As the School Committee readies to vote on a plan to re-distribute how seats at the City’s three public exam schools are decided, Charlestown does look to lose access to some seats, but a review of Boston Public School (BPS)…
Month: October 2020
City announces Mayor’s Pumpkin Carving Contest
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department has announced that it will be celebrating Halloween with Mayor Walsh’s Pumpkin Carving Contest featuring a grand prize provided by Xfinity. Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Parks Department recognize the effort that Boston…
Impaled! Soley Street Neighbors Get Creative With Halloween
Neighbors on Soley Street are getting creative with the socially-distanced Halloween protocols, sponsoring a special Pumpkin Impalement display on the fences at the corner of Soley Street and Monument Square. With Halloween Trick-or-Treating off the table, and other creative ideas…
Eversource Recognizes Demont as a Winner of Annual Student Challenge
Eversource recently honored Warren Prescott School student Walter Demont as a finalist in the 7th annual Eversource Student Challenge. The contest encourages Massachusetts K-12 students to develop projects, based on their grade-level, to highlight the importance of various energy-saving measures. Submissions…
City Seeks Assistance Placing Historic Gravestones
In the archives of the City of Boston’s Historic Burying Grounds Initiative, eleven fully intact gravestones lie ready to be placed in the correct burying ground. The City is now looking for historians, researchers, and genealogists who may have records that…
Walsh Announces Fall Drive-In Movie Series Starts Oct. 22
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the City of Boston Fall Drive-In Movie Series, organized by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Mayor’s Office of Tourism, Sports, and Entertainment. This Halloween-themed Drive-in Movie Series is made possible by support from…
Bruins Sign Charlestown’s Matt Grzelcyk to Four-Year Deal
Outside the front door of the Emmons Horrigan O’Neil Rink in Charlestown, the most obvious thing to the south is the TD Garden, and Charlestown’s Matt Grzelcyk made that incredible journey from the Town’s youth hockey rink to the professional…
Election Drop Boxes Available Around the City
The Boston Election Department announced dropboxes are now available around the city for Boston residents to vote by mail in the November 3 State Election. Registered voters can submit their vote-by-mail applications by October 28 and completed ballots by November…
Women-Owned Marijuana Company Hopes to Get a ‘Fair Shake’
When Maggie Suprey and Nike John met in high school at Nobles & Greenough years ago, Suprey was the vice president of the class and John just a freshmen – with John saying she looked up to Suprey and admired…
Boston Parks Department Notes Training Field as Top Urban Leaf Peeping Park
Just as the fall foliage prepares to hit its peak season in Boston, the Boston Parks Department chose several of the best places to observe colorful fall colors without leaving the City limits – and on such place was in…