The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board voted to enter into an Affordable Rental Housing Agreement and Restriction (ARHAR) agreement in connection with the proposed development located at 12 Rock Hill Rd. in Jamaica Plain at the board’s June…
Our National Disgrace at the Border
Hundreds of migrant children have been transferred out of a filthy Border Patrol station in Texas where they had been detained for weeks without access to soap, clean clothes or adequate food, the authorities confirmed on Monday, — The New…
Op-Ed: Updates to Trash and Recycling Pickup Will Improve Efficiency and Convenience
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh One of the most fundamental ways we can improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods is by proactively addressing the basic needs of our residents. The men and women of our Public Works Department…
Op-Ed: What’s Next for the Shattuck Campus?
By State Representative Liz Malia and State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz The 70th anniversary of the law that enabled the state to treat chronically ill individuals at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital seems like an apt time to consider how our understanding of…
Letters
Maintain Our Open Spaces Dear Editor, I am responding to recent media articles about future uses for the Shattuck Hospital site at Franklin Park. There have been calls to restore the land to Franklin Park, and use the state owned…
Op-Ed: Criminal Justice Reform
By Nika Elugardo State Rep. for the 15th Suffolk District In our district, many agree that structural inequities abound in our public institutions. One stark example: the criminal justice system. The belief that we must not only expose, but also…