After taking a trip last week to Montreal and Toronto to see multiple safe injection sites (SIF) and taking a ride-along with Canadian police, Mayor Martin Walsh said this week he was impressed with the safe injection operations he saw…
Author: Seth Daniel
Beacon Communities, BHA and City Partner on $23 Million Redevelopment of Lenox-camden
Boston Housing Authority (BHA) Director Bill McGonagle has said repeatedly that the Authority will do everything in its power not to lose one deeply affordable public-housing unit despite the pressures of the hot real estate market, and on Tuesday morning,…
EBNA Stays Neutral on Liberty Compassionates
The East Berkeley Neighborhood Association (EBNA) has voted to write a neutral letter regarding the Liberty Compassionates medical marijuana store proposal for Albany Street – just beyond their boundaries. President Ken Smith said the Jan. 15 meeting of the Association…
Old South Gospel Choir Swings and Sings for MLK Day
As the breakfast dishes began to be put away and the coffee cups were given a second filling during Monday’s 49th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast, suddenly the band struck up from the front of the room. Accompanying the…
Mixed Reactions in Fenway for Mobile Addiction Services Van
A mobile van offering a needle exchange, addiction services, and other harm reduction programs has quietly taken up residence in the Fens over the past several months, shocking and frustrating some neighbors and bringing praises from other neighbors, as the…
Former Rep. Byron Rushing Honored at 49th MLK Breakfast
After many decades on Beacon Hill in the State House, former South End State Rep. Byron Rushing was honored for his service to the community at the 49th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Breakfast with the True Compass Award –…
Blackstone School Fighting for Funding With Potential Loss of $500k
When Blackstone School parent Alexandra Olivero thinks about what next year will bring if a $500,000 budget shortfall transpires at the South End elementary school – only one word comes to mind. “Chaos,” she said on Monday, amidst volunteering at…
Warp Speed Ahead: Hotel Alexandra to Move Quickly Through Reviews
The Hotel Alexandra redevelopment plan will proceed on a very accelerated schedule in the coming month, with the goal of having the long-awaited project to the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board by March. The news came at the…
Moving Forward: Mayor’s State of the City Focuses on Using Boston as an Example of How to Keep Government Running
Mayor Martin Walsh took a decidedly national tone in his State of the City address at Symphony Hall in the Back Bay on Tuesday night, unveiling few new local initiatives, but highlighting past successes in the City as an example…
Compassionate Organics Gets Rolled in Packed, Passionate Meeting
It was the beatdown everyone knew was coming. But as process dictates, it was a civic pummeling prescribed by law. Compassionate Organics held its long-awaited statutory community meeting on Wednesday., Jan. 9, at the AC Hotel Ink Block and faced…