Coronavirus Update: Due to public health concerns, the hearings that normally would be held on a week have been postponed or canceled due to the guidance of Mayor Martin Walsh and the order of Gov. Charlie Baker. Some meetings, however, have…
More than $1 Trillion Is Needed
We’re all familiar with the phrase, “A day late and a dollar short.” What brought that to mind this week was the announcement by the Republicans in Washington of their $1 trillion economic pandemic plan that would supplement the $3…
Schools Must Be Safe to Reopen
We will be the first to concede that we do not know what exactly must be done in order to reopen our state’s public schools safely in the face of the pandemic. However, what we do know is that a…
Letters to the Editor
On Environmental Justice in the State Dear Editor, President Spilka and Speaker DeLeo: As a diverse group of city and town elected officials representing hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents, we write in support of environmental justice (EJ) legislation for…
MassDOT Schedules Lane Closures at Comm Ave and the BU Bridge
Closures will be in place from Friday night, July 24, until Sunday, July 26 The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that it will be reducing the number of travel lanes on a section Commonwealth Avenue eastbound and westbound…
Play Ball! Kinda…
Pop-Up Bike Lanes
Red Sox Gear up for Home Opener to Empty Stadium
Though Friday, July 24 is the long-awaited Red Sox home opener against the Baltimore Orioles, Fenway Park will be empty save for the players and personnel, and will not be filled with the same sounds, sights, or smells that a…
Police Staffing Costs Top $5 Million for Responses to Protests
The additional costs for Boston Police staffing for the many protests that have unfolded in Boston – mostly in the downtown areas – since late May are close to $6 million over and above normal police staffing costs for this…
A City Exodus? Not Quite Say the Real Estate Professionals
As COVID-19 rocked dense urban neighborhoods, and racial unrest fueled some violent protesting and looting over the last several months, most in the downtown neighborhoods were bracing for what could be an exodus from city life. Young families, retired empty…
Councilor Flynn Hosts Census Information Session for South End
Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn will be hosting a 2020 Census information session for South End civic organizations and residents next Wednesday, July 29, 6 p.m. State Representative Jon Santiago will be joining, and Sebastian Zapata, Mayor Walsh’s Census Liaison…
Commission Moves Forward with Plans for Statue Removal, Identifies Five More Pieces for Further Review
Following its landmark vote on June 30 to remove the controversial Emancipation Group statue that depicts a freed black slave crouching at the feet of President Abraham Lincoln from its current location in Park Square, the Boston Art Commission will…