Special to the Gazette As the City of Boston continues to lead nationally on urgent climate action, Climate Mayors announced that Mayor Martin J. Walsh has been named Chair of the coalition of 468 U.S. mayors committed to bold…
Vaccines are Coming, but We Still Have a Duty to Stop the Spread
The announcements in the past week that two vaccines have been shown to be remarkably effective in providing immunization against the coronavirus have given our nation hope that the pandemic might be brought under control. Finally, there is a light…
Letters
Regarding the PILOT Program Dear Editor, On Election Day, the City published the PILOT payments numbers for FY 2020. Usually this happens in July but due to the pandemic, the report was issued in November. While there were some…
Op-Eds: Help Your City by Getting Tested for COVID-19
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh The COVID-19 pandemic has challenged us in profound ways, and has impacted nearly every aspect of city life. Although we have made great progress since the spring in controlling the spread of the…
The Bells Rang on Saturday
By Becky Thompson On Saturday, November 7, church bells rang twelve times at noon and then didn’t stop, ringing for a whole hour as people poured out of their apartments and cars to Centre street in Jamaica Plain. The…
First community meeting held for Egleston Square Branch renovation
The first public meeting regarding renovation of the Egleston Square branch of the Boston Public Library (BPL) was held on October 29, where the public was invited to listen to the project proponents and make comments or ask questions about…