On September 27, Councilor Annissa Essaibi George announced the start of her Listen & Learn Tour, a series of events and conversations that will inform her official Equity, Inclusion and Justice Agenda. Since announcing her candidacy for Mayor of Boston…
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What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Ellen Walker Special to the Gazette What an exciting month! Thousands of students returned to Mission Hill, the E Line tracks were fixed in record time providing safe passage across Huntington Avenue for all and the 2nd annual MHMS…
Mayor’s Pumpkin Carving Contest begins Oct. 12
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department has announced it will be celebrating the spooky season with Mayor Janey’s Pumpkin Carving Contest featuring a grand prize provided by the Farm Families who own Cabot Creamery Co-operative. Mayor Kim Janey recognizes the…
Kim Janey endorses Michelle Wu for Mayor
Mayoral candidate Michelle Wu received an endorsement from Acting Mayor Kim Janey, who made the announcement at the Faces of Dudley Memorial in Roxbury, respectively. Mayor Kim Janey threw her support behind Michelle Wu for Mayor of Boston on September…
Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley endorses David Halbert for Council
David Halbert’s Campaign for Boston City Council At-Large is proud to announce it has earned the endorsement of progressive champion, policymaker, and community leader, Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley. Congresswoman Pressley represents the MA-07 Congressional District, which covers three quarters of Boston,…
Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn endorses Erin Murphy for At-Large Council seat
South Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn – who also represents Chinatown, the South End, Bay Village, Fort Point, Downtown, and parts of Beacon Hill and Back Bay – has endorsed Erin Murphy to be Boston’s next At-Large City Councilor, the…
News Briefs 10-01-21
$1 MILLION TO SUPPORT FAMILIES NOT ELIGIBLE FOR DIRECT FEDERAL COVID-19 RELIEF Mayor Kim Janey, the City of Boston Equity and Inclusion Cabinet, and the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement are awarding $1 million dollars to the Massachusetts Immigrant Collaborative (MIC) to support…
As Work-From-Home Policies Take Hold, Boston Renters Seek More Space: Apartment Advisor Report Reveals the Costs to Upsize Your Digs in Boston’s Most Popular Rental Neighborhoods
Special to the Gazette With work-from-home policies extended indefinitely at most Boston-area companies, many local employees are feeling crunched for space in their apartments-turned-home-offices. ApartmentAdvisor (www.apartmentadvisor.com), an online home rental search platform, today released a report revealing the costs to…
Guest Op-Ed; Resilience in the midst of such suffering
By Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley On September 6, I was able to visit Haiti to meet with Cardinal Langlois of Les Cayes, to survey the challenges now confronting the Haitian people and to express the solidarity of the Archdiocese, home…
Let’s build a drug treatment and homeless facility in Dover
Back in the 1970s and ‘80s, when there was talk of expanding Logan Airport to the detriment of residents in the communities of Winthrop, Revere, Chelsea, and South Boston, among others, then-State Senator William Bulger of So. Boston suggested constructing…