Special to the Sun Boston City Council President Ed Flynn and Councilor Brian Worrell held a hearing on Monday, September 18, at 10 a.m. to discuss the ordinance that they sponsored to have a study and annual report with data…
Month: September 2023
Community Groups From Across State Form Plastic Free Mass
Special to the Sun Over a dozen community and environmental groups have joined forces to form Plastic Free Mass, a new coalition dedicated to ending the use of polluting plastic. The group will push for new policies to protect our…
Healey Announces a Plan To Ban State Agencies From Purchasing Single-Use Plastic Bottles
In a New York Climate Week speech, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey announced a plan to ban state agencies from buying single-use plastic bottles. Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) released the following statement in response. “Single-use plastics are a scourge on our…
Get Your COVID-19 Booster Shots
While we would all love to leave COVID-19 in the rearview mirror, the stark reality is that the virus is still circulating among us, with the elderly and persons with compromised immune systems the most vulnerable to becoming seriously ill…
Mitt Could Have Been A Great President
The announcement this week by Utah Senator Mitt Romney that he will not seek re-election in 2024 leaves a void not only in the Republican party, but on our national political scene. When Mitt Romney was our governor, he showed…
Guest Op-Ed: My Thoughts on Boston Public School Meals
My Mayor Michelle Wu I’ll never forget that moment of wondrous epiphany years ago, when, still new to Boston, I tried my first apple picked from the tree at a local orchard. The pucker of tangy sweetness and juicy crispness…
Mass. Ave. Coalition’s Festival Set To Return Sept. 17 to Chester Square
The Mass. Ave. Coalition’s second annual festival will make its return on Sunday, Sept. 17, from 1 to 4 p.m., rain or shine, to Chester Square on both sides of Massachusetts Avenue between Tremont Street and Shawmut Avenue. The free,…
Family Jewelry Business Opens First Retail Store on Newbury
A Boston-based family jewelry business comprising a mother and her two daughters has opened its first retail store at 33 Newbury St. in the Back Bay. Lia Davis Lombara and her daughters, Lexi Colby and Taylor Davis Lombara, founded Colby…
District 7 Councilor Fernandes Anderson Secures Reelection Bid
Tania Fernandes Anderson cruised to an easy victory in the Preliminary Municipal Election on Tuesday, Sept. 12, to secure her reelection as District 7 city councilor in a five-way race. According to the city’s unofficial election results, Councilor Fernandes Anderson,…
Rooted in Updates NABB on Proposal for Cannabis Delivery Service
Rooted In, an adult-use cannabis shop at 331 Newbury St., is hoping to add delivery services to its existing retail operations, a company spokesman said during the Sept. 11 virtual monthly meeting of the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay…