Every spring, the City of Boston releases our Imagine Boston Capital Plan for the next five years. It outlines where our city’s budget will be focused, our longer-term plans, and our priorities. Essentially, the capital plan details what initiatives and…
Category: Editorials
Opinion
Drug problems will never   go away There seems to be no headway in the battle against the sale and use of illegal drugs in Boston. Only smoke screen after smoke screen has been subjected to the general public with no…
Seeking to End Homelessness for Youth in Boston
On Friday, Mayor Martin J. Walsh joined members of the City’s Youth Action Board to launch Rising to the Challenge: Ending Youth and Young Adult Homelessness in Boston, the City of Boston’s community planning process centered around preventing and ending…
Barbara Bush
Barbara Bush, who passed away last week at the age of 92, was both a throwback to a time when a woman was expected to sacrifice her career for her husband and family and a trailblazer for the manner in…
Opinion
City’s Harbor site plans opposed Waterfront residents are clearly opposing the Mayor’s Harbor site plan with the claim that it does not meet the needs of the community and puts developers ahead of the neighborhood. They have circulated a petition…
Opinion
Attorney Toscano NEAD guest speaker North End Against Drugs (NEAD) held still another successful Dinner/Talk at the Nazzaro Community Center. NEAD provided an Italian dinner and dessert for those that attended the neighborhood events. North End resident and Attorney Daniel…
Acts of Kindness During ‘One Boston Day’
For over 120 years, the Boston Marathon has represented our city at its finest. Every year, thousands of runners lace up their shoes and begin the long trek towards Boylston Street. People come from all across the city to cheer…
Nice Way to Spend a Saturday
Walking along Mt. Vernon Street or Chestnut Street in Beacon Hill or Beacon Street in the Back Bay, the outside façades of the houses on these streets have not changed since they were built, in some cases more than 200…
Letter to the Editor
DISAGREES WITH LETTER ON SHORT TERM RENTALS Dear Editor: I found the letter from the woman at “Stop Child Predators†regarding Short Term rentals in Boston to be inaccurate and a bit histrionic, not to minimize the importance of child…
The Kids are Alright
The tremendous outpouring by young people all across the country this past weekend in support of meaningful gun control was absolutely spectacular. It is fair to say that no issue has galvanized America’s youth to such an extent since the…