By Ellen Walker Special to the Gazette Other than the surge of Omicron, the year of 2022 is off to a good start. More and more businesses are beginning to pick up as we roll into February and there is…
Month: February 2022
Hill Happenings
Congratulations to Fran Toner, who reached the pinnacle of his career last month when he was named Chief of Campus Police at the Shattuck Hospital in Jamaica Plain. Fran, who was previously a Sergeant, is a Mission High School graduate,…
Museum, medical school were seeds of Longwood Medical and Academic Area
Gazette Staff Archives Though the Longwood Medical and Academic Area (LMA) now seems like the natural center of large institutions in Boston, it was originally intended to be luxury housing like the Back Bay. Before famed landscape architect Frederick Law…
MBTA proposes fare changes for riders
MBTA staff presented several fare change proposals that aim to improve equity by closing gaps in existing fare structures for Reduced Fare Riders, minimize pandemic-related revenue implications and budget uncertainties while increasing ridership where possible, and simplify fare tariff rules…
MBTA plan reallocates $500 million to support critical capital investments
The Audit and Finance Subcommittee of the MBTA Board supported reallocating up to $500 million in operating funds to support critical and timely capital investments, allowing the MBTA to accelerate key capital projects in safety, advance key employee recruitment and…
Driver’s license bill has municipal support
Fifteen Mayors and City Managers from across Massachusetts announced their support for The Work and Family Mobility Act in a letter submitted to the Joint Committee on Transportation. The bill, currently awaiting a report from the Committee, would allow immigrants…
New regulations requiring public notification of sewage discharges into waterbodies
The Baker-Polito Administration announced final regulations establishing rules and procedures requiring permittees to notify the public of untreated or partially treated wastewater, including discharges caused by weather events, into the Commonwealth’s surface waters. Discharges of this nature can have negative…
dance now Boston announces start of 8th season
DANCE NOW Boston announced its 8th Season program, continuing its partnership with The Bang Group and choreographer David Parker for two weekends of performances on February 19th, 20th, 26th, and 27th, at the Dance Complex in Cambridge, MA. Saturday performances…
Attorney General Maura Healey announces bid for Governor
Standing in Maverick Square in East Boston at the end of last month Attorney General Maura Healey officially announced her candidacy for Governor of Massachusetts. Healey has long been touted as the successor to Gov. Charlie Baker’s governorship and emerged…
Op-Ed: The 3Gpocalypse is coming — Is your car ready?
Just this week I heard about something that I’m surprised has not gotten more media coverage on the national level, as it’s extremely important to us as consumers. Beginning in February and continuing through the end of the year, 3G…