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Setting the Wang on fire

Boston Ballet's 'Ballets Russes'
Burning down the house” is a metaphor, but at the Wang Theatre last weekend, the Boston Fire Department was on hand to ensure that it remained one.
By JEFFREY GANTZ | May 20, 2009

As bad as Wall Streeters

The greed of Boston's unions is staggering
Even in our 24/7, blog-and-Twitter media world, commentators can barely seem to keep up with the worsening economic conditions.
By EDITORIAL | March 11, 2009

Can Sam Yoon win?

An Obama-loving city counselor aims to be mayor of Boston
Recent elections, as you may have heard, have been about change.
By DAVID S. BERNSTEIN | February 11, 2009

Artists get the shaft

The city gives Fort Point's creative residents the finger
On a tour of the studios at 337 Summer Street, Jen Mecca, a textile artist, points out some of the spaces recently vacated by artists and craftsmen, including a pair of furniture makers who left for Somerville.
By TED SIEFER | February 02, 2009

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Geography lessons

Street Dogs remain Boston to the core
"You could put us in Anchorage or Alaska or Antarctica or even somewhere in the Himalayas, and at heart we’d still be from Boston.”
By MATT ASHARE | June 24, 2008

Earthquake!

The threat is real. It could happen here. Is the city ready?
Picture buildings from Southie to West Somerville reduced to rubble. Dozens of three-alarm fires all over town. Tunnels flooded with seawater.
By MIKE MILIARD | February 27, 2008

The fire next time

The ugly dispute over testing firefighters for drugs and alcohol. Plus, rebuilding UMass Boston.
When the firefighters union quit the special committee seeking to reform the Boston Fire Department this past week, it exhibited contempt for city residents and a reckless disregard for the safety of its own members.
By EDITORIAL | December 20, 2007

O + O = Passion

Why Obama and Oprah matter. Plus, Menino’s do-nothing approach to “fixing” the fire department
Obama and Oprah are the new power couple, supplanting — at least for the moment — Hillary and Bill.
By EDITORIAL | December 12, 2007

Boston music news: November 30, 2007

Notes on Casey Desmond and the Milky Way Lounge & Lanes
The Milky Way Lounge & Lanes lives.
By JIM SULLIVAN | November 27, 2007

The problem with heroes

Lessons from the build-them-up, tear-them-down Boston firefighter backlash
Even the hardest-hearted news consumer had to wince this past week when the private autopsy results of Paul Cahill and Warren Payne were leaked to some of the press.
By ADAM REILLY | October 10, 2007