Mayor Michelle Wu announced the newly-selected 2023-2024 SPARK Boston Council. The 43-member group will spend the next year working to connect young adults to leaders in local government, City services, and one another. The SPARK Boston Council will advise Mayor…
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Councilors Offer Hearing Order To Address Stormwater Management
Special to the Gazette District 9 Boston City Councilor Liz Breadon and District 8 City Councilor Sharon Durkan have put forward, “An order for a hearing on stormwater management and flood hazard mitigation in the City of Boston,” for consideration…
Councilors Offer Ordinance on Non-Motorized Street Food Carts
Special to the Gazette Boston City Councilors Gabriela Coletta, Julia Mejia, and Brian Worrell have put forward, “An ordinance establishing street for enterprises in the City of Boston Municipal Code by inserting Chapter 17, Section 22, Permitting and regulation of…
Flynn Schedules Hearing To Bring All City of Boston Meetings Back In-Person
Special to the Gazette Boston City Council President Flynn has scheduled a hearing on Thursday, September 14 at 2 p.m. to discuss bringing all City of Boston Meetings, abutters meetings, City Council committee hearings and related business back in person,…
Wu Announces Expansion of Swim Safe Program With Grants and Additional Funding
Mayor Michelle Wu, the City of Boston’s Human Services Cabinet, and Boston Centers for Youth & Families announced applications are now open for Swim Safe Boston grants to support non-profit organizations in Boston that provide free aquatics programming to residents.…
Hill Happenings
Nearly 200 youngsters attended the basketball camp at Madison Park High School last month which was sponsored by Wayne Selden, a pro ball player from Mission Hill. Four gyms were utilized for this terrific event in which the kids received…
News Briefs
New Pastor Announcement We are most pleased that Fr. Philip Dabney will serve as the new pastor of the Basilica, it will be good to welcome Fr. Dabney back to our community. He will arrive here this month to assume…
September Service Changes Will Allow MBTA Crews To Continue Improvement
The MBTA announced service changes in September on the Red, Green, Orange, Kingston, Middleborough, Greenbush, Newburyport/Rockport, and Haverhill lines. The MBTA will continue working to improve service reliability across the system. Service changes will take place on the Red Line…
Hayden Announces Youth Advisory Council; Encourages Suffolk County Teens To Apply
District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced the creation of the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Youth Advisory Council, which will meet regularly throughout the school year to give Hayden’s office insight into issues such as youth violence, gun possession, bullying, peer pressure,…