Presented by the Emerald Necklace Conservancy, Emerald Necklace Parkfest marks Frederick Law Olmsted’s 200th year with free activities across the Emerald Necklace park system. The event will take place on Saturday, Sept. 24 from 1-6pm with a rain date of Sept. 25.…
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ParkARTS Children’s Rec Fest returns to Franklin Park August 16
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department invite city youth to come celebrate the summer at the 2022 ParkARTS Boston Children’s Rec Fest on Tuesday, August 16 at Franklin Park from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.…
Wu announces city accepting eligibility forms for Community Preservation funding
Mayor Michelle Wu announced the availability of eligibility forms for applications for the upcoming round of Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding. For Fiscal Year 2023, the City of Boston has made nearly $39 million available for CPA projects under…
Party in the Park Fundraiser Brings In Over $550,000 for Emerald Necklace Parks
The Party in the Park luncheon was held on May 11 at the Pinebank Promontory in Jamaica Plain. Together, more than $550,000 was raised to support the 1,100-acre Emerald Necklace park system that serves as a backyard for residents and…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Ellen Walker, Special to the Gazette “Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed… Convince me that you have a seed there, and I…
Wu Provides Updates on City Efforts To Address Unsheltered Homelessness and Substance Use Crises
Mayor Michelle Wu on May 24 provided updates on the City of Boston’s next steps to address the intersection of unsheltered homelessness and substance use crises, centered in the area surrounding Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. The City of…
Wu Announces City Initiatives for Residents To Have a Safe, Healthy Summer
Mayor Michelle Wu on May 25 announced the City of Boston’s comprehensive plan for a safe and healthy summer for all Boston residents, communities, and neighborhoods. Mayor Wu announced several violence prevention and intervention initiatives, including the Community Ambassadors Program,…
Congratulations To the Class of 2022
These have been difficult times for all of us, but particularly for our young people, who have sacrificed so many of their rites of passage to the demands of the pandemic during these past two years. For older people such…
Guest Op-Ed: More Mass Killings, What Is the Answer?
Dr. Glenn Mollette Do parents in America want to spend every school day hoping and praying their children will not be heinously murdered? Do children want to spend their days constantly looking up to see who might be entering their…