The Intl. WeLoveU Foundation (WeLoveU) partnered with State Representative Jon Santiago and Franco Campanello, President of the South West Corridor Park Conservancy (SWCPC) to clean up and beautify South West Corridor Park on August 7. From 9 a.m. to 11…
Month: August 2022
McLean Hospital Welcomes Two New Board of Trustees Members
Valerie Mosley, CFA, founder of Upward Wealth and former partner at Wellington Management Company, and Back Bay residents Cathy E. Minehan, former board chair of Massachusetts General Hospital and former president of the Federal Reserve Bank, have joined McLean Hospital’s…
City Officials Announce Preparations Ahead of the 2022 State Primary: Preparations Include Early Voting, Ballot Drop Box Locations and 20 New Voting Precincts
The City of Boston’s Election Department on Aug. 8 announced its preparations ahead of the State Primary, taking place on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. In addition to early voting and ballot drop box locations, these preparations include expanded voter access…
Skating Academy Registration for Fall Classes Now Open
The Skating Academy, The Skating Club of Boston’s Learn to Skate USA program, opened their fall registration last week. As New England’s premier ice skating school, The Skating Academy offers top-quality instruction and small group ice skating lessons for children and…
John Murphy 2000 – 2022
John Douglas Murphy, a wilderness enthusiast known to all as “Jack,” died on Tuesday, Aug. 2 near Enos Lake in the Absaroka Mountains of Wyoming. Jack was struck by lightning while on a Wilderness First Responder expedition with the National…
Rize Massachusetts Receives $2 Million in 2023 State Budget
Special to the Sun RIZE Massachusetts, an independent nonprofit foundation working to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, received a $2 million appropriation to support its efforts to combat the overdose crisis in the state’s fiscal 2023 budget signed into…
United South End Settlements Elects Carmen Duarte New Board Chair
United South End Settlements (USES) announced on August 9 the appointment of diversity, equity and inclusion champion and strategist Carmen Duarte as Board Chair, along with the election of five new Board members and leadership appointments as USES celebrates its…
Friends of the Public Garden’s Summer Party Return After Three-Year Hiatus
Beacon Street Lodging-House Applicant Returns to NABBLBU Committee With New Proposal
After meeting with a less than favorable response at the June 8 meeting, an applicant was on hand again at the virtual Aug. 1 meeting of the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay License and Building Use Committee (NABBLBU) with…
SEHS To Document South End From the 1960s-1980s
The South End Historical Society (SEHS) is gearing up to begin interviews for its South End Oral History project, which will document stories of change in the neighborhood between the 1960s and the 1980s. The project received a $40,000 grant…