Boston drivers may be able to save their quarters now that city councilors plan to institute a new program that would allow drivers to pay parking meters through text messages.

Boston, a city known for its high number of higher education institutions, is seeing a surge in the number of college dropouts, leading educators to reassess the methods they have used to encourage college attendance.

Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner (Roxbury, Dorchester) was arrested at about 7 a.m. Friday at City Hall, becoming the latest Boston official to be accused of taking bribes.

Frigid temperatures did not stop people from witnessing the 24th annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Faneuil Hall Marketplace on Saturday night.

Some liquor stores are balking the Boston Police Department's request that they post employees at entrances to prevent underage drinking after a number of stores allegedly failed to check IDs at counters.

In a news story Monday, the headline referring to Boston City Councilor's arrest ('Turner arrested for taking bribe,' Nov. 24, p. 1) was misleading. Turner was arrested for allegedly taking a bribe and is presumed innocent until proven guilty in court.

In the home stretch of Boston University's six-year project to build a high security disease research lab on its medical campus, biolab opponents have ramped up their opposition to the plan.

Students living in the cluster of crowded houses and triple deckers that fill much of Boston University's so-called student ghetto say landlords often ignore their complaints of mold, leaks, air quality and general disrepair in their homes and apartments because of their age.

Thousands of people gathered at City Hall Saturday to protest against Proposition 8, a California ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage in the state only four months after a court ruled to allow the unions.

Students searching for off-campus Allston apartments next year will need to dig deeper into their pockets thanks to a combination of factors.

About 3.5 million people are likely to experience homelessness in a given year, and about 1.4 million of those individuals sleeping on streets will be children, according to a 2007 National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty.

Armed with Gov. Deval Patrick's budget request to allow cities to replace police officers with civilian flaggers at construction sites on roads with speed limits under 45 miles per hour, Boston city councilors called a hearing to see how much the Hub could save over objections from officers who say the move would hurt public safety.