Suffolk pushing to reopen former Ames Hotel as a dorm this fall Boston Globe For the first time in two months, the Boston Planning & Development Agency is poised to approve a major project: converting the former Ames Hotel into a Suffolk University dorm.

Charlie Bakers plan to reopen the economy about to kick in, area lawmakers say the lack of detail in the governors outline may adversely affect how businesses prepar LOCAL GOVERNMENT Boston planning board elects first Latina woman as chair Boston Business Journal The Boston Planning and Development Agency board on Thursday approved Priscilla Rojas as its chair, marking the first time a woman and Latina has helmed the board of the city's powerful real-estate