Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will once again distribute over 15,000 daffodil bulbs for planting on public ways citywide through the “Boston Blooms with Daffodils” beautification initiative started in 2011. Individuals, civic associations, church…
Month: September 2022
Boston Book Festival Returns as an In-Person Event With 250 Presenters: 14th Annual Festival Will Be Held on Saturday, Oct. 29 in Copley Square
Special to the Sun Boston Book Festival founder Deborah Z Porter and the Board of Directors announced that after two years of virtual programming, the 14th annual the Boston Book Festival (BBF) returns to Copley Square on Saturday, Oct. 29…
Positive COVID Tests on the Rise From Last Week in Fenway and South End, As Well as Across Back Bay and Surrounding Neighborhoods
Positive COVID tests a saw minor increase from the previous week in the Fenway and South End, as well as in the Back Bay and surrounding neighborhoods. According to data released by the Boston Public Health Commission, 6.2 percent, or…
Developer Files PNF With City for Development of Air-Rights Parcel 13
A developer filed a Project Notification Form (PNF) with the city on Sept. 12 for the proposed development of air-rights Parcel 13 at the intersection of Boylston Street and Massachusetts Avenue in the Back Bay. TPC Boston Parcel 13 Holdings,…
Registration Open for Tufts CTSI’s 7th Annual Asian Health Symposium
You are invited to join Tufts Clinical and Translational Science Institute (Tufts CTSI) and the Addressing Disparities in Asian Populations through Translational Research (ADAPT) program for the 7th Annual Asian Health Symposium “Unpacking the Root Causes of Problem Gambling in the Asian…
Orange Line Repair Work Is 82-Percent Complete
Special to the Times With a planned re-opening of the Orange Line on Monday, MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak announced that 82% of the work taking place along the Orange Line is complete and track work taking place between Dana…
2022 Boston Groundwater Trust Forum:How Climate Change May Threaten the Foundations of Boston
The Boston Groundwater Trust will be hosting an important City-Wide Forum on Tuesday, Sept. 20, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Boston Public Library in Copley Place, Downtown Boston, that will examine how climate change over the coming years…
Wu Challenges 2020 U.S. Census Count of Boston
Special to the Sun On Tuesday, Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the City of Boston is challenging the United States Census Bureau’s 2020 Census Population count of Boston’s total population. Based on research by the Boston Planning and Development Agency…
Alcohol Abuse Is Still Problem #1
Two years ago the voters of Oregon approved a measure that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of even the most dangerous drugs, while also mandating that tax revenue from the sale of marijuana (which Oregon legalized in 2014) be…
What’s With All the Coverage of the British Monarchy?
The passing last week of Queen Elizabeth II saddened all of us. She was a great woman who epitomized what used to be called noblesse oblige, the idea that nobility extends beyond mere entitlement, requiring people who hold such status…