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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...

East Boston business owners upset entertainment space took over key parking spots

BOSTON - A temporary entertainment space for seasonal and youth programming went up in Day Square in East Boston. The space took up key parking spaces, and now have business owners concerned over the traffic issues it may cause.11...

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...

Boston business titan Jack Connors recalled for impact on Catholic education, generosity

BROOKLINE — Jack Connors Jr. was known throughout Boston and beyond as much for his generosity as he was for his business savvy.Besides the many boards on which he served, including Partners Healthcare System, the Boston College Board of...

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...

Eastern Nazarene College closure to eliminate 125 jobs

Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy said its planned closure will eliminate all 125 jobs, the school disclosed last week in a mandated WARN report. A small Christian school of just over 500 students, the college said last month that it...

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No. 24 Boston College’s impressive start undone by one five-minute stretch in loss to No. 6 Missouri

College Sports Thomas Castellanos threw for 249 yards and three touchdowns, but tossed two interceptions as well. Thomas Castellanos threw a...