Three weeks after the city ended Boston’s “B Together” policy, which requires patrons and staff of certain indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 would be lifted, new infections continue to level out or decline in Jamaica Plain…
Month: March 2022
Miniard Culpepper announces his bid for for State Senate seat
Photos and story by Sarah Brink Former federal housing attorney Miniard Culpepper announced his bid for the 2nd Suffolk State Senate seat that stretches from the South End of Boston to Jamaica Plain and Hyde Park. The Roxbury lawyer vowed…
Wu files ordinance regarding targeted residential picketing
Mayor Michelle Wu on Feb. 28 filed an Ordinance Regarding Targeted Residential Picketing, adding parameters to protect the health and well-being of residents in our neighborhoods against targeted harassment. Targeted residential picketing means picketing, protesting, or demonstrating, with or without…
Councilor Kendra Lara looks forward to the future
City Councilor Kendra Lara has been the District 6 City Councilor for about two months now, and the Gazette caught up with her to learn about what she’s been up to and what she’s working on. “It’s been an incredible…
Putin: Pure evil
As regular readers of this column know, we do not view events in terms of “good vs. evil.” Over the years, we have referred to tobacco companies, polluters, et als as greedy and despicable, but describing them as “evil-doers,” as…
Energy relief is needed — suspend the gasoline tax
Other than a couple of on-air Fox TV personalities, the vast majority of Americans are outraged about the situation in Ukraine. But there isn’t much that we in the U.S. can do about it directly, whether individually (unless we want…
Guest Op-Ed: Is Vladimir Putin the Devil?
By Dr. Glenn Mollette There is nothing good to be said about the Devil. If you don’t believe me, check out Bible. Or, just turn on the television for a reporting of the evil he spreads throughout the world. You will…