The BCYF Nazzaro Community Center, 30 North Bennet Street in the North End, will close on Monday, February 28, for a lead remediation project which will remove old lead paint from several areas of the building. The project is expected…
Month: February 2022
State Senator Lydia Edwards Endorses Former Chief of Staff Gabriela Coletta for the District 1 City Council
State Senator Lydia Edwards said her former Chief of Staff Gabriela Coletta is the best candidate to take over her District 1 City Council seat when she leaves in April. Edwards, who was sworn in as First Suffolk & Middlesex…
Upcoming Walking Tour Focuses on Colonial New Englanders’ Drinking Habits
Colonial New Englanders drank roughly three times as much alcohol as Modern Americans, and an upcoming walking tour will explore this phenomenon before making its way to the Green Dragon, one of the city’s most historic watering holes. The program,…
North End, Surrounding Area’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Increases
The group of anti-vaxxers camped outside Mayor Michelle Wu’s home are going to have to admit sooner rather than later that her vaccination mandate for indoor venues is working to combat the latest COVID surge in the city. Less than…
Public Hearing for MBTA Fare Tariff Changes Feb. 17
The MBTA will host a virtual public hearing on Thursday, February 17, at 6 p.m. to discuss fare change proposals that aim to improve equity by closing gaps in existing fare structures for Reduced Fare Riders, to minimize pandemic-related revenue…
In Brief
MBTA Communications Survey A survey launched by the MBTA aims to identify existing communications barriers, to develop strategies to better connect with older adults and people with disabilities in order to update travel training related materials, so that they are…
Councilor Kenzie Bok Endorses City Council Candidate Gabriela Coletta
District One City Council candidate Gabriela “Gigi†Coletta picked up a key endorsement from City Kenzie Bok. Bok, who represents Beacon Hill, Back Bay, Fenway–Kenmore, Mission Hill, and the West End, was a longtime political ally of Coletta’s former boss…
Lewis Joins Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston as New Nicholas President and CEO
Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston (BGCB) has named seasoned non-profit and community leader Robert Lewis Jr. as its new Nicholas President and CEO. Lewis will become the 16th leader of the organization in its 129-year history of youth development…
Women’s Rights Trailblazer, Anne T. Barron, Dies at 100
Anne T. Barron, a trailblazer for women’s rights in the 1970s following the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment, died on Friday, Jan. 21, at her Longfellow Place home. She was 100. Born on Oct. 30, 1921, to Hermann Frankfort,…
The 1887 Electoral Count Act Must Be Amended
Americans always have taken for granted the sanctity and integrity of our electoral system. For decades, we routinely have sent observers to countries where democracy is a new thing to ensure that those nations conducted their elections on the up-and-up,…