Special to the Gazette The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is urging residents to take proper precautions against COVID-19 amid a significant spike in COVID-19 virus particles in local wastewater that suggests higher levels of community spread. Boston has not…
Month: October 2022
MBTA Launches Online Applications for Tap and Blind Access Customers
The MBTA announced that eligible riders can now apply online for a new, renewal, or replacement TAP CharlieCard or Blind Access CharlieCard. People with disabilities (including low vision) and Medicare cardholders are eligible for reduced MBTA fares with a TAP…
Hill Happenings
The Mission Hill Post 327 held their Golf fundraiser amid glorious weather at Norwood Country Club last month. Our Post Commander, Col. George Rollins gets an A+ for organizing the event. Thanks to the generous contributions from many including M.H.…
News Briefs
Bok Holding Office Hours at Penguin Pizza District 8 Councilor Kenzie Bok be holding Office Hours from 4-6pm throughout the district over the next few weeks. Please sign up online for the time and location that best works for you.…
Wu Announces Launch of New Version of Boston 311 App
Mayor Michelle Wu announced the launch of a new version of the Boston 311 mobile app, aimed at improving user experience with expanded language access and redesigned features. The City of Boston 311, in partnership with the Department of Innovation…
Take a Forest Bath
When we saw a headline about a “forest bath” in an on-line publication the other day, we initially took its meaning literally. But the article was not about physically bathing in the woods. Rather, it pointed out that there have…
Sundays Aren’t Fun Anymore
Some years back, amid the Patriots’ long string of success, we wrote that New England fans should enjoy the ride, because it inevitably would come to an end. We’ve been Pats’ fans since the 1960s, so unlike younger fans, we’ve…
Boston Vulnerable to Sea-Level Rise
Dear Editor, Hurricane’s Ida’s devastating impacts on Florida’s seacoast communities provide a stark warning to Boston which is similarly vulnerable to the combined impacts of storm surges and sea level rise which is universally predicted as inevitable. Sea level rise…
Op-Ed: The Call of Our Common Humanity
By Cardinal Seán Patrick O’Malley Immigration policies and practices stand as an abiding moral, legal and political challenge to our Commonwealth and our country. We have delayed far too long in developing an effective response to immigrants, migrants, and refugees…
Obituaries 10-07-2022
Jose Arroyo Of Boston Jose Arroyo of Boston passed on September 19, 2022. The beloved husband of Maria M. (Flores) Arroyo, he was the loving father of Jose Manuel, Jr., Jaime, William Alfredo, Maria Isabel, Miriam and Rita Deniege Arroyo;…