Mayor Wu announced the appointment of Carleton Jones as the Executive Director of the Public Facilities Department (PFD) and Rohn MacNulty as Deputy Director. Carleton succeeds Kerrie Griffin who served as Executive Director from February 2021 until May 31, 2024.…
Month: June 2024
Wu Launches Youth Central Online Sports Directory Across the City
Special to the Regional Review Mayor Michelle Wu announced the debut of the City of Boston’s first online Youth Sports Hub, including a central, online directory of youth sports organizations across the city. This new resource empowers families to find…
Speakeasies, Bootleggers, and Jazz at the West End Museum
Special to Regional Review Back in the days of Prohibition, there were speakeasies all over Boston…including Beacon Hill and the West End. Emily Sweeney, Boston Globe journalist and author of several nonfiction books, including ‘Boston Organized Crime’ and ‘Gangland Boston,’ notes that a speakeasy known as…
Wu Announces Applications Now Open for the SPARK Boston Council
Special to the Regional Review Mayor Michelle Wu announced applications for the 2024-2025 SPARK Boston Council are now open and available online. The SPARK Boston Council is a volunteer leadership and civic engagement council made up of 20 to 35…
Artist LaRissa Rogers Announces Open Call for Soil
Special to the Regional Review The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, in partnership with artist LaRissa Rogers, announces an Open Call for Soil as part of Going to Ground, a new sculpture coming to The Greenway’s North End parks this August.…
Advent School Welcomes Sean Harlow as New Director of Development
Advent School is thrilled to announce Sean Harlow as the School’s new Director of Development, effective May 2024. “I’m excited to have Sean’s perspective on the team,” says Advent’s Head of School Nicole A. DuFauchard P’20. “He has dived into…
NEW Health Participates in Mass League’s Community Health Center Day at the State House
North End Waterfront Health (NEW Health) participated in Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers’ Community Health Center Day at the State House on Tuesday, June 4th. NEW Health was among dozens of non-profits and health centers educating legislators, state officials and…
Let Us Never Forget Those Who Went Ashore on D-Day
Eighty years ago this week, on June 6, 1944, the United States and its allies launched the largest amphibious invasion in military history. Almost 133,000 troops, supported by 7,000 ships and 195,000 naval personnel, plus almost 12,000 aircraft, landed on…
The Reports of San Francisco’s Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated
When a journalist contacted the humorist and author Mark Twain regarding rumors that he had passed away, Twain said to the reporter, “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” We were thinking of Twain’s witticism when we visited San…
Opinion
By Phil Orlandella Marie Simboli Is a True Community Activist Six residents were recently elected to serve two-year-terms on the North End/Waterfront Neighborhood Council (NEWNC), a twelve-person group that was formed many years ago to be the community’s voice at City…