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Month: April 2019
YMCA Kicks-off Summer Learning, Movement Programs and Activities
On Saturday, April 27, the Huntington Ave YMCA of Greater Boston is hosting a free community event to inspire more kids to keep their minds and bodies active at the YMCA’s annual Healthy Kids Day®, a national Y initiative to…
Public Invited to Celebrate Executive Director Karla Fleming Retiring from the Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center
With enormous appreciation for her service, the Board of Directors of the Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (ANRC) and Armenian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA) announces the upcoming retirement of its long-time Executive Director Karla Fleming. Fleming leaves a legacy of…
City Council Hopes to Gain $5 Million for Supportive Housing with New Order
By Lauren Bennett The City Council Committee on Government Operations held a hearing on April 18 regarding an order that “seeks to accept an adjustment of the local room occupancy excise rate by .05 percent points to 6.5 percent for…
Artists and Arts Groups Share Nearly $800,000 in Grants
The Boston Foundation and the Barr Foundation are pleased to announce that 61 Greater Boston artists and arts groups will share $796,293 in grants to create, produce, or present their work in year 3 of the Live Arts Boston Program.…
Councilor Wu Once Again Proposes Resident Parking Permit Fees
By Lauren Bennett City Councilor Michelle Wu filed an ordinance this week to add a “modest fee” for resident parking permits across the city, as well as to create a visitor parking pass. Wu has proposed parking permit fees in…
Registration Now Open for Boston Basketball League
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department has announced that registration is now open for the 50th annual season of Boston’s favorite summer basketball league, the Boston Neighborhood Basketball League (BNBL), kicking off on Monday, July 8. BNBL is the oldest…
The Curse of Social Media and the Internet
In the aftermath of the terrible coordinated attacks by suicide bombers on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka that killed more than 300 people and wounded about 500 in churches and hotels across the small nation, the Sri Lankan government took…
Op-ed It’s a Guarantee: High-quality Pre-K for All
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh On April 2nd, we made a promise: in five years, Boston will achieve high-quality Universal Pre-Kindergarten for every four-year-old in the city. In the last five years, we’ve added 750 pre-K seats that are high-quality,…
Letters
Sad State of Affairs Dear Editor: Recently, I was riding (on my bike) through the area Mayor Walsh once called Recovery Road, but is now better known as Methadone Mile. I was on my way to a 7 p.m. meeting…