Providing a reprieve from the sticky summer heat, the lodge is home to social programming for senior citizens in the neighborhood Tuesday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. But this day was special — it was a celebration.

The City of Boston will start issuing code enforcement fines directly to Republic Services for garbage left uncollected amid the ongoing trash collection worker strike, Mayor Michelle Wu said in a letter on Wednesday.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu is leading Josh Kraft by 30 points with about a month to go before the first ballots are cast in the city's preliminary election.

The ongoing workers strike against waste collection company Republic Services has affected trash pickup in at least 14 Greater Boston communities.

A new poll of likely voters suggests that Boston Mayor Michelle Wu will smoke her principal challenger Josh Kraft in this fall’s election.

Wu and the city's Office of Arts and Culture announced 25 free cultural events coming to City Hall Plaza this summer and fall.

Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s administration is pushing for more mitigation to offset the impacts of the Kraft Group’s proposed soccer stadium in Everett, as the two sides prepare for a mediator to participate in their negotiations.

Wu’s chief of planning sent a letter to a Kraft Group executive outlining the issues, including traffic and economic impact, that Wu and her team want to see addressed.