One-vote margin lands Mejia a city council seat
“I feel relieved because we worked so hard,” a tearful Mejia said after Election Commissioner Eneida Tavares announced the city’s decision. “There were so many people who joined our.

Stacking condos over library books?
The initiative, being developed in collaboration with the Department of Neighborhood Development, fits with Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s drive to build more housing units as a way to moderate rising rents.

Activists convene on housing issues
At the meeting, local activists from organizations including City Life/Vida Urbana, Dorchester Not for Sale, Reclaim Roxbury and the Asian American Resource Workshop discussed their successes over the past year and confirmed in a vote that they will continue to hold assemblies periodically in 2020.

Developers submit proposals for Boston State
The Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) has received six bids for the parcel. Five developers are proposing housing on the site, which abuts Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center, the Mass- Biologics state lab and Harvard Street.

Giving comfort to the enemy?
The traditional concept of war is for two or more armies to fire lethal weapons at one another in order to gain dominion over a specific geographic territory. However, technological advancements caused the military to revise some of the conventional strategies.

Going it alone
Opinion polls in New Hampshire and Iowa elevated Pete Buttigieg to the group of four candidates who are leading in the race for the Democratic Party nomination for president. The only problem for Mayor Pete is that the black vote usually accounts for about 25 percent of the primary total, and Pete has zero black voter support.

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IN THE NEWS
Poet Regie Gibson will narrate passages from the Emancipation Proclamation Dec. 31 when the Handel and Haydn Society and the Museum of African American History present the Emancipation Proclamation Concert. This special event will also mark the 2,500th performance by the Handel and Haydn Society in its history.

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Everyone needs to agree to unite behind the nominee. It can’t be as contentious as it was last time. I hope the party nominates someone who inspires people to vote. We can’t just be an alternative to Trump..

High hurdles hindered Harris
Former Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris had the same problem as every other Democratic presidential contender. They try to make the case that they are their own candidate, their own person, with their own program and vision of what their White House will look like and accomplish.

Students flood State House during climate strike
Standing outside the House chamber and outside Baker’s office and the office of House Speaker Robert DeLeo, demonstrators chanted, “We demand a Green New Deal,” referencing the legislative package of climate change mitigation bills backed by U.S. Sen. Edward Markey and U.

A just society doesn’t criminalize girls
Too frequently, educational justice is denied for girls — especially for girls of color. Schools should be the safest place for our children and yet, for many girls of color, the school environment adds painful weight to their already heavy emotional backpacks.

Pouring passion into food business
Olrie Roberts, owner and chef of the restaurant, was born and raised in Grenada, West Indies, and came to the United States in 1999.

‘BLACK NATIVITY’
Community voices bring joy to production’s 49th year.

Festive music & holiday cheer for all
On Saturday, Dec. 7, the Boston Pops decked the halls for a whole new audience in their first-ever sensory-friendly holiday concert.

Have yourself a jazzy holiday
On Dec. 13, the Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) celebrates the powerful music of the late, great jazz saxophonist Charlie Parker, also known as “Bird.” It is the centennial of Parker, who transformed the art form.

Misinformation efforts over Kentucky vote could be playbook for 2020
The personality, whose real name is Terpsichore Lindeman, alleged that somehow she and her husband had wound up as registered Democrats in Kentucky, which she saw as a sure sign that Andy Beshear, the Democratic attorney general ultimately declared the winner of the race for governor, had been manipulating the voter rolls.

Trolley tour
PHOTO: JEREMIAH ROBINSON, MAYOR’S OFFICE Mayor Martin Walsh joins revelers during the Mattapan stop of the annual Mayor’s Enchanted Trolley Tour..