Nearly 50 people turned out for Sen. Lydia Edward’s second Community Transition Committee virtual meeting last week to discuss transportation. Edwards kicked off the series of meetings last month with the first being on the topic of housing. At each…
Month: March 2022
Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Traffic Advisory
The St. Patrick’s Day Parade, as well as the South Boston Boys and Girls Club Road Race, will be held in South Boston on Sunday, March 20, 2022. The parade and road race will result in street closures and traffic…
Mayor Wu Recommends CPA Funding for Several Back Bay, South End and Kenmore-Fenway Projects
Last week, Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston Community Preservation Committee (CPC) announced their recommendation for the latest Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding round that includes funding for several Back Bay, South and Kenmore-Fenway projects. With 52 projects…
Back Bay, Surrounding Areas Weekly COVID Positive Test Decreases
Three weeks after the city ended Boston’s “B Together” policy, which requires patrons and staff of certain indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 would be lifted, new infections continue to decline in the Back Bay and the…
FEMA Awards More Than $1.9 Million to City of Boston
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending more than $1.9 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse City of Boston for purchasing and distributing personal protective equipment (PPE) to city workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The city will…
FEMA Awards Nearly $23.4 Million to MBTA
The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be sending almost $23.4 million to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to reimburse the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for the additional costs of operating safely during the pandemic. The MBTA will recive a total…
Baker Signs Order to Review Contracts, Agreements With Russia
Governor Charlie Baker signed Executive Order 597, which directs all executive branch agencies to review and terminate any contracts with any Russian state-owned company. The executive order also directs agencies to review any partnership, affiliation, or exchange with any Russian…
Putin: Pure Evil
As regular readers of this column know, we do not view events in terms of “good vs. evil.” Over the years, we have referred to tobacco companies, polluters, et als as greedy and despicable, but describing them as “evil-doers,” as…
Energy Relief Is Needed — Suspend the Gasoline Tax
Other than a couple of on-air Fox TV personalities, the vast majority of Americans are outraged about the situation in Ukraine. But there isn’t much that we in the U.S. can do about it directly, whether individually (unless we want…
Guest Op-Ed: Is Vladimir Putin the Devil?
By Dr. Glenn Mollette There is nothing good to be said about the Devil. If you don’t believe me, check out Bible. Or, just turn on the television for a reporting of the evil he spreads throughout the world. You will…