PLAN Charlestown is Bad for Charlestown To the Editor, We are on the verge of losing Charlestown’s public land to a feeding frenzy of hyper development courtesy of the BPDA’s urban renewal tool: “PLAN Charlestown.” There are nearly 20,000 residents…
Month: September 2023
Guest Op-Ed: My Thoughts on Boston Public School Meals
By Mayor Michelle Wu I’ll never forget that moment of wondrous epiphany years ago, when, still new to Boston, I tried my first apple picked from the tree at a local orchard. The pucker of tangy sweetness and juicy crispness…
Art in the Park
Tree Damaged
BPDA Makes Revisions to PLAN: Charlestown
By Michael Coughlin Jr. A little over a month after the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) released the final draft of PLAN: Charlestown, it held a public meeting on Monday to go over revisions made to the plan. The…
Coletta Offers Working Session To Discuss City-Wide Planning Process for Boston’s Waterfront
Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta will hold a working session to discuss a comprehensive city-wide planning process for Boston’s waterfront on Tuesday, September 19, at 2pm in the Piemonte Room, Fifth Floor of Boston City Hall. “As Boston continues to…
Healey Requests Changes To Work Authorization Process for Migrants
Governor Maura T. Healey sent a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas outlining her administration’s specific requests for changes to the work authorization process to allow migrants to secure work faster and relieve pressure on…
Find Unclaimed Property at FindMassMoney.Gov
Massachusetts State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg has announced the latest grouping of names added to the state’s list of unclaimed property owners. Over 50,000 new properties worth millions of dollars belong to individuals and businesses throughout the Commonwealth including West…
Third Human Case of West Nile Virus in Massachusetts Announced
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) last week announced the third human case of West Nile virus (WNV) in a Massachusetts resident this year. The individual is a male in his 50s who was exposed in Hampden County. The…
News Briefs
USS Constitution to go Underway for 2023 Training USS Constitution is scheduled to go underway for the 2023 Chief of Naval Operations’ Chief Petty Officer Heritage Training Weeks on Friday, September 15, at 10 a.m. USS Constitution will be closed…