By Lyndia Downie, President and Executive Director, Pine Street Inn and David W. Manzo, South End Resident and Member of Pine Street Inn’s Board of Directors The concerns expressed regarding the use of 891 Massachusetts Avenue as a bridge site…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Tidying Up Franklin Square
BPL Brings Back Museum Passes
The Boston Public Library (BPL) announced it is reinstating a version of the Museum Passes program, granting BPL patrons access to free and discounted passes to Massachusetts museums and cultural institutions. As museums continue to open in Phase 3 of…
BPDA Reissues Development Proposals, Requesting Stronger Diversity and Inclusion Criteria
The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board this month authorized the agency to reissue Request for Proposals (RFPs) for three separate developments on BPDA-owned property which have not sufficiently outlined plans to further the agency’s mission regarding diversity and…
MassDOT Schedules Temporary Overnight Lane Closures on Longfellow Bridge
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced that there will be temporary overnight lane closures for vehicular traffic travelling on the Longfellow Bridge between Boston and Cambridge. The overnight closures are scheduled to take place nightly from Sunday, August 16,…
Martin Luther King III Endorses Joe Kennedy III for U.S. Senate
“Joe has fought for the silenced and ignored, the oppressed and left behind. He legislates and leads from our streets and communities –– for and with the peo-ple most in need.” — Martin Luther King, III On Thursday, Aug. 13,…
As Primary Approaches, Markey Campaign Sees Tsunami of Grassroots Contributions
With two weeks to go before the final day to vote in the primary, the Ed Markey for U.S. Senate campaign is reporting $1.84 million in donations in the period from July 1 to Monday. The campaign received 38,697 individual…
Walsh Announces $30 Million New Affordable Housing Funding Round
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that the City of Boston has released two Requests for Proposals (RFP) offering approximately $30 million for afford-able housing developments seeking City of Boston financial support. This is the first affordable housing funding the City…
Death at Verb Hotel in March Ruled a Homicide: Revere Man Arrested in Maine
At about 12:10 p.m. on Friday, March 13, officers assigned to District D-4 (South End) responded to a radio call for a cardiac arrest in the area of 1271 Boylston St. (Verb Hotel) in Fenway. On arrival, officers located an…
Save the U.S. Post Office
The unprecedented efforts to undermine the operations of the U.S. Postal Service by President Donald Trump and the Republicans are not even a thinly-veiled attempt to make sure that mail-in voting in the November election during this unprecedented pandemic will…