By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Earlier this month, a fifth-grader from Dorchester named Fatoumata visited my office. She told me about her favorite types of ice cream, her favorite subjects in school, and her plans to go to college, become…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Guest Op-Ed: Considering the future of the Hynes
By Kenzie Bok On Sept. 16, 2019, the residents, businesses, and other stakeholders of the Back Bay and the Fenway awoke to the surprising and unwelcome news that the State had decided to sell the Hynes Convention Center in order…
Gov. Charlie Baker and the great state of our state
From the moment that Gov. Charlie Baker strode into the House Chamber last Tuesday to deliver his State of the Commonwealth address, it was evident why Gov. Baker, despite being a Republican in a heavily-Democratic state, has rated as the…
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News Briefs
Flynn Calls for Weekend Work Hearing City Councilor Ed Flynn has called for a Council hearing on the practice of granting per-mits for weekend and after-hours construction work – a topic that has been front and center in the South…
Police Briefs 01-23-2020
Wrong-way driver On Wednesday, Jan. 15, at about 2:30 a.m., police observed a grey vehicle take a grey vehicle turning right off Massachusetts Avenue onto Newbury Street, headed in the wrong direction. After the vehicle was observed continuing down Newbury…
Winter: So Far, So Good (And Not So Good)
The winter season thus far has been fairly easy to take for those of us who have lived in New England for all of our lives. The warmer-than-normal temperatures, highlighted by the record-breaking highs in the 70s two weekends ago, have been…
Guest Op-ed: Tariffs Will Hurt Small Businesses on Main Street USA
By Ryan Maloney The effect of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) announced tariffs on small U.S. businesses is dramatic and have the potential to become devastating. Not only would it effect suppliers and wholesalers of wine and single malt scotch,…