By John Lynds For the better part of the past year Mayor Martin Walsh has been on the front lines advocating for ending the generations-long under-funding of local public schools. The outdated formula used to fund public schools in Boston…
City Council Holds Hearing to Discuss “Unreasonable and Excessive” Noise Levels
By Lauren Bennett Excessive noise continues to be a top issue for many neighborhoods across the city as Boston continues to grow and expand. The Boston City Council Committee on Environment, Sustainability, and Parks held a hearing on August 29…
Free MBTA Passes for All Seventh Through 12th Graders This School Year
By John Lynds Starting this fall, Boston Public Schools will provide MBTA passes for all 7th to 12th graders, not just students living far from their assigned school. Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said in a statement that the expanded T pass…
Walsh Announces Events Planned for September as Recovery Month
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced a series of events marking September as Recovery Month, a national observance that aims to combat the social stigma around addiction, celebrate recovery, and promote overall awareness. The effects of the opioid epidemic can be…
The Real American Carnage
Whenever a mass shooting occurs — which is to say, fairly regularly somewhere in America these days — investigators scour for clues as to the “motive” of the gunman. Often, as was the case in El Paso two weeks ago,…
When Will It Be Our Turn?
Hurricane Dorian, the fifth Category 5 hurricane to hit the U.S. in the past four years, has captivated many of us for the past week as we watched the latest forecasts to see where it would strike the American mainland.…