By Ellen Walker, Special to the Gazette With all the heat advisories and humidity, it sure feels like this has been a record July for hot weather here in Boston. One of the upsides has been a month full of…
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Roxbury Community College to offer online, remote, hybrid, and in person classes in fall 2020
Roxbury Community College (RCC) recently announced plans to offer a combination of online, remote, hybrid and in-person classes for its students in the fall 2020 semester. In person classes will be held in spaces that allow instructors and students to remain…
Mayor appoints Alejandra St. Guillen to Boston Cannabis Board
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced last week the appointment of Alejandra St. Guillen to Boston’s Cannabis Board, which was created this spring to strengthen the City’s focus on equity in the new marijuana industry. St. Guillen lost by only a few votes…
Letters to the Editor
Supporting environmental justice legislation To the Editor, As a diverse group of city and town elected officials representing hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents, we write in support of environmental justice (EJ) legislation for our communities — specifically H. 4264,…
Editorial 08-07-2020
Waiting for The Big One As we are writing this, we are awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Isaias, which is the earliest-ever ninth named storm of a hurricane season. Although Isaias was a weak Category 1 hurricane when it made…
Robert ‘Problak’ Gibbs and MFA partner on mural at Madison Park
Staff report The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), announced late last month the launch of a multipart community mural project co-led by artists-in-residence Rob “Problak” Gibbs and Rob Stull—a key initiative of the MFA’s 150th anniversary that draws inspiration from Writing the…
Mass. RMV announcing new online feature: Vehicles may be registered without a visit to the RMV
The Massachusetts Registry of Motors Vehicles (RMV) is announcing that in partnership with Boston Software Corporation, a new online service is now available which enables independent insurance agents to renew and reinstate passenger and commercial vehicle registrations on behalf of…
Local Black media network continues to present candidates despite pandemic
Mission Hill native Ron Bell interviews both U.S. Senate candidates, re-launched Dunk the Vote 2020 US Sen. Ed Markey and US Congressman Joseph Kennedy III both made an appearance on the Boston Praise Radio & TV Boston Black News segment…
Op-Ed: Communities that work together, win together
By Quint Studer Freedom, independence, self-sufficiency: these are great and glorious concepts. We celebrate them this time of year, whether we process it that way or not, because they’re so deeply engrained in our image of America. We see ourselves…
Guest Op-Ed: The Boston Reopen fund is helping small businesses open their doors while keeping our community safe
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health and safety of the people of Boston has been my top priority. As our city and our state begin a gradual reopening process, based on clear…