Special to the Gazette Mayor Michelle Wu announced the newly-selected 2023-2024 SPARK Boston Council. The 43-member group will spend the next year working to connect young adults to leaders in local government, City services, and one another. The SPARK…
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Fall-O-Ween Children’s Festivalreturns to Boston Common Oct. 20
Special to the Gazette Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department host the third annual Fall-o-Ween Children’s Festival on the Boston Common Parade Ground at the corner of Beacon and Charles Streets on Friday, October 20,…
Wu announces effort to support Halloween block parties citywide
Special to the Gazette Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston’s Community Engagement Cabinet announced a new streamlined application process to make it easier for residents to host Halloween block parties to ensure that children and their families…
Wu announces $5 million in new grant funding
Special to the Gazette Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the City of Boston has been awarded three grants totaling over $5 million from the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to boost digital equity efforts…
Wu announces opening of new Office for Returning Citizens and PowerCorps
Special to the Gazette Mayor Michelle Wu last week joined the Human Services Cabinet, PowerCorps, and partner organizations to celebrate the opening of new office space for the Office of Returning Citizens and PowerCorps. The departments moved to 30…
City holds public meeting regarding White Stadium
By Michael Coughlin Jr. On Thursday, July 13, a virtual briefing and feedback session was held, which included presentations from both the city and a potential partner concerning the renovation of White Stadium. White Stadium, built in 1945 and run…
JP Music Fest
Weber and King Moving On to Municipal Election
By Michael Coughlin Jr. District 6 City Council candidates Ben Weber and William King reigned supreme in the September 12 Preliminary Municipal election, beating out incumbent Boston City Councilor Kendra Lara to advance to the Municipal election slated for November…
JPA To Seek Meeting With New Head of DCR
The Jamaica Pond Association (JPA) held its regular monthly meeting on September 11, via Zoom. Chair Kay Mathew and fellow members Jasmine Crafts, Tony Dreyfus, Peter Steiger, Peter Elmuts, Michael Reiskind, Nancy Mazonson, Kevin Moloney, Franklyn Salimbene, and Martin Thomson were…
Community Leader Vanessa Calderon Rosado Will Receive Governor’s Award in Humanities
Special to the Gazette Mass Humanities will present one of its Governor’s Awards in the Humanities to Vanessa Calderon-Rosado, CEO of Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion, Boston, at an awards ceremony Sept. 28 at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and…