When Gov. Charlie Baker announced that Houses of Worship would be able to open up this week in Phase 1 of the state’s re-opening plan, it was a ‘Hallelujah!’ moment, and now churches are preparing to open at a variety…
Author: Seth Daniel
Capt. David Ramsay Was an Elite Fighter Pilot in the Air Force: Only the 47th African American to Graduate from West Point in 1964
Ramsay Park might be better known for its basketball courts and recently-renovated playground areas in the South End, but the namesake of the park is a man whose shadow looms large on a day like Memorial Day. Capt. David Ramsay…
Kicking off a Campaign from the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Fight
State Rep. Jon Santiago this week finds himself continuing to care for patients on the front lines of the COVID-19 battle, while at the same time making the ballot and kicking off his re-election campaign to the State Legislature –…
Boston Water Sales Drop Substantially as City Comes to Standstill: MWRA Reduces Rates Significantly for Water, Sewer Base
There seems to be no end to the secondary effects of the COVID-19 virus, and now City officials are at a loss to figure out why water sales for home and commercial ratepayers are down – particularly for Boston. The…
Rates, Cases and Testing Stay Steady and Low in the Downtown
Little has changed and rates and testing remains very encouraging for the downtown neighborhoods, as they display some of the lowest rates of infection in the city outside of the larger homeless population that is buoying up rates and cases…
Gardening Expected to Be in High Demand This Summer
With most all special events cancelled, and a lot of summer fun that just isn’t socially distant, the expectation is that gardening – particularly in community gardens – is going to skyrocket in popularity, and in a lot of ways,…
Exchange South End Says It Is Committed to Connector Road
Neighbors and abutters of the massive Exchange South End commercial project report having serious concerns that The Abbey Group might be trying to get out of permitting and building a critical connector road to I-93 within its Albany Street project…
Back Bay, South End Ministers Lead Call for Voice in Re-Opening
Two ministers from the Back Bay and South End are leading the call with more than 200 other religious leaders statewide to have a voice on re-opening and to look at why they are considered non-essential. Pastor James Hopkins of…
Neighborhood Cases down While Testing up in Downtown Areas
Positive COVID-19 cases within the general neighborhoods of the downtown remain low even as testing has ramped up among the general population and the homeless population in the South End. Because of the numbers of homeless that have been tested…
USES Moves Towards Feeding, Serving Community Online During Pandemic
United South End Settlements (USES) has reinvented, relocated and reallocated for more than 125 years, and the COVID-19 pandemic has been just another example of the nimbleness of the organization to serve the community. Now, USES has restructured itself on…