The cost to attend Boston university in 2026–27: $73,024 tuition $13,170 housing $7,570 food Total: $98,419

A Boston office building at 320 Summer Street is being turned into 145 loft style apartments. Another Boston office building is becoming housing.

There's a porta potty on the loose on Bolyston Street right now. 📹: @alexismeissner

The Mariner’s House in the North End was built in 1847 for active-duty sailors. You still need proof of service to stay there today. Rooms start at $65 a night. 💙

NFL reporter Dianna Russini has resigned from The Athletic less than a week after photos were published of her and Patriots coach Mike Vrabel.

The Swan Boats are back in Boston. 🤍

The Charles River Esplanade is in full spring bloom. 🤍

New menu items Fenway Park is offering this season. Lobstah Poutine. Mini Empanadas. Surf & Turf Dog. Spicy Cabot Grilled Cheese.

Spring in Kenmore Square. ❤️

The most iconic anti Yankees shirts in Boston were reportedly created by a crew of hardcore punks selling them outside Fenway in the early 2000s. grantland.com/features/yan...

“Storrowed” became an official Urban Dictionary term in 2013.

The $500,000,000 Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist in Boston is still unsolved 36 years later. 13 works of art were stolen in 81 minutes. The museum is offering a $10 million reward for information leading to the recovery of the stolen works.

How Boston businesses keep up with the rent here...

Blank Street Coffee will establish its newest Boston-area shop at the former Twin Donuts diner at 501 Cambridge Street in Allston. They will restore and retain the iconic neon Twin Donuts sign.

Titleist was founded in 1932 by an MIT grad and is still headquartered in Fairhaven, Massachusetts today.

Harvard University is free for students from families making $100,000 or less. Families earning up to $200,000 pay no tuition.

The City of Boston is an official sanctuary city for transgender and LGBTQIA2S+ residents since 2025. Leaders say it ensures continued access to healthcare and protections.

These Massachusetts towns have the highest and lowest average single-family tax bills in 2026. Weston, Brookline, and Lincoln top the list. Hancock, Rowe, and Monroe are among the lowest.

In 2003, Bill Belichick wrote an essay for the The New York Times titled “O.K., Champ, Now Comes the Hard Part.” His message: winning is the easy part. The real challenge is the next season, when everyone is trying to knock off the champion. www.nytimes.com/2003/01/26/o...

Only in Boston is someone is casually walking a pet rooster down Newbury Street. 📸: @Juliana.lavita

Boston, where you can read a book while your team clinches a spot in the playoffs... 📸: @victoria.sarkissian

A turkey in the North End standing on top of a Mercedes staring at the sunrise. 🤍⁠ 📸: @kwalshie08

Suffolk University is completely revamping its dining starting this summer through a new partnership with Aramark Collegiate Hospitality. New meal plans, all-you-can-eat options, grab-and-go, and mobile ordering are all coming to campus.

Electric hydrofoil season has commenced on the Charles River. 💙 📹: @didialghanim

It's a lovely Saturday in Boston. 🤍⁠ 📸: @Bettyyyk

Portland’s Ritz-Carlton residential units just got price cuts of ~50% — one-beds now ~$600K (was $1.2–$1.7M), two-beds ~$1M (was $2.1–$2.6M), three-beds ~$1.6M (was $3.3M). Makes you wonder how the new Ritz-Carlton Boston South Station Tower units are selling...

YouTube Premium is raising its price to $15.99/month starting May 15.

No matter how today goes, you deserve a crab rangoon at the end of the day.

A record 34% of United States home sellers cut their price this February, the highest ever. But in Massachusetts, the spring market flips everything. Boston sellers are holding out for higher offers.

Can Logan Airport start having a DJ for early morning flights like JFK does?

Happy Friday.

John Hancock’s 1767 Boston home is for sale for the first time in 50+ years. One of the last surviving Revolutionary-era homes in the city.

This is a new one...

Massachusetts law gives you 3 business days to cancel a health club membership with no penalty. Gym contracts also cannot exceed 36 months, and clubs cannot require automatic bank withdrawals or credit card payments.

A real estate developer has been constructing a 7-story hotel inside a narrow Downtown Boston alleyway since 2023.

Property taxes in the Northeast are on another level. Massachusetts: ~$7,900 average bill United States average: $4,427 One of the highest in the country.

ALERT: Kylian Mbappé is coming to Waltham. Bentley University will host France’s national team as a World Cup 2026 training base.

Mayor Michelle Wu just filed Boston’s FY27 budget. $4.9B plan + $4.4B capital plan Only 2.1% growth (lowest since 2010). No Prop 2½ override. Cuts to some programs, but funding maintained for schools ($1.7B), housing, public safety, and youth jobs.

Delta is raising bag fees. $10 more for your first and second checked bags. $50 more for a third. And JetBlue. $39 (off-peak) → up from $35. $49 (peak) → up from $40. +$10 if you wait until the airport. And United. $45 (prepaid) / $50 (last-minute) for first bag. $55 / $60 for second bag.

Average Condo Prices: Allston: 2014: $271,687 2025: ~$630,000 Charlestown: 2014: $569,991 2025: ~$925,000 Dorchester: 2014: $271,687 2025: ~$580,000 Mattapan: 2014: $94,500 2025: ~$590,000 Roxbury: 2014: $266,227 2025: ~$595,000 South Boston: 2014: $520,124 2025: ~$815,250

Boston is one of just 13 U.S. cities where you need to earn at least $100,000 a year to live comfortably, whether renting or owning. That’s based on the 50/20/30 rule: 50% necessities 20% savings 30% spending

Massachusetts State Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in Worcester County this weekend. Saturday April 11 into Sunday April 12. Worcester, Framingham, Leominster, Fitchburg, Marlborough, Shrewsbury take note.

The 2026 Massachusetts gubernatorial election is set for November 3, 2026. Primaries are September 1, 2026. Gov. Maura Healey and Lt. Gov. Kim Driscoll are running for a second term. Republicans: Mike Kennealy, Michael Minogue, Brian Shortsleeve are running in the GOP primary.

ALERT: Delta is raising bag fees again. Starting April 8: $10 more for your first and second checked bags. $50 more for a third. Another cost getting passed to travelers.

It's going to reach 80° on Tuesday.

April in the Boston Harbor. 🤎 📹: @dukeandnoblethechocolatelabs

Outdoor dining is returning to Moody Street in Waltham. The hybrid setup (tables in parking spaces behind barriers) will run May 22 through September 7.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts just launched a new online portal to report alleged misconduct by 🧊 agents. Residents can now submit videos, photos, and incidents directly to the state. www.mass.gov/forms/report...

How is it 29° right now but going to be 79° next week?

ALERT: JetBlue is raising bag fees. • $39 (off-peak) → up from $35 • $49 (peak) → up from $40 • +$10 if you wait until the airport Flying just keeps getting more expensive.