.
Television news reports also indicate flooding in the building, which may have caused the power loss. Fire officials told reporters that a water line feeding the building’s air conditioning may have failed.
The Boston Fire Department has declared a two alarm emergency response [...]

I got stuck with a weather story on Tuesday at the Boston Globe.
I actually really like writing about the weather, and I love weather maps and statistics and even lightening storms.
But I wasn’t prepared for the response I’d get for a simple story about advection fog rolling over Boston on Tuesday.
There were emails about conspiracy [...]

This new monthly column gives you the dirt on Boston’s best local designers and boutiques.

Two kiddies get sick at Boston’s popular new music club.

Police in Lowell got thrown for a loop Wednesday night after their neighbors to the north, the Pelham, N.H. police department, called to report a 1984 Chevy Impala with Lowell Fire Department markings and a Massachusetts fire license plate was being driven erratically around an auto shop’s lot.
Lowell Police reacted, putting out a “be on [...]

Blast goes underground and learns the tale of a subway street performer.

If you were driving past the Boston Herald building Thursday afternoon in the area of the I-93 on-ramp, you may have noticed the banged up United States Postal Service vehicle in the guardrail and the cops investigating creating a slight traffic headache.
Turns out, a postal worker crashed the truck after, he told police, he was [...]

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