A group of Massachusetts restaurant owners and managers has joined together to pen a letter to state elected officials urging them to allow restaurants to open on Tuesday, May 18. In the May 12 letter to Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt.…
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Bay Village HDC Hears Townhome Proposal for 132 Arlington St. Parking Lot
The Bay Village Historic District Commission held its first virtual meeting via Zoom on May 12, where an advisory review for the construction of nine rowhouses on the existing parking lot at 132 Arlington St. was heard. The Commission was…
This Year’s Duckling Day Celebrated on Screens
For more than 30 years, Mother’s Day has been synonymous with Duckling Day in the Boston Public Garden, and brings families from all over the City to celebrate mothers, spring, and don their duck gear. This year, Duckling Day could…
A Big Thank You to Nurses
USES Moves Towards Feeding, Serving Community Online During Pandemic
United South End Settlements (USES) has reinvented, relocated and reallocated for more than 125 years, and the COVID-19 pandemic has been just another example of the nimbleness of the organization to serve the community. Now, USES has restructured itself on…
Despite Empty Roads, State’s Traffic Fatality Rate Doubles in April, MassDOT Says
With COVID-19 causing less traffic on roads across the Commonwealth, speeding and traffic fatalities have increased over the past month, MassDOT said on Monday in an online press conference. Both Gov. Charlie Baker and Boston Mayor Martin Walsh have addressed…
D-4 Police See Crime Go Down, But Frustrations Are Up
Though crime has dropped in an impressive way on paper over the last six weeks, D-4 Capt. Steve Sweeney said it doesn’t mean that there is any shortage of frustration on the beat – including good investigations that have been…
Walsh Provides Testing, Boston Public School Updates
Mayor Walsh said on May 4 that while Boston “may be on the verge of a downward slope,” it’s “not time to ease up” on social distancing and other protective measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19. He said that…
Construction Return in Boston to Be Incremental Through May
The Walsh Administration is sending out a set of timelines this week as preliminary guidance to construction companies as to how essential construction projects will return throughout the month of May. Since April 27, all construction sites allowed to work…
Downtown, Fenway Remain Low in COVID-19 Cases Even With Expanded Testing
Aside from the anomaly of homeless residents being tested in the South End at the shelters, the downtown neighborhoods continue to report some of the lowest numbers of COVID-19 cases in the area. The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) put…