The GreenStar Herbals cannabis recreational dispensary officially opened its doors in Chelsea on December 15 at the site of the former King Aurthur’s Lounge. The new, state-of-the-art cannabis facility now offers one of the most extensive selections of organic craft…
Month: December 2021
Have a Merry — and Safe — Christmas
The holiday season usually is the most wonderful time of the year. But Christmas, 2021, is anything but wonderful, even for those of us who are among the most fortunate in our society. Our collective stress and anxiety levels are…
Anchor Tree Lighting
Lending a Helping Hand
Coalition for a Resilient and Inclusive Waterfront Releases Results of Recent Poll
The Coalition for a Resilient and Inclusive Waterfront — an alliance of nearly 50 organizations from across Boston like the Friends of the Charlestown Navy Yard and the Navy Yard Garden Association—recently released the results of a second poll gauging…
Residents Hear About Plans for 420 Rutherford Life Sciences Building
By Adam Swift The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) held a virtual public meeting on a proposed 100,000-square-foot research and development and life sciences office building at 420 Rutherford Ave. on Tuesday night. The building would replace a self…
Charlestown’s COVID Positive Test Rate Increases
Charlestown and the city’s weekly COVID positive test rate continues to rise dramatically post Thanksgiving and ahead of the Christmas Holiday. A week after Mayor Michelle Wu announced several measures to help combat the explosive rise in cases in Boston,…
Wu Announces Relaunch of Boston Opportunity Fund
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture announced applications have reopened for the City of Boston’s Opportunity Fund, a grant program that supports meaningful one-time opportunities for artists living in the city of Boston to further…
Justice Department Awards More Than $17.5 Million to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods
The Department of Justice has awarded $314,273 to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) to administer Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant funds in the District of Massachusetts. Since the program began in 2001, nearly $7 million…
Temporary Rink Installed at Frog Pond To Allow for Public Skating This Winter
When it looked as though there would be no skating at the Frog Pond on the Boston Common this winter for the second consecutive season – this time, due to a mechanical issue with the rink’s colling mechanism – the…