City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo has filed a Home Rule Petition before the City Council to waive any Special Mayoral Election that would be triggered if Mayor Martin Walsh were confirmed as the new U.S. Secretary of Labor and would leave…
Author: Seth Daniel
South End Leaders Note Unfinished Business With Walsh’s Departure: Most Give Him Good Marks, Could Have Done Better With Opioid Crisis
With all signs this week pointing to Mayor Martin Walsh being confirmed as the next U.S. Labor Secretary for President-elect Joe Biden, many in the South End said they gave his Administration high marks on things like affordable housing and…
Who’s Running? More like Who Isn’t Running for Mayor: State Rep. Santiago Looks to Be Heading for a Run
In the wake of Mayor Martin Walsh deciding to join the Biden Administration in Washington, D.C., everyone quickly wondered who would be a candidate in any Special Election, which would be required if Walsh left office before March 6 –…
Multiple sources report Mayor Walsh to leave for Washington, D.C.
A Special Election would take place if Walsh were to leave before March 6 Several sources are reporting that Mayor Martin Walsh has been picked by President-Elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to be the incoming Secretary of Labor in…
Pine Street Digital Billboard Gets Lukewarm Reception from Neighbors
A proposal from Pine Street Inn to expand their existing billboard program and convert it to digital got a lukewarm reception on Tuesday, Jan. 5, at the East Berkeley Neighborhood Association (EBNA) meeting – with many neighbors citing the familiar…
Rep. Santiago Doesn’t Miss a Beat on Votes, Vaccines Despite Overseas Deployment
Warning to State Rep. Jon Santiago’s future grandchildren: He might be telling the truth about walking to work in a foot of snow uphill in both directions when he was younger. State Rep. Jon Santiago hasn’t missed a beat in…
Groundbreaking: Vaccinations at South End Community Health Seen as Historic New Beginning
Registered Nurse Morgan Brister was the first employee of the South End Community Health Center (SECHC) to get the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, and she said the moment felt emotional, groundbreaking and like a new beginning. Now, after that…
BMC, MGH Receive First Doses of COVID Vaccine, Begin Immunizing Employees South End Community Health Center Plans for Upcoming Vaccine Rollout
Boston Medical Center (BMC) in the South End received the area’s first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID19 vaccine on Monday morning, taking it into cold storage immediately and, on Wednesday, beginning the first rounds of vaccinations on staff members. Registered…
Eight Streets Get Update from Rep. Michlewitz, Longs for Holiday Gathering
The Eight Streets Neighborhood Association on any normal year would have spent their December meeting in The Eagle on Tremont Street enjoying pizza and drinks and neighborhood hospitality. Instead they spent the evening on Zoom and conducted their Winter meeting…
New School Committee Chair Leans on Experience With Youth in New Role
Alexandra Oliver-Davila often tells the youth at the non-profit she leads in Mission Hill to be careful about what they say, because quite often it could come true. That is the case for Oliver-Davila, who – as a consultant 21…