The summer of our discontent — the summer that hasn’t been — is just about half over. June has come and gone and we are just past the midway point of July, which means that there are only seven weekends…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Uses Early Childhood Education Program Reopens
Sax Serenades on Boylston
ZBA Approves Takeout for Greystone Cafe Bakery and Provisions
Greystone Cafe Bakery and Provisions, which is co-owned by Jacqueline Gannon, is set to open at 75-77 Dartmouth St. on the corner of Appleton and Dartmouth Streets. The space was previously occupied by Appleton Bakery Cafe. There will be minor…
More Than Words Receives Library of Congress State Literacy Award
More Than Words (MTW) of Boston and Waltham has been announced by Massachusetts Center for the Book as the recipient of the 2020 Library of Congress/Massachusetts State Literacy Award. Funding for the state literacy awards program is made possible through…
Walsh Announces In-Person Summer Youth Programming for BCYF
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) last week announced that online registration has opened for City-operated summer youth programs and classes, all of which are designed and will be operated in accordance with current…
When Did the U.S. go from First to Worst?
For those of us of the Baby Boom generation, it was unquestionable that the United States was “the best” country in the world. Despite the war in Vietnam, Watergate, recessions, 9/11, and other setbacks, America continued to be a global…
Name Change Was a Long Time Coming
The decision this week by the Washington Redskins to change its team name was long, long, LONG overdue. The term “redskin” is — and always has been — a racist reference to Native Americans. For anyone who doubts that notion,…
New Green Line, bus boarding procedures on July 20
The MBTA is announcing that, effective on Monday, July 20, there will be updated boarding protocols for customers using buses and the Green Line at street-level stations. Standard fare collection processes will continue at the front doors of buses and…
MassDOT Advisory: Lane closures at intersection of Commonwealth Avenue & BU Bridge
Friday night, July 17, until Saturday afternoon, July 18 The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing it will be reducing the number of travel lanes on a section Commonwealth Avenue eastbound and westbound at the intersection of the BU…