City calls for service and good deeds to honor spirit of resilience Special to the Sun Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston released the annual call to action for community-based organizations, businesses, and city of Boston residents to…
Month: April 2025
Task Force Launched to Address Public Safety in Downtown Boston
Special to Sun A cross-sector coalition of city and state officials, law enforcement, shelters and churches, institutional partners, business and trade associations, and civic organizations last week officially launched the One Downtown Task Force – a strategic initiative aimed at…
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Ward 4 Dems offers $400 scholarship for ninth and 10th graders Do you know a ninth or 10th grader who lives in or attends school in Ward 4 and might be interested in a $400 scholarship, courtesy of the Boston…
Family History Attraction to Open in Boston
The Family Heritage Experience opens to the public this month in Boston’sBack Bay Special to the Sun The Family Heritage Experience, a state-of-the-art exhibition designed to inspire visitors to reflect on their family history and cultural heritage, opens to the…
MBTA Announces Spring Schedules, Increases Subway and Bus Service Frequency
Special to the Sun The MBTA announced improvements this spring to bus and subway schedules, which go into effect on April 6, 2025. Among the changes, the MBTA will improve subway frequency as well as bus frequency and schedule reliability…
Applications for Boston’s Youth Summer Jobs Program are Now Open
Special to the Sun Mayor Michelle Wu and the Office of Youth Employment and Opportunity (YEO) announced that paid youth job applications are open for summer 2025. Boston youth and young adults ages 14 – 24 can apply now at…
Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits Exhibition Opens at the MFA – A Chosen Family Affair
Special to the Sun The new exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is a touching collaboration between the MFA and the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. When the two respective curators, Katie Hanson, of William and Ann Elfers…
City of Boston Announces $1 million Investment to Expand Digital Literacy Across City
Special to the Sun Mayor Michelle Wu, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and the Office of Workforce Development (OWD) last week announced a $1 million investment to expand the City’s Digital Literacy (DigLit) Initiative, a critical initiative that helps workforce development programs…
Plastics: It’s Even Worse Than We Thought
We recently wrote about the pervasiveness of plastics not only in our environment, but also in our bodies. However, as ominous as we thought things were at the time we wrote those words, more-recent revelations by scientists across the globe…