Special to the Gazette You’re an art lover, prowling the streets of Boston. Where can you go to find avant-garde abstract work? Where can you find striking photorealist images? Where can you discover contemporary paintings with an emotional impact you…
Author: Gazette Staff
Boston City Council accepts anti-terrorism grant that impacts region
By Adam Swift Last week, the Boston City Council voted to accept a $13.3 million anti-terrorism grant that the previous council had narrowly voted against accepting. The grant will impact surrounding communities, including Chelsea, Revere, Everett, and Winthrop, who are…
Wu announces largest-ever award to support nonprofit organizations
Mayor Michelle Wu announced the City of Boston has received more than $47 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support nonprofit organizations providing services to individuals experiencing homelessness. This award represents the City’s largest…
JP residents join rallies from across the state calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and justice for Palestine
Special to the Gazette On Tuesday, January 30, Jamaica Plain residents joined hundreds of others at coordinated rallies at congressional and Senate offices across the state. They are demanding that the elected officials must work to end US complicity in…
State and local leaders ask for reconsideration of lead service-line grant formula
By Adam Swift A change in a federal grant funding formula for the replacement of lead line services would have a negative impact on local communities, according to state and local leaders. Last week, Governor Maura Healey, Attorney General Andrea…
Wu announces Boston’s new Youth Poet Laureate
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, in collaboration with the Boston Public Library, 826 Boston, GrubStreet, Fine Arts Work Center, Mass Poetry, and Urban Word, today announced Parker-Vincent Alva has been named the City of…
JP’s Nativity Preparatory School receives award
The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced $3.8 million in grant awards to support security enhancements for 80 Massachusetts nonprofits at high risk of hate crimes or attacks by extremists. Grant recipients that include Nativity Preparatory School of Jamaica Plain for $72,424 and…
Letter to the Editor 2-9-2024
Alarming new survey reveals how high MBTA fares are harming riders Dear Editor, On the heels of Governor Healey pledging to fund a permanent low-income fare for the MBTA in her FY25 budget, a groundbreaking survey of riders finds that they forgo…
Op-Ed: A little bit of kindness to protect Mass. parklands and foster community
By Brian Arrigo Just under a year ago, I had the honor of being appointed to lead the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), the state’s largest landowner and steward of roughly half a million acres across Massachusetts. It’s been…
Zuckerberg, et al: The worst of the worst
Last week’s dramatic hearing in the U.S. Senate, in which the heads of a number of social media companies testified in front of a gallery that was filled with parents who lost children because of the pernicious effects of social…