Last week’s dramatic hearing in the U.S. Senate, in which the heads of a number of social media companies testified in front of a gallery that was filled with parents who lost children because of the pernicious effects of social…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
…And Those On-Line Sports Betting Companies Are Not Far Behind…
A while back we wrote an editorial about the clear and obvious evils of the easy availability of sports gambling via smartphones. This past Sunday evening, the news program 60 Minutes had a segment on exactly that topic, highlighting how…
Guest Op-Ed: A Little Bit of Kindness To Protect Mass. Parklands and Foster Community
By Brian Arrigo Just under a year ago, I had the honor of being appointed to lead the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the state’s largest landowner and steward of roughly half a million acres across Massachusetts. It’s been…
Beacon Hill Village Holds New Year’s Party
Enrico Caruso – His Songs: Concert To Be Presented by Nichols House Museum
By Suzanne Besser The works of Enrico Caruso, considered by many to be the greatest Italian opera tenor of the early 20th century, will be sung by English tenor Mark Milhofer on what would have been Caruso’s 151st birthday on…
MBTA Completes Expedited Critical Track Work on Green Line, Removing 16 Speed Restrictions
Special to The Sun The MBTA announced on Monday its successful and on-time completion of critical track work on the Green Line, which removed 16 safety-related speed restrictions – one more than planned. Moreover, a 17th speed restriction on the…
Wu Appoints Tania Del Rio As Commissioner of the Inspectional Services Department
Special to The Sun Mayor Michelle Wu appointed Tania Del Rio as Commissioner of the Inspectional Services Department (ISD) starting February 26, 2024. ISD administers and enforces building, housing, health, sanitation and safety regulations mandated by city and state governments.…
D.A.’s Office Creates Animal-Cruelty Task Force
Special to The Sun The Suffolk County District Attorney’s office has taken a major step in addressing the escalating issue of animal cruelty. Last week, Suffolk County DA announced the creation of the county’s first Animal Cruelty Task Force. Hayden,…
Environmentalists: Putin’s ‘Useful Idiots’
Vladimir Lenin used the term “useful idiots” to refer to journalists, labor leaders, and politicians in the West who extolled the virtues of Lenin’s new Communist regime in Russia as a “worker’s paradise.” They were in the vanguard of the…
BPDA Board Unanimously Approves Permanent Northeastern Student Housing at Sheraton’s South Tower
During its Jan. 18 virtual hearing, the Boston Planning & Development Agency board unanimously approved an application that will enable Northeastern University to convert one of the two towers comprising the Sheraton Boston Hotel in the Back Bay from temporary…