The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) on Monday, August 3, began to pilot drop-off registration and title services at the Braintree Service Center, with additional locations to follow beginning Monday, August 10. These Registration Drop Off Centers will be…
Month: August 2020
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Local Students Receive Bachelor’s Degrees from UMass Amherst Approximately 6,600 students received bachelor’s degrees in over 100 majors at the University of Massachusetts Amherst as the university held a virtual commencement celebration for the Class of 2020 on May 8.…
Mayor Appoints Alejandra St. Guillen to Boston Cannabis Board
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced last week the appointment of Alejandra St. Guillen to Boston’s Cannabis Board, which was created this spring to strengthen the City’s focus on equity in the new marijuana industry. St. Guillen lost by only a few votes…
Street Sweeping Tickets, Not Towing, Begins Again on Aug. 10
The City of Boston and the Public Works Department announced that ticketing enforcement during street sweeping operations will resume on Monday, August 10. As part of the announcement, the Boston Transportation Department (BTD) will not tow vehicles until further notice. However, tickets…
Mass. AFL-CIO Endorses Dan Ryan for Re-Election
Last week, in the midst of a marathon legislative session, Rep. Dan Ryan received the official endorsement of the Massachusetts AFL-CIO for his Re-Election in the Second Suffolk District. “I would like to congratulate you on earning the endorsement of…
Police Briefs 08-06-2020
Charlestown Beat Warrant Arrest 07/27/20 – Officers in the area of Constitution Road placed an individual under arrest for an outstanding South Boston Court warrant charging receiving stolen property. Breaking and Entering – Commercial 07/28/20 – Officers responded to an…
Waiting for the Big One
As we are writing this, we are awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Isaias, which is the earliest-ever ninth named storm of a hurricane season. Although Isaias was a weak Category 1 hurricane when it made landfall in the Carolinas and…
Deaths Are Only Part Of the COVID Story
Whether the subject is drunk driving, gun violence, or COVID-19, the headline that grabs our attention always is the death toll, of which there tragically have been more than 150,000 of our fellow Americans from COVID-19. However, what often goes…
Guest Op-Ed: Parents Have Enough to Worry About
By Chelsea Councilor Damali Vidot We are in this together. As COVID-19 starts to pick up steam across the Commonwealth again, living in such close quarters to each other poses a threat to us all. Dr. Birx, White House Coronavirus…
Letters to the Editor
Why I am Voting for Ed Markey To the Editor, Nobody asked, but as a neuroscientist at the Harvard-MIT Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging here in Charlestown, I wanted to explain part of why I am voting for Ed Markey…