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These are the most expensive second-home markets in New England

As another summer vacation rental season nears its end, you may well be thinking: What if I buy something for next summer? Cape Cod and the Islands, for example, experienced a burst in interest in 2020 when the pandemic let...

Cambridge rezoning could create nearly 5,000 new homes, city says

A proposal to allow for six-story residential buildings across Cambridge would create 4,880 net new housing units in the next decade and a half, almost 14 times the number of units expected under current zoning, according to new estimates...

Boston’s property tax drama isn’t over. It’s entering a new chapter

In the frantic, not-so-productive final hours of this year’s formal legislative session, the Massachusetts Senate did not take up Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s proposal to authorize the city to temporarily shift more of the property-tax burden onto commercial landlords. That...

Boston planning chief to step down next month

Arthur Jemison, the city of Boston’s head of planning and development, revealed Thursday that he would step down from the role in September to move back to Michigan with his family. Mayor Michelle Wu tapped Jemison, a former high-ranking housing...

Wayfair to open second branded store next year

About three months after opening its first branded store in the Chicago area, Wayfair said it's working on its next one. The Boston-based online retailer of home furniture posted its financial results for the second quarter on Thursday, just days...

Boston tax shift, other bills still in limbo Thursday morning

Most of the key business-related bills before the state legislature were still in limbo as of Thursday morning, including Boston Mayor Michelle Wu's proposal to shift more property taxes onto commercial owners in coming years. On Tuesday, the Massachusetts House...

Four years after closing, Allston music venue Great Scott is coming back

After the pandemic shuttered the doors of smaller music venues across Boston four years ago, the beloved Allston music venue Great Scott is making its way back to the city's flourishing music scene.  Despite an outpouring of public support after...

Top of the heap: These are the highest-paid CEOs in Mass. for 2024

Compensation packages for the highest-paid chief executives in Massachusetts again rose in fiscal 2023, according to a Boston Business Journal analysis of companies’ regulatory filings. This year, unlike previous ones, there were no massive stock awards pushing total compensation into...

Fidelity-owned hotel staff picket, call for boycott

Workers at the Fidelity Investments-owned Seaport Hotel picketed in front of the hotel to announce a boycott calling for customers to avoid the destination until their union is recognized. Seaport Hotel banquet and convention services workers held their election to...

These are Massachusetts’ best hospitals, according to U.S News & World Report

Two Boston hospitals are among the 20 best in the country, according to the U.S. News and World Report’s annual list. Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital are the only two Massachusetts hospitals to make the report’s “honor...
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Boston Sports Legends Share Strong Honor At ‘The Tradition’

BOSTON — The Sports Museum inducted six more members Wednesday night to a number of familiar faces that shaped...
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