Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will be bringing the annual Children’s Winter Festival to Boston Common in partnership with the Highland Street Foundation during school vacation week on Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 10 a.m.…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Art Outside the Box: New England Watercolor Society Signature Members Show
Can an artist break new ground, step out on untried paths, and still demonstrate superb control and technical mastery? To judge by the Signature Members Show of the New England Watercolor Society (NEWS), the answer is a resounding “yes.” Visitors…
For the Record
From the Feb. 20 License Board hearing, City Hall: •Emerson College D/B/A: Emerson College, 80 BOYLSTON St., Back Bay. Has applied for a Dormitory License to be exercised on the above – 13 Story Building. Manager: Erik Muurisepp. From the…
Op-Ed EPA – Do Your Job!
By Jack Clarke Among the hundreds of thousands of federal employees furloughed during the record-setting partial government shutdown, were those responsible for tracking pollution, safety hazards, and other threats to the american people’s health, safety, and welfare. EPA was missing…
Traffic, Traffic Everywhere
A recent national report confirmed what those of us in the Greater Boston area have known all-too-well for all-too-long: That by some measures, traffic congestion on our metropolitan roadways is the worst in the entire nation and among the worst…
Police Briefs 02-21-2019
Unwanted Visitor On Sunday, Feb. 10, at about 5:15 p.m., a female victim entered District 4 headquarters to report that she had been threatened. She said after a friend walked her to her front door at 612 Columbus Ave. at…
‘Night at the Symphony’
The Theresa Show at the Harriet Tubman House
News Briefs
CITY FILES CHAPTER 91 LICENSE FOR LONG ISLAND The City has filed for its Chapter 91 Waterways license with the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) this month for the Long Island Bridge. The license is another in a series…
Councilor Wu files Ordinance To Increase Transparency of Corporate Tax Breaks
On Monday, Feb. 11, Councilor Michelle Wu filed an ordinance to increase corporate tax break transparency in Boston City government. The ordinance ensures that the City and its residents benefit from agreements with private corporations through minimum job creation and…