Results tagged “huffingtonpost”

We thought Localocracy was a good idea when we saw it. Now we know why. If you recall, Localocracy billed it as "an online forum for residents and decision makers to weigh in on issues facing their community." Arianna Huffington, cofounder of Huffington Post and president of Huffington Post Media Group, noticed it, too. The company bought Localocracy, a four-person Boston start-up, for less than $1 million to be part of a team to foster participation in local government and communities through Huffington Post and the Patch. more ›

IvyGate has pointed us to a recent Huffington Post article listing the top ten "anti-party" schools, providing a welcome counterpart to the perennial party school lists that always just end up featuring the largest schools in the country because bigger schools (not surprisingly) equal bigger parties. Anti-party schools, by contrast, seem like they could be a little more interesting. Sadly, the unimaginative laziness of the HuffPo list (much like the Globe's lazy nacho list) makes it pretty much a yawn. more ›

--Officials investigating the fire that killed 2 people in a South Boston condo think that it may have been set intentionally. WCVB reports that "vandals targeted the family before." [WCVB] more ›