The Boston Landmarks Commission (BLC) on January 25 approved the replacement of the existing light pole with a new one containing a small cell on the Esplanade at 384-398 Storrow Dr. Keenan Brinn of ExteNet Systems explained that the light…
Month: January 2022
Back Bay, Surrounding Area’s Weekly COVID Positive Test-Rate Slows a Bit
Ten days after Mayor Michelle Wu and the city implemented the ‘B Together” mandate that requires all employees and patrons at indoor venues to show proof of vaccination, the Back Bay and the surrounding area’s weekly COVID 19 positive test…
Safe Injection Sites Are Needed Now
Among the side-effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been the increase in drug-overdose deaths in this country. The death rate from opioids finally had begun to decline in 2019, but then came COVID-19 and the number of deaths from…
Omicron Can Lead to Long COVID
Public health officials have defined so-called long COVID as the physical, neurological, and cognitive symptoms that can persist indefinitely after infection. Over the past two years, we’ve all seen the countless news stories about the devastating effects of long COVID…
Op-Ed: The 3Gpocalypse Is Coming — Is Your Car Ready?
By Kane DiMasso-Scott Just this week I heard about something that I’m surprised has not gotten more media coverage on the national level, as it’s extremely important to us as consumers. Beginning in February and continuing through the end of…
Ahead of ‘The Embrace,’ Project Partners Discuss How to Create New, Inclusive Destinations on the Common
In anticipation of the arrival of “The Embrace” – the 22-foot bronze memorial to Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King – on the Boston Common next Martin Luther King Jr. King Day, the leaders of two organizations partnering…
Remembering King: City, BU, New England Conservatory Present Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
The City of Boston, along with the New England Conservatory and Boston University, presented the 2022 celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his wife, Corretta Scott King virtually on January 18. The event was live-streamed…
High-Capacity Testing Site Opens at Bolling Building in Roxbury
Mayor Michelle Wu held a press conference on Tuesday at the Bruce Bolling Building in Roxbury, the site of a new high-capacity COVID-19 testing site which also opened on the 18th. Before getting into specifics about the testing site, Wu…
Senator-Elect Lydia Edwards to Be Sworn in as Senator Today, Looks to Form Community Transition Committee
First Suffolk & Middlesex Senator-elect Lydia Edwards will be sworn into the state senate Thursday during a ceremony at the State House. To mark the occasion Edwards and her team are hosting a watch party at Democracy Brewing, located at…
Baker-Polito Administration Files $5 Billion General Government Bond Bill
The Baker-Polito Administration filed legislation seeking $4.991 billion in capital funds to support core improvements that will enable the Commonwealth to continue delivering critical state services to the people of Massachusetts. The proposal, titled An Act Financing the General Governmental…