By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Boston is a diverse city made up of residents of all backgrounds, all education levels and job sectors spread out over 14 neighborhoods. Some of us were born and bred here, some with families that have been here for decades, some received a wonderful education or job here and...
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How We’re Creating Affordable Housing
School Will Be Back – Drive with Care
With school bells ringing for the start of the 2017-18 school year next week and the week thereafter, commuters will have to adjust to the prospect of schoolchildren and school buses returning to our streets. All of us who drive to work in the early mornings on weekdays have to admit that not having...
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Another Alcohol- Related Tragedy
Perhaps it is because we have children who are teen-agers, but the news Monday morning of the death of a 16 year-old girl on the Merrimack River in a jet ski accident in which alcohol allegedly was involved hit us particularly hard. According to news reports, the 32 year old man who has been...
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First Ever Cat-Urday Party
Riker, an exceptionally social cat, was eager to explore the Boston Common with his owner, Chris Felice, manning the leash during Boston’s inaugural First Caturday event on the Common. Hundreds of local cat owners from the neighborhoods and beyond converged with hundreds of cats to socialize and talk feline philosophy.
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South End Burial Ground:Thousands of Unknown, Untold Stories
By Seth Daniel It’s a rare occasion when one gets to see over the 8-foot tall concrete wall on Washington Street that is the South End Burial Ground, but once inside, the pastoral green lawn empties out into a thousand unknown stories. It’s likely the city’s first working-class cemetery, born out of desperation in...
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Fenway Sweeps the Mayor’s 21st Annual Garden Contest
By Beth Treffeisen Mayor Martin Walsh announced the winners of the Mayor’s 2017 Garden Contest on Thursday, Aug. 3, with many reigning from the Fenway neighborhood. This year, four winners hailed from Fenway along with three inductees into the distinguished Hall-of-Famers. Now in its 21st year, the contest recognizes gardeners who have landscaped, planted...
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