Special to the Sun As holiday lights go on across the city next week, the Commonwealth Avenue Mall will have a special glow. The Friends of the Public Garden is working with the community once again to produce Holiday Lights…
Discussion on the Outer Brewster Island Diaries at Winthrop Historical Meeting
Story & Photos by Marianne Salza Four Lowell women set out on a 17-day excursion on Great Brewster Island in July 1891. They referred to themselves as the Scribe, the Aristocrat, the Acrobat, and the Autocrat; and documented their self-discoveries…
MBTA Releases Capital Needs Assessment and Inventory
Special to the Sun The MBTA released its Capital Needs Assessment and Inventory (CNAI), an MBTA-led analysis conducted every three-four years to inventory the MBTA’s assets, understand the overall condition of the transit system, and identify assets that are not…
News In Brief
Winter Clothing Drive Underway in the Fenway The Boston Public Health Commission, in partnership with the Fenway Community Center, is holding a Winter Clothing drive. The drop-off location is the Fenway Community Center at 1282 Boylston St. (enter off Jersey…
Metropolitan Beaches Comm. Holds First Meeting In-Person Since Shutdown
Special to the Sun For the first time since the COVID-19 shutdown, the Metropolitan Beaches Commission gathered on Beacon Hill on October 31 for an in-person hearing on the state of the region’s beaches. This was also the first opportunity…
EBNHC Launches New Behavioral Health Urgent Care Service
Special to the Sun East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC), the largest community-based primary care health system in Massachusetts, gathered with city, state and community leaders last week, to officially announce the opening of its new Behavioral Health Urgent Care…
Happy Thanksgiving
A Harris poll a few years ago revealed that Christmas is the favorite holiday of the year among all age groups of Americans, but we think that Thanksgiving, our uniquely American holiday, has much more to recommend it than Christmas.…
Guest Op-Ed: Bay Staters Deserve Opportunities To Build a Better Financial Future
By State Reps. Jeffrey Rosario Turco and Francisco E. Paulino Whether you grew up in Revere, Winthrop, Lawrence, Brighton, or Boston, every community in the Commonwealth values kitchen-table issues; an honest day’s work, safe streets, affordable homes, good schools, access…
Guest Op-Ed: Why Preventing Diabetes Should Be a Priority at All Ages
By Dr. Donna O’Shea More than 96 million Americans, or 1 in 3 adults, live with a potentially life-altering condition – yet many of them are unaware they even have it. That condition is prediabetes, which in up to 70%…
Embrace Boston Hosts First-Ever Boston Arts and Culture Summit
Special to Sun Embrace Boston, the enterprise inspiring change to build an equitable and inclusive Boston, partnered with Arts Emerson, Boston Center for the Arts, A Beautiful Resistance and Mass Humanities to hold the first-ever Boston Arts and Culture Summit…
BPDA Holds First IAG Meeting on Residential Project Proposed For St. Mary’s Street
The Boston Planning & Development Agency held its first meeting of the Impact Advisory Group (IAG) for a 90-unit residential project proposed for 142-146 St. Mary’s St. in the Fenway virtually on Monday, Nov. 13. Newton developer and longtime owner…
Boston’s Official Tree Arrives Nov. 21
The annual gift of an evergreen Christmas tree from Nova Scotia is scheduled to arrive by police escort at Boston Common at approximately 11 a.m. on Tuesday, November 21. This is the 52nd year that a tree has been donated…