The state’s July total unemployment rate dropped by two-tenths of a percentage point at 3.5 percent over-the-month, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary job estimates indicate Massachusetts gained 13,500 jobs in…
Month: August 2022
Wu Announces Legacy Business Program To Support Iconic Businesses
Mayor Michelle Wu announced the launch of the Legacy Business Program, an initiative that will support longstanding, independent businesses in Boston through increased visibility and connecting them with City services and grant opportunities. “Our legacy businesses serve as anchors in…
Boston Awarded Grant To Expand Access to Apprenticeship Programs
Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD), an affiliate of the Boston Planning & Development Agency, was recently awarded $3 million from the US Department of Labor to create and expand equitable pre-apprenticeship pathways to…
The MWRA Is Doing a Great Job
Residents in our newspapers’ circulation area in Greater Boston probably are unaware that most of the communities in Massachusetts are enduring drought conditions that have resulted in the imposition of severe water-use restrictions. But here in Greater Boston, there is…
Robert Kraft Belongs in the Hall of Fame
As we are writing this early in the week, the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Coach/Contributor Committee is getting ready to meet to select one of 12 nominees for inclusion in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Class…
Boston Lyric Opera Presents ‘Romeo and Juliet’ on the Boston Common
Public Gets a Look at Plan To Redevelop Fenway Star Market Site
The site of the Fenway Star Market is poised to become home to a lab and office building comprising four connected components with ground-floor retail, but no residential component, according to members of the project team on hand for a…
Open Newbury Returns for Six Consecutive Sundays
Newbury Street will again be transformed into a pedestrian-only walkway when Open Newbury returns for six consecutive Sundays between Aug. 21 and Sept. 25, Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Transportation Department (BTD) announced last week. “Open Newbury Street has…
Michael Cox Sworn In As BPD’s 44th Police Commissioner
Surrounded by his family, Michael Cox was sworn in as the Boston Police Department’s (BPD) 44th commissioner on August 15 on City Hall Plaza. On July 13, Mayor Michelle Wu announced that Cox, a Boston native, was selected to be…
30-Day Orange Line Shutdown To Begin Aug. 19
The MBTA recently announced that the entire Orange Line will be shut down for 30 days starting on August 19 to complete repair work and make safety upgrades. A virtual public meeting was also held on August 16, and more…