The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) met on July 28, where Joseph Lekach came before the Council with a proposal to open an adult-use cannabis dispensary at 54 Hyde Park Avenue. Though the Council did not vote on this matter…
Trump Administration Cuts 2020 Census Count Short by One Month, Fill Out Forms
For months local nonprofit organizations have been helping the City of Boston get an accurate 2020 Census count for a part of the population that has been historically hard to count. Having an accurate Census count translates into more federal…
As COVID-19 Cases Start to Rise in Some Neighborhoods, BPS Eyes Two School Reopening Models
With the percentage of residents testing positive for COVID-19 on the rise in some Boston neighborhoods, Boston Public School Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius released an updated draft plan of BPS’s reopening in the fall that rules out ‘full’ in-person learning.…
News Briefs
Free Guided Walking Tours of Stony Brook/Brookside Neighborhood Two free Guided Walking Tours of Stony Brook/Brookside neighborhood will take place on Saturday, August 15 starting at 11:00am from in front of Stony Brook MBTA station on the Orange Line. One…
Baker Puts the Brakes on State’s Reopening Following COVID Increases
Governor Charlie Baker last Friday announced that Step Two of Phase Three of the state’s reopening plan is postponed “indefinitely,” after public health data showed an uptick in positive COVID-19 cases. “We cannot say this enough—COVID-19 is highly contagious,” Baker…
Walsh Discusses Safety Measures for BPS Schools, Addresses Uptick in Cases
Mayor Walsh held a press conference on August 12, his first one in nearly two weeks. He talked about the rising number of cases, and focused on Boston Public Schools (BPS). He discussed the “slight uptick in Boston” over the…