Two weeks after Mayor Michelle Wu and Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) Executive Director Dr. Bisola Ojikutu announced that the City’s “B Together” policy, which requires patrons and staff of certain indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19,…
Author: John Lynds
Arroyo and Hayden Say They Are Both in the Race for Suffolk County District Attorney
So far the race for Suffolk County District Attorney will be between one candidate who supports many of former DA Rachael Rollin’s reforms and another who is more moderate and was appointed as interim DA by Republican Governor Charlie Baker.…
Wu Recommends CPA Funding For Evans Way Footbridge Project
This week, Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston Community Preservation Committee (CPC) announced their recommendation for the latest Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding round that includes funding for a project in Mission Hill. With 52 projects totaling $27…
Mayor Wu Announces Creation of the Office of Early Childhood
At a press conference last Wednesday Mayor Michelle Wu said, for anyone who has had to try to find an early childhood education seat in Boston navigating the many complicated systems, registrations and applications can be a daunting task. “This…
Mission Hill/Roxbury weekly COVID positive test decreases
It seems the city’s “B Together” mandate that requires all employees and patrons at indoor venues to show proof of vaccination is having an impact on COVID infections in Mission Hill/Roxbury and across the city. The mandate, which kicked off…
ABCD, city’s EITC program in full swing in Mission Hill
Most people don’t want to think about it but it’s the time a year to begin thinking about filing 2021 tax returns. For many working people in Mission Hill there’s some relief from the confusing process of figuring out taxes.…
Attorney General Maura Healey announces bid for Governor
Standing in Maverick Square in East Boston at the end of last month Attorney General Maura Healey officially announced her candidacy for Governor of Massachusetts. Healey has long been touted as the successor to Gov. Charlie Baker’s governorship and emerged…
Mayor Wu swears in City Council
Delivers speech noting the diversity of the governing body On Monday, in one of the shortest and perhaps the coldest Boston City Council inaugurations in recent history, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu swore in returning and new members of the Council…
Mission Hill/Roxbury’s COVID positive test rate increases to 20 percent
The COVID 19 virus is spreading like wildfire across Mission Hill/Roxbury with 2 out of every 10 residents tested for the virus last week turning out to be positive and a certain degree of panic has set in as children…
Violent Part One Crime down 20 percent
Last week the Boston Police released its end of the year crime stats that compares January 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021 with the same time period in 2020 and found both Violent Part One Crime and Non-violent Part One…