Amongst frontline workers, labor unions representing city workers, and local leaders, At-Large City Councilor Annissa Essaibi George on October 17 released an updated policy plan outlining immediate actions to tackle the devastation at Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard (Mass…
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Friends of Blessed Sacrament Church Applauds the Choice of Pennrose as Developer of the “Jewel of Boston’s Latin Quarter”
Friends of Blessed Sacrament Church applauds the choice of Pennrose to restore Blessed Sacrament as the jewel of Boston’s Latin Quarter. Based on our own participation in community meetings and our conversations in the neighborhood, it is clear that Pennrose…
Murphy Endorsed by former Rep. Sanchez for Council-At-Large
Jeffrey Sanchez, the highest-ranking Latino leader in the history of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and a former Chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, is throwing his support behind Erin Murphy’s candidacy to be Boston’s next At-Large City…
North End Rep. Aaron Michlewitz Endorses Erin Murphy for At-Large Council
Special to the Gazette House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz, the North End Democrat who represents a block of neighborhoods at Boston’s core, endorsed Erin Murphy’s At-Large City Council campaign on Monday, saying her election would be a victory…
Painters and Allied Trades, Steelworkers Unions Endorse Murphy for Council At-Large Seat
Special to the Gazette Two large unions whose members build and maintain our city, the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35 and the United Steelworkers Local 12003, have endorsed Erin Murphy to be Boston’s next At-Large…
JPNDC Completes New Homes for Eight First-Time Homebuyers Long-Vacant JP Land Transformed into Affordable Homes
More than five decades after countless Jamaica Plain families lost their homes to make way for an eight-lane highway, some of those parcels are at last back in the hands of low- and moderate-income homeowners. In August 2021, Jamaica Plain…
The Cooperative Bank to Launch New Service to Protect Financials of Seniors ‘Carefull’ Detects Scams and Fraud; Provides Sense of Security To Older Adults And Family Caregivers
The Cooperative Bank, TCB, is excited to announce the launch of its partnership with ‘Carefull,’ a new innovative tool that protects and coordinates the daily finances of older adults. Carefull provides intelligent, technology-driven oversight to let older adults and their…
General Colin Powell
The death this past week of General Colin Powell at the age of 84 removes from our country one of the most outstanding persons ever to serve the United States. Colin Powell was both a soldier and a statesman. What…
Get Your Booster STAT
With the FDA and the CDC recommending that already-vaccinated Americans over a certain age and with certain medical conditions receive booster shots, we urge all of our readers who qualify to receive a booster to do so as soon as…
Letters
Editorial was on Target Dear Editor: The editors’ comments about the Baker administration’s school masking policies are completely on target. As a pediatric infectious disease specialist who has cared for children hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome of Children,…