Special to the Gazette House Ways and Means Chairman Aaron Michlewitz, the North End Democrat who represents a block of neighborhoods at Boston’s core, endorsed Erin Murphy’s At-Large City Council campaign on Monday, saying her election would be a victory…
Month: October 2021
Painters and Allied Trades, Steelworkers Unions Endorse Murphy for Council At-Large Seat
Special to the Gazette Two large unions whose members build and maintain our city, the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35 and the United Steelworkers Local 12003, have endorsed Erin Murphy to be Boston’s next At-Large…
JPNDC Completes New Homes for Eight First-Time Homebuyers Long-Vacant JP Land Transformed into Affordable Homes
More than five decades after countless Jamaica Plain families lost their homes to make way for an eight-lane highway, some of those parcels are at last back in the hands of low- and moderate-income homeowners. In August 2021, Jamaica Plain…
Plan to Bring Doyle’s Back Receives BPDA Approval
It was a favorite among politicians like James Michael Curley, the first place Sam Adams Beer was ever sold and the set of many Hollywood movies set in Boston. The former Doyle’s Cafe, which opened in 1882 on Washington Street…
SNA Hears from Franklin Park Zoo; Discusses Subcommittee Updates
The Stonybrook Neighborhood Association (SNA) met virtually on October 18 to hear from the Franklin Park Zoo about its new Co-Designing With (Not For) Communities effort, as well as discuss updates on development projects in the area. John Anderson, Director…
The Cooperative Bank to Launch New Service to Protect Financials of Seniors ‘Carefull’ Detects Scams and Fraud; Provides Sense of Security To Older Adults And Family Caregivers
The Cooperative Bank, TCB, is excited to announce the launch of its partnership with ‘Carefull,’ a new innovative tool that protects and coordinates the daily finances of older adults. Carefull provides intelligent, technology-driven oversight to let older adults and their…
General Colin Powell
The death this past week of General Colin Powell at the age of 84 removes from our country one of the most outstanding persons ever to serve the United States. Colin Powell was both a soldier and a statesman. What…
Get Your Booster STAT
With the FDA and the CDC recommending that already-vaccinated Americans over a certain age and with certain medical conditions receive booster shots, we urge all of our readers who qualify to receive a booster to do so as soon as…
Letters
Editorial was on Target Dear Editor: The editors’ comments about the Baker administration’s school masking policies are completely on target. As a pediatric infectious disease specialist who has cared for children hospitalized with COVID-19 pneumonia, Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome of Children,…
Op-Ed: “Yes on 1 for a Better Budget: The Time Is Now
By Andres Del Castillo Co-Director, Right to the City Boston This year, there will be a question on the November ballot that would change how the City budget is created. It would allow the city council to change budget items…