Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor’s Office of Food Access announced the City of Boston is looking to support and partner with more small grocery stores, bodegas or corner stores to bring affordable fresh produce to their community…
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National Grid Releases Details for Net Zero Plan for 2050
National Grid released its Net Zero by 2050 Plan, aimed at achieving net zero by 2050, including emissions from the sale of electricity and gas to customers. The plan builds on a recently announced Responsible Business Charter which laid out the Company’s commitments…
Make the Most of the Long Weekend
The arrival of Columbus Day means that the fall season squarely is upon us, the time of year that has special meaning for all of us in New England, even amidst a pandemic. With the weatherman forecasting a beautiful weekend…
TWTWTW x 100
In the 1960s there was a TV show, That Was The Week That Was (also known as TW3), that took a satirical look at that week’s news events. However, this past week’s events have moved from the realm of farce…
Guest Op-Ed: Something Needs to be Done about Evictions
By Shane Fowler Hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents are at risk of displacement and homelessness if evictions are allowed to continue unabated without any protections from the legislature. Massachusetts has deployed various strategies to mitigate the harms from the…
Letters to the Editor 9-11-2020
Journalism’s first obligation is to the truth Dear Editor We are dismayed that the Aug. 28 Gazette chose to publish the report, “USPS Board of Governors announced bipartisan election mail committee.” (p. 14) This “staff report” (no byline) reads more…
MassDOT Advisory, Lane Closures on I-90 Boston
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing that beginning last weekend, the left travel lane of I-90 eastbound and westbound will be closed in the area of the Massachusetts Avenue overpass due to the establishment of a work zone…
City of Boston and MBTA Break Ground on Columbus Avenue Bus Lane Project
A transformative investment in transit reliability for commuters in Mattapan, Dorchester, Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain Staff Report The MBTA and the City of Boston on August 21 announced the groundbreaking of a first-of-its-kind transit facility in Metro Boston that will…
News Briefs
Learning for the Love of It With all of the uncertainty that currently surrounds us, it’s time for good news. The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Massachusetts, Boston announces that its full fall course schedule will…
USPS Board of Governors Announces Bipartisan Election Mail Committee
The United States Postal Service Board of Governors last week announced the establishment of a bipartisan Election Mail Committee that will actively oversee the United States Postal Service’s support of the mail-in voting process. The committee will be chaired by…