Month: March 2021
Teacher Vaccines: Baker-Polito Administration Announces Eligibility for K-12 Educators, Child Care Workers, and K-12 Staff
On March 3, the Baker-Polito Administration announced that K-12 educators, child care workers and K-12 school staff will be eligible to schedule COVID-19 vaccine appointments starting March 11. This group of workers will join the current eligible groups (including 65+…
Officials Looking Out for Future of Main Streets
In the midst of a pandemic, looking out for the future of Boston’s Main Streets districts has become all the more urgent. The City launched its Reimagine Main Streets program in November of last year, which, according to the City’s…
CAMH Hears Presentation on Terrace St. Development
Around 15 people attended the monthly meeting of the Community Alliance of Mission Hill (CAMH) on Feb 17. On the agenda was a presentation by the Boston-based developers of a new housing complex on Terrace St. The group provided a…
CAMH Escucha Sobre Un Nuevo Proyecto En Terrace St
Alrededor de 15 personas asistieron a la reunión mensual de la Alianza Comunitaria de Mission Hill (CAMH) el 17 de febrero. En la agenda había una presentación de los promotores de un nuevo proyecto de viviendas en Terrace St. El…
He’s In! South End State Rep. Jon Santiago Launches Mayoral Campaign
The video starts on Harrison Avenue and Albany Street and it appears to be late at night, with only the urban-orange streetlights providing the lighting for State Rep. Jon Santiago to walk from his hospital job to his South End…
Walsh Provides Updates on Vaccinations and BPS; Announces Return of Outdoor Dining Program Beginning on April 1
Mayor Marty Walsh held a press conference on March 1, where he provided updates on reopening in the city, talked about Boston Public Schools students returning to in-person learning, and announced that the city’s outdoor dining program will resume on…
Sociedad Latina Advocates to Get Ethnic Studies Into the Statewide School Curriculum
After more than 10 years working incrementally on a broad campaign to ethnically diversify the curriculum in Boston Public Schools (BPS), youth at Sociedad Latina are seeing some major gains this year that build on the work of so many…
Vacant P3 Building Site to Be Cleaned Up With Brownfields Grant
The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) announced that MassDevelopment has awarded the agency a $250,000 Brownfields Redevelopment grant to provide environmental remediation at P3 in Roxbury – just across the street from Boston Police Headquarters on the Mission Hill border. The…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Local Students Who Made the UMass Amherst Dean’s List Below is a list of local students who were named to the dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the fall 2020 semester. In order to qualify, an undergraduate…