The City Council Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing on Monday regarding a grant from the Coronavirus Relief Fund. The Council discussed a “message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of…
Month: May 2020
Good Government Groups Warn of Power Consolidation by State Legislature
By Jonathan Cohn, Boston Ward 4 Democratic Committee While the world is focused on COVID-19, the Massachusetts House of Representatives proposed new operating rules that advocates say are an attempt to grab power while people are preoccupied. “People are dying,…
CPC Earmarks Three JP Projects to Receive Nearly $2 Million in Grants
By Dan Murphy Three Jamaica Plain projects have been recommended to receive grants totaling nearly $2 million from the fiscal ’20 Community Preservation Funds. The city’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) has earmarked a $1.5 million Affordable Housing grant to help…
Baker Signs Order Requiring Face Coverings in Public; Is Now in Effect
Governor Charlie Baker on May 1 signed an order requiring face masks or coverings for everyone when six feet of distance cannot be maintained, both indoors and out. The order went into effect on May 6, and children under the…
JPNC Zoning Committee Approves Two Projects at Latest Meeting
The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) Zoning Committee met virtually on April 29, where two projects were discussed, one at 373 S Huntington Avenue and one at 54 Danforth Street. The project at 373 S Huntington Ave. was a proposal…
‘We Can Not Shelter in Place’ Commissioner Gross Says Police Will Not Run from the Fight
The Boston Police Department (BPD) has a tremendous legacy and history of working through just about every situation – from terrorist bombings in 2013 to urban rioting in the 1960s – but there are no officers still on the rolls…
This Sunday Is Mother’s Day
During this time of unprecedented upheaval because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the rituals that most of us traditionally follow either have been eliminated or drastically changed because of the need to practice physical distancing. So too, the manner in which…
This Is No Time for Hooverism
Herbert Hoover had been President for about seven months when the stock market crashed in October, 1929. Although there have been many causes attributed to the onset of the Great Depression, the crash generally is viewed as the trigger point…
Letters
We Were Dismayed Dear Editor We were dismayed to hear that the Forest Hills Cemetery had shut its gates to visitors who wished to seek refuge from their “sheltering in” and to spend time, often with their children, in a…
Op-Ed: Emergency Care Has Not Been Put on Hold If You Need Medical Assistance, Seek Help
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh During this public health emergency, many of us are feeling stressed and anxious. Days are uncertain and our routines have shifted. Many people are working remotely, or have lost their jobs. Students are learning online.…