State officials were on hand for the Blackstone/Franklin Square Neighborhood Association’s March 16 meeting to provide information on Shattuck Hospital’s upcoming move to the East Newton Pavilion. Department of Public Health Undersecretary Lauren Peters and Assistant Commissioner Frank Doyle said…
Month: March 2021
Hynes Convention Center Opens as Mass Vax Site March 18: Back Bay Site to Administer Nearly 9,000 Shots Per Day
The Fenway Park mass vaccination site will transition from the old ballfield this week to the Hynes Convention Center, opening on March 18, and scaling up to be the largest mass vax site in the state. Gov. Charlie Baker announced…
Weekly COVID-19 Positive Test Rate Sees 4.75 Percent Decrease in the Back Bay
Last week Back Bay’s cumulative COVID-19 positive test rate remained the same and the weekly positive test rate decreased slightly. According to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) last Friday, overall since the pandemic started…
Looking at the News — the Last Meeting
One year ago on March 10, 2020, I pulled up and parked on Washington Street near Ramsay Park – a little early for a 7 p.m. meeting of the Alexandra Ball Neighborhood Association, a meeting that would actually be the…
Outdoor Dining to Return to Back Bay on March 22
Numerous Back Bay restaurants are expected to take advantage of the City of Boston’s 2021 outdoor dining program set to begin on March 22. This is an earlier start than the previously-announced date of April 1. Last year the restaurants…
Garden Clubs in the City Find New Ways to Make Ends Meet
As gardens and greenspace have become more essential than ever before during the pandemic, it’s also made fundraising for groups like the Beacon Hill Garden Club and the Garden Club of the Back Bay, which were both forced to cancel…
Community Meeting Held for Proposed Cannabis Store on Boylston St. Store to Be Located In Former Little Steve’s Pizzeria Site
A community meeting was held on March 15 regarding a proposed cannabis shop at 1114 Boylston St., the former site of Little Steve’s Pizzeria. The Boston Cannabis Board provided Cypress Tree with a Host Community Agreement, and the Zoning Board…
Boston to Receive $435 Million as Part of the American Rescue Act
Mayor Martin Walsh held a press conference on March 15, where he discussed some updates regarding COVID in the city, and Congressman Stephen Lynch provided some details about the newly passed federal American Rescue Plan. Walsh said that as of…
First Case of the P.1 COVID-19 Variant Of Concern in Massachusetts Reported
The Department of Public Health (DPH) announced Tuesday that the first case of the P.1 COVID-19 variant of concern, which originated in Brazil, has been detected in Massachusetts. The individual is a woman in her 30s who resides in Barnstable…
The Filibuster Must End
The pros and cons of maintaining the filibuster in the U.S. Senate have reached the forefront of political discussion as never before — and with good reason. Whether one believes that the filibuster protects the minority from the so-called tyranny…