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WBUR: East Boston Residents Protest Controversial Electrical Substation Project
WBUR "East Boston community members are protesting an electrical substation project that's been in the works for years." Read more at WBUR.
Mayor Walsh announces updates on Boston’s reopening plan
Boston to return to Step One of Phase Three of the Reopening Massachusetts plan as COVID-19 testing and vaccination efforts are expanded
(BOSTON - Tuesday,...
BMRB supports bypassing special election
Yet another election in 2021 would not serve Boston well
Testimony of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau
Before the Boston City Council’s Committee on Government OperationsJanuary...
Youth Programming at the Library
Introduction to Tarot w/ Kiki DombrowskiWednesday, January 27, 2021—7:00 PM – 8:30 PMOnline eventDescriptionHave you ever wondered what each tarot card means? Or why...
From the Archives: “Maverick Square’s ArtVigor: Manning’s do-it-yourself gallery: August 1998”
Maverick Square’s ArtVigor: Manning’s do-it-yourself galleryAugust 1998
It’s a Saturday night in February and group of hip, twenty-somethings have already found their way into a...
Edwards: Statement on when to hold city election to choose next mayor
With the appointment of Mayor Marty Walsh to President Joseph Biden's cabinet, the city council is mulling when to hold this year's city election....
MassInc: Getting Gateway Cities back on the bus: Poll shows challenges for regional transit...
The MassInc Poll covered "gateway cities" within and outside the metro area. Can we extrapolate the polling data to Boston?
Meanwhile, here's a related piece...
WBZ: East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Workers Receive Second Dose Of COVID Vaccine
Second shots now underway at East Boston Neighborhood Health Center for frontline workers.
US Building of the Week: ICA/(EAST)Boston Watershed
From World-Architects.com
The ICA Watershed opened in a formerly condemned industrial space in East Boston, a short ferry ride from ICA Boston's main building across...
Applications available for Boston School Committee
(BOSTON - Tuesday, January 19, 2021) - Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced applications are being accepted by the Citizens Nominating Panel, composed of...
Matt Robare: Boston’s Costly Missed Opportunities
Excerpt:
In East Boston, at the old Suffolk Downs racetrack, another new neighborhood is being planned. The109-acre site—the last major individual land parcel—had...
Mayor Marty Walsh Column: Thank you Boston!
On January 12, I held my final State of the City, which was broadcast live from Boston’s newest civic treasure, the completely rebuilt Roxbury...
Notes on the Great Luongo Fire of 1942
by Michael Laurano
Notes on the Great Luongo Fire of 1942
November 15, 1942
We Remember: That cold wind swept wartime Sunday morning November 15,1942 is forever...
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Throwing his hat into the ring? BPD Commissioner William Gross thinks of running for...
More at the Boston Herald and MassLive
MassLive:
"He joined the Boston Police Department as a cadet at age 22 and rose through the ranks, spending...
