Last week Gov. Charlie Baker announced the state will lift the mask mandate for students and teachers on February 28 but will give power to local school districts on whether or not they decide to lift mask wearing inside the…
Month: February 2022
Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment Project to Receive $3.5 MassWorks Grant
Three Boston projects were awarded MassWorks grants totaling about $9 million: The Nubian Square Ascends Project in Roxbury, the Mildred Hailey Apartments in Jamaica Plain, and the Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment in Charlestown. Mayor Michelle Wu was joined by Massachusetts…
USS Constitution Museum Nominated for USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice Award
The USS Constitution Museum has made the list of 20 nominees for USA Today’s 2022 10Best Readers’ Choice travel awards in the category of “Best History Museum.” The USS Constitution Museum was nominated for and won this award in 2021, ranking…
Holocaust Museum Encourages Donations of Holocaust-Era Artifacts
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will present a live virtual program for New England residents on Wednesday, March 9, from noon to 1 p.m., as part of its ongoing efforts to rescue the evidence of the Holocaust. As event…
Wu Announces Boston to Offer Residents Weekend Curbside Textile Collection
Building on the success of the neighborhood textile dropbox program, Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the City of Boston will begin offering weekend curbside collection of household textiles at no cost to residents. The Boston Public Works Department has again…
Baker-Polito Administration Highlights Nearly $9 Million in Three MassWorks Awards
Housing and Economic Development Secretary Mike Kennealy and Mayor Michelle Wu were joined by state and local officials to highlight the city of Boston’s three MassWorks Infrastructure Program awards. In total, the city of Boston is receiving approximately $9 million…
Parks Department Hosts Feb. Vacation Week Activities
Children, parents, and caregivers are invited to join the Boston Parks and Recreation Department for free February school vacation week activities at the Bubble at Carter Field located at 709 Columbus Avenue on the South End/Roxbury line. Online registration and…
We Are Numb to the Numbers
With mask requirements being lifted just about everywhere around the country, there is a general sense that the COVID-19 pandemic is over. But as we begin the third year of the pandemic, that is far from being true. The death…
Letters to the Editor
To Boston Planning and Development: We Need Help To the Editor, I am confused, and I know others are confused also. There is no Master Plan for Charlestown because Plan Charlestown excludes all the large development sites being planned on…
BPS Superintendent Cassellius Will Leave at the End of the School Year
In May 2019 the Boston Public School Committee voted 5-2 to appoint Minnesoata’s former Commissioner of Education Dr. Brenda Cassellius as BPS’s new school superintendent. At the time Cassellius beat out two other finalists, Oscar Santos, Head of School for…