City Profile
Covering just 46 square miles, or 119 square kilometres, is Boston, the capital city of the State of Massachusetts. Nestled on Massachusetts Bay, an offshoot of the Atlantic, Boston is today a busy metropolis with a population of 5.6million (1998), of which 1.6 million are resident in the central part of the City. Boston has been home to immigrants from all over the world, virtually from about 1800, when it's population was just a few thousand. By the turn of the 20th century the population had grown to half a million, of which more than half were Irish, and the balance split between Canadians and Europeans.
Boston is a truly international city in which everything is so close that the visitor only needs a pair of comfortable shoes to cross all the points of interest.
From Back Bay to Beacon Hill, of Newbury Street to North End, Boston it has something to offer to all that visit. From stores of luxury and magnificent restaurants to sites of historical interest and numerous cultural museums.
Unitil Takes Out Full Page Ad To Say Sorry WBZ Unitil's Apology Brings Customers Little Comfort (1/2/2009) Even if they're warm in their homes, a lot of customers want to stop doing business with their power company. They're still angry...
How Many People Really Use The Yellow Phone Book WBZ Yellowbook , that "go-to-guide" for everything from A to Z. In Boston's Beacon Hill neighborhood on Monday, bright yellow bags hung from door handles and stacks sat waiting on stoops for residents...
Gallon Of Gas For $1 This Spring WBZ Don't worry. Keep pumping, say energy analysts. This week, consumers may notice those falling gas prices come to a screeching halt. Analysts say it's a reaction to the turmoil in the Middle East...
Celtics road woes continue eTaiwan News The reigning National Basketball Association champion Boston Celtics dropped a fourth road game in five tries Sunday as they fell 100-88 to the New York Knicks.The Celtics couldn't get past a Knicks...
Missing 80-year-old stopped for directions Boston Herald C ops investigating an 80-year-old Cape Cod man’s disappearance last week have located surveillance tape showing him stopping at a Christy’s Market in Sandwich and asking for directions...
NESN airs game after the ball got dropped Boston Herald Boston College ’s 85-78 epic upset of No. 1-ranked North Carolina after a technical blunder spoiled the men’s basketball game the first time around. BC was holding onto a 5-point lead...
Loss of Asante Samuel costly to Patriots Boston Herald With him was a pass thrown by the Vikings’ Tarvaris Jackson, one Samuel would return 44 yards for a touchdown that helped the Eagles advance to the divisional round of the playoffs and set a...
Interview with Jets expected, firing looms Boston Herald B oston College officials remained in a holding pattern last night as they waited for their coach, Jeff Jagodzinski, to cross the proverbial line in the sand drawn by athletic director Gene...
4 Women Accused Of Stealing Over $50K In PTO Funds WBZ Four New Bedford women are accused of embezzling over $55,000 from PTO funds at four different New Bedford Schools, police said. Kathryn Larochelle, 43, Tracy Carreiro, 26, Dedra Leandre, 33, and...
Man Seriously Burned In Gardner Fire WBZ A man was seriously burned in a condo fire in Gardner Monday night. The fire was in a bedroom on the first floor of the Crystal House Complex. A man in that unit was life-flighted to UMass...
Scott Pioli talks with Kansas City Boston Herald P atriots vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli met with Chiefs owner Clark Hunt yesterday to interview for Kansas City’s general manager job. It’s unclear where the two met...
Leave the Travoltas alone Boston Herald The couple refused to treat Jett properly because Scientologists don’t acknowledge mental illness. That’s the second big theme. Some advocates for autistic children have claimed that...
William J. "Billy" White Boston Herald W illiam J. "Billy" of Arlington. Died 2009. Beloved husband of Mary T. (Macone). Loving father of James J. and his wife Frances of Winchester, and Donna M. Holland of...
Autism advocates hope case spurs action Boston Herald J ohn Travolta and his actress wife Kelly Preston have refused to address swirling speculation that their son, who died Friday, had autism, instead saying only that he suffered from a childhood...
Bring back Lovell Dyett Boston Herald S ome of Boston’s black leaders are outraged over WBZ radio’s decision to ax longtime talk host Lovell Dyett and are demanding that the station put him back on the air. The 73-year-old...
Henry G. "Hank" Fuoco Boston Herald ... age 93. Beloved husband of Marion (Murray). Devoted father of Diane Moore and her husband Charles of FL, Wallace Forth...
MIT prof wins prestigious award Boston Business Journal ... professor Antoinette Schoar received the prestigious Ewing Marion Kauffman Prize Medal for Distinguished Research in Entrepreneurship from the Kansas...
Jeff Jagodzinski running go route Boston Herald S omething made us think he was different. Maybe it was the smile. It was like something out of a Colgate commercial, almost too bright and white to be real. Jeff Jagodzinski would flash a big grin...
Sex, kids and the Boston Herald Hovering over your kids as they try to hide what’s on the computer monitor or cell phone is not annoying … or “butt out, Dad!” bad … it’s just good parenting in...
Barack Obama theme seen as money in bank Boston Herald T he race is on to cash in on Obama-mania. With the historic inauguration of Barack Obama as president now only two weeks away, local restaurants, national entrepreneurs and even the official...
Girls rescued from thin ice in East Bridgewater 7 News Three 12-year-old girls were rescued while trying to save a dog on a local river. Officials said it was amazing that the young girls did not fall through the ice. "It was a...
Worcester Beetle Battle Reaches Destructive Phase WBZ Ten tree crews, under federal supervision, started taking down about 6,000 hardwoods in Worcester that have been infested by the Asian longhorned beetle. The crescendo of chainsaws and chippers...
Epstein set to rock out for a good cause Boston Red Sox Though this is Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein's busiest time of year from a work standpoint, he still saves some energy to help make a difference for those who are less fortunate. ...
Water main breaks cause problems for two towns 7 News A pair of water main breaks are causing trouble in two towns north of Boston Monday. The first water main break happened on Walnut Street in Revere. Water poured onto the Revere...
Customers Want Lights Out On Unitil Boston Channel After some customers were left in the dark for up to 12 days after a winter storm, residents of several central Massachusetts towns said they have had enough of power company...
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