By Beth Treffeisen The first steps of establishing the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) started to roll out when the Boston City Council’s Committee on Government Operations held a hearing last week at Boston City Hall. “The CPA has three components:…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
News Briefs
COUNCIL PASSES NOMINATION PAPERS The Boston City Council this past Wednesday, March 22, voted to pass Mayor Martin Walsh’s home-rule petition to amend the rules around nomination papers. This home-rule petition, if passed by the state, would allow registered voters…
Southampton Shelter Announces Some Recovery Services Cut for Special Homeless Populations
By Seth Daniel Some 40 slots for men in recovery and HIV-postive homeless people in recovery at the Southampton Shelter were cut last week when the City Administration announced the two programs will no longer be funded. It is estimated…
Emerald Necklace Conservancy Holds Annual Meeting
By Beth Treffeisen Last week, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy invited members and guests to the annual meeting to bring updates on important improvements to the parks and say a thank you to its many volunteers. Held on this past Wednesday,…
Police Briefs 03-30-2017
Back Bay – Kenmore/Fenway – South End Police Log March 20 88 West Newton St. – Verbal Dispute 10 Aguadilla St. – Missing Person 66 Fenway – Sick/Injured/Medical – Person Camden St/Columbus Ave – Robbery – Street 874 Harrison Ave.…
Cheering for Massachsuetts Healthcare? Only if You’re A Politician
There’s quite a disconnect these days between what is said and what’s happening on the ground. Pick your subject. Mine will be health care in our great Commonwealth. Of course health care has been in the news locally and nationally…
How We’re Investing in Our Schools
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Education provides a solid foundation for a growing and thriving city. An investment in our children’s education is an investment in Boston’s future. We want the best future possible for our kids, and their school…
How Low Can They Go?
The political goings-on in Washington these past few weeks truly have been unprecedented within the lifetime of anyone alive today. The budget outline submitted by President Trump a few weeks ago, followed by the failed attempt to take away health…
We Remember It Well…
The “it” we are referring to was the surprise April Fool’s Day snowstorm of 1997 — 20 years ago this week — that dumped 25 inches of snow in this immediate area and even more in other places in the…
Cathedral Girls Basketball Win State Championship
Roody Jean-Baptist, 18, a senior at Cathedral High, asks Jasmine Veerapen (11) to be his prom date at the end of the state Semi-Finals in Woburn High School last Wednesday night, March 15. The Cathedral girls won the game over…