Police continue to investigate a pedestrian death that happened Tuesday morning near City Square, with the Homicide Unit and the Fatal Collision Investigation Team on the job.Boston Police Department (BPD) late on Wednesday identified the victim as Francis McGrath, 92,…
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MassDOT Announces Shared Winter Streets Award for Dedicated Bus Lane
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing the award of $3,053,464.41 in the second round of funding from the Administration’s Shared Winter Streets and Spaces Program, including another dedicated bus lane for the Charlestown buses. The program, a new…
NEW Health Continues Testing Site in Charlestown, North End
NEW Health, a federally qualified health center and an affiliate of Massachusetts General Hospital and Boston Medical Center, continues to offer COVID-19 testing in Charlestown and the North End; the testing first launched in summer 2020. In addition to the regular testing…
Baker Signs Police Reform Legislation; Police Chiefs, Leaders Take Wait-and-See Approach
After months and months of controversy at the State House, Gov. Charlie Baker on Dec. 31 signed “An Act Relative to Justice, Equity and Accountability in Law Enforcement in the Commonwealth,” a controversial piece of legislation that creates a mandatory certification process…
School Committee Votes to Officially Close Edwards Middle; Discusses Future School Uses
Though it was no secret situation, the Boston School Committee made it official on Dec. 16 and voted to close down the Charles Edwards Middle School in Charlestown at the end of this school term – committing to a community…
First Marijuana Store in Area Opened Nov. 10, and It Has Quite a Tale
It seems like an eternity since marijuana was legalized in Massachusetts and people began talking about opening cannabis stores, but now Chelsea – just next over the Bridge from Charlestown – has seen its first adult-use store open on Nov.…
Irvienne Goldson, Longtime ABCD Health Advocate, Dies
Friends, family and colleagues of Irvienne Goldson said to know her was to love her. Sadily, Mrs. Goldson, who served as deputy director of Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) Health Services, died suddenly last week. Mrs. Goldson joined ABCD…
News Briefs
Ice Skating Classes at the Cambridge Simoni Rink Bay State Skating School is one of Greater Boston’s most established and popular skating programs. We are celebrating OVER 50 YEARS of teaching children on the Greater Boston area! The Cambridge Simoni…
NEMPAC Presents First Concert of 2021 from the Boston Athenaeum
The North End Music & Performing Arts Center (NEMPAC) is thrilled to announce “New Music from New England” featuring Hub New Music and Christina Wright-Ivanova —as part of NEMPAC’s Winter Concert Series— on Friday, January 15, 2021 at 7 p.m. presented virtually in partnership…
BPDA Releases Draft Zoning Overlay to Strengthen Retrofits for Future Climate Risks
Fulfilling steps outlined in Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Climate Ready Boston, the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) on Monday released a draft zoning overlay that will require new development and retrofits to take additional steps to limit the damage and displacement related…