The Party in the Park luncheon was held on May 11 at the Pinebank Promontory in Jamaica Plain. Together, more than $550,000 was raised to support the 1,100-acre Emerald Necklace park system that serves as a backyard for residents and…
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What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Ellen Walker, Special to the Gazette “Though I do not believe that a plant will spring up where no seed has been, I have great faith in a seed… Convince me that you have a seed there, and I…
Wu Provides Updates on City Efforts To Address Unsheltered Homelessness and Substance Use Crises
Mayor Michelle Wu on May 24 provided updates on the City of Boston’s next steps to address the intersection of unsheltered homelessness and substance use crises, centered in the area surrounding Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard. The City of…
Wu Announces City Initiatives for Residents To Have a Safe, Healthy Summer
Mayor Michelle Wu on May 25 announced the City of Boston’s comprehensive plan for a safe and healthy summer for all Boston residents, communities, and neighborhoods. Mayor Wu announced several violence prevention and intervention initiatives, including the Community Ambassadors Program,…
Congratulations To the Class of 2022
These have been difficult times for all of us, but particularly for our young people, who have sacrificed so many of their rites of passage to the demands of the pandemic during these past two years. For older people such…
Guest Op-Ed: More Mass Killings, What Is the Answer?
Dr. Glenn Mollette Do parents in America want to spend every school day hoping and praying their children will not be heinously murdered? Do children want to spend their days constantly looking up to see who might be entering their…
Snow Again
Councilor Bok to Hold Mission Hill Office Hours
By Dan Murphy City Councilor Kenize Bok will hold Winter Office Hours for her Mission Hill constituents on Thursday, March 24, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Penguin Pizza at 735 Huntington Ave., both in person and virtually. “Meeting with…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Ellen Walker Special to the Gazette If weather is one of the favorite topics in New England, then the month of February certainly left its mark. Snow, sleet, sun-shine, high winds, rain and spring-like weather all made their appearance…
News Briefs
Spring Garden Talk Planned Join the Shirley-Eustis House Association and The Roxbury Historical Society for an online discussion about garden plants as cures for illness and preservers of wellness in early New England. Master Gardener Mary Lou O’Connor will share…