The search for the suspect wanted for setting several dumpster fires in the downtown Boston areas is over. Earlier this evening, officers arrested William Elliott, 44, of Boston and charged him with the Burning of Personal Property. The BPD released…
Month: April 2020
MBTA’s RIDE Offering Transit Services to PCAs
The MBTA announced that the RIDE paratransit service will temporarily allow customers to book trips for their personal care attendants (PCAs) in an effort to best support their ADA-eligible customers during the COVID-19 situation. “This change will allow the MBTA…
Long-Time Back Bay Resident Celebrates Birthday With Socially Distanced Gathering
Long-time Back Bay resident Linda Morgan celebrated her birthday last year at a restaurant surrounded by friends and neighbors. This year her celebration looked a little different—neighbors donned masks and stood six feet apart. Social distancing has created challenges for…
Tech Teens: Brother and Sister Reach Out to Help Others With Technology
Being tremendously helpful in this pandemic has been as easy as clicking a button for Elizabeth and Thomas Garity – or rather showing others how to click it. The siblings from the South End have found a lot more time…
Mayor Walsh Says More COVID-19 Testing and Tracing Needed for Return to Normalcy
Mayor Marty Walsh said during a virtual forum last week he expects a greater capacity for testing for and contact tracing COVID-19 would need to be in place and more data collected before Boston can return to “some sense of…
Civic Leaders Hearing Few Complaints About PPE Discarded in City Streets
By Dan Murphy and Lauren Bennett While the sight of discarded face-masks, surgical gloves and other discarded Personal Protective Equipment on the city’s streets has become increasingly more commonplace in recent weeks, leaders of some neighborhood civic groups have heard…
News Briefs
South End Updates Chester Square Neighbors Virtual Meeting May 6 Chester Square Neighbors will be holding a virtual Zoom meeting on May 6 at 7:00pm, where John Tobin, vice president of City and community affairs for Northeastern University and Kathy…
Allowing the States to Go Bankrupt Is a Really Bad Idea
One of the most glaring shortcomings thus far of the stimulus and disaster packages that have been passed by Congress in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the failure to provide assistance to the states. Every state in the…
Guest Op-Ed: Emergency Care Has Not Been Put on Hold If You Need Medical Assistance, Seek Help
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh During this public health emergency, many of us are feeling stressed and anxious. Days are uncertain and our routines have shifted. Many people are working remotely, or have lost their jobs. Students are learning online.…
Paycheck Protection Program resumes Monday morning
Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration Jovita Carranza and U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin issued the following statement this weekend on the resumption of the Payroll Protection Program (PPP): “We are pleased that President Trump has signed into…