Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. All the while, Boston, my hometown, remained the punchline. If our neighbor to the south, New York City, was long known as “the ...

In an attempt to ditch the “sleepy city” allegations, Boston leaders have awarded grants to businesses and increased the distribution of liquor licenses with hopes of enlivening city nightlife.

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I spent the better part of my 20s as a society reporter in Manhattan for Vogue and for the now-defunct Style.com. For years, I dutifully trailed every fashion week, every film premiere, every ...