Beth Treffeisen For the first time since 2009, the August sales tax reprieve of 6.25 percent will not greet Massachusetts’s residents this year. Due to falling short fall of tax collections for the fiscal 2016 and a lowered expectation for…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Downtown View:Words to Get Rid Of
By Karen Cord Taylor This week is going to be pretty exciting. First, we’ll learn how many Republicans are packing guns at their convention. And, mercifully, we’ll also start to get rid of a dreadful word. The word is “presumptive.”…
Where is Your Sting?
By Phineas J. Stone Death is something we don’t often confront that much in these neighborhoods, not as much as in other places around Boston. Though hundreds die around us every week, Boston – and especially the downtown neighborhoods and…
Police Briefs 07-21-2016
BACK ABY – KENMORE/FENWAY – SOUTH END POLICE LOG July 11 220 Huntington Ave. – Vandalism 700 Boylston St. – Sick/Injured/Medical – Person 42 Harrison Archways – Ballistics Evidence/Found 289 Shawmut Ave. – Vandalism Berkeley/Boylston streets – Towed Motor Vehicle…
Letter to the Editor
Boston Public Market now open daily Dear Editor: Since the Boston Public Market opened last summer, you’ve welcomed us with open arms, and helped us succeed in our mission to provide fresh, healthy food to consumers of all income levels,…
Why I Voted Against the City Budget
By Councilor Anissa Essaibi George As the Boston City Council cast its final votes on the City of Boston budgets for fiscal 2017, I went in to the meeting ready to take a stand for the children of Boston, for…
Our Summer of Discontent
Tragic events seem to be cascading upon us from throughout the world almost on a daily basis. Whereas for the past 15 years (since 9/11), a terrorist-inspired event might happen sporadically, now when we go on-line each morning to look…
Almost An Official Landmark:Petition to Designate Citgo Sign Gets Unanimous Nod from Commission
By Beth Treffeisen The red, white, and blue LED lights that make up the famous CITGO sign in Kenmore Square may soon continue to shine as an official landmark. On Tuesday, the Boston Landmarks Commission voted unanimously to accept the…
PLS Check Cashing Not to Pursue More Hours
By Seth Daniel The PLS Check Cashing business on the busy corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Tremont Street will not pursue a 24-hour, seven day a week, extension of its current hours, an attorney for the company said on Wednesday.…
Pedestrian Death On Albany Street Brings Call For More Enforcement
By Seth Daniel Boston Police are still investigating the death of a 69-year-old man hit and killed by a car on Albany Street last Thursday, July 7, near Thayer Street – but residents in the area say it’s a visible…