By Phineas J. Stone One thing a Bostonian tried and true will never do is tell you it’s cold. The past week has been one of the longest cold snaps in 100 years by the numbers, I heard it was…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Finding Our Way Home in 2018
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh To all Bostonians: happy new year, and may 2018 bring you happiness and health in Boston. As we enter into the new year, I’m grateful for the people of Boston — I continue to be…
Congratulations to Our Elected City Officials
We offer our congratulations to our city officials who were sworn into office this past week. Public service is not easy these days. In an era of limited resources, it seems that our elected officials find themselves saying “No” more…
City Lights
Director Of The Arts Commission, Karin Goodfellow, presents City Lights founder and executive director Duggan Hill with a proclamation of Duggan Hill Day from Mayor Martin Walsh. In Boston, Dec. 23 was Duggan Hill Day, commemorating the 30th annual City…
Top Stories of 2017
Time flies by fast, especially after attending public meeting after public meeting. The year of 2017 brought a lot of changes to our neighborhoods from concerns over new development projects to traffic qualms, to even just down-to-earth fun events with…
BPS Officials Cancel Plans to Change Starting Times
By Beth Treffeisen After widespread opposition from parents and a number of Boston City Councilors, the Boston School System has decided to desert their plans to change the opening and closing school times across the city next fall, according to…
More Outreach Needed for Opiate Working Group in South End
By Seth Daniel After concluding its first public meeting last month, the expansive Opiate Working Group in the South End has agreed that it needs to have more and better outreach to the overall community. The public meeting took…
Police Briefs 12-28-2017
HEAD CASE On Friday, Dec. 22, at around 3:30 a.m., officers responded to a radio call to investigate a person in the area of 535 Boylston St. On arrival, police observed the suspect attacking another officer in the vicinity of…
Bay Village Christmas Tree
Miles Heald (3) eyes the colorful Christmas tree in Bay Village with wonder this month in expectation for all the excitement to come with the holiday season.
Menorah Lighting at Copley
The Boston Chabad held a public Menorah lighting in the Back Bay’s Copley Square on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 17, to commemorate the Hanukkah celebration. The event had been rescheduled from Dec. 12 due to inclement weather. Hanukkah ended this week.