The Boston Police Department (BPD) has a tremendous legacy and history of working through just about every situation – from terrorist bombings in 2013 to urban rioting in the 1960s – but there are no officers still on the rolls…
Author: Seth Daniel
As Revenues Drop, City Budget Leaders Adjust to Losses
One of the bread and butter cash flow generators for cities and towns throughout Massachusetts – including the City of Boston – is local excise taxes on things like hotel rooms and meals, but with the crash of those industries…
Housing Court standing orders will bar new eviction cases through early May
Though it is an unintended consequence of the state court system trying to promote social distancing and health, there will also be an added protection for tenants affected by the COVID-19 response who are in fear of being evicted from…
What’s in the Water?
Residents Raise Major Concerns about Conditions at Hennigan Community Center When Phyllis Petruzzelli and many of the other female swimmers that utilize the Hennigan Pool and Community Center on Heath Street at the Mission Hill/JP border come to participate in…
Condiciones Sucias en Hennigan Center
Cuando Claudine Francois, Luisa Harris, Perlina Mills, Debra McLellan, Phyllis Petruzzelli, Nancy Routh y Gina Blanca vienen al Centro Comunitario Hennigan para su clase de natación, se inspeccionan los vestuarios y pasillos. El ritual sería divertido si no fuera…
Former ATF Agent Writes Book about Solving Infamous Boston Arson Cases
The leads had dwindled and houses and buildings in Mission Hill and around the city were burning down nearly every night in the early 1980s. ATF agents like Wayne Miller were working the case hard, but getting nowhere. Then…
Boston Explorers Helps Kids Explore Their Interests, and Their City
When Alphonse Litz was growing up in Syracuse, there wasn’t an historic site or a walking trail that his working class family didn’t visit and learn about. It was a way for them to experience their surroundings, and occupy their…
New England Genealogical Society Speaks Out Against New Record Restrictions
Seemingly out of the far reaches of left field, the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS) in the Back Bay were ambushed last week with a little-known proposal in Gov. Charlie Baker’s budget that would severely limit vital…
A Different Budget: New Superintendent’s Budget Reflects What She Heard: Investments Being Proposed for the Tobin School K-8, Mission School K-8, and Hennigan School K-8
The world of school budgets within the Boston Public Schools (BPS) has rarely been marked by intrigue or excitement in year’s past, but new Supt. Brenda Cassellius said this month that her first budget proposal is different than any previous…
Boston Public Schools Exam School Test Could Be Changed Next Fall
In the wake of a scandal late last week involving the maker of the ISEE Exam School test and the Boston Public Schools, Supt. Brenda Cassellius reported this week they have begun to seek new vendors for the exam school…