Face-Mask Drive for Rosie’s Place Hill House, located at 127 Mount Vernon St., is running a Face-Mask Drive for Rosie’s Place on Harrison Avenue. Participants can either make their own masks or purchase through a local shop, 4Good Vibes, based…
Month: May 2020
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Homeland Security Investigations Remind Parents of Risks to Children Online
The U.S. Attorney’s Office and Homeland Security Investigations are partnering to alert parents and guardians of the potential dangers to children online, and providing guidance for internet safety. As a result of school closings due to COVID-19, children are increasingly…
BPDA Welcomes Brian Miller as Newest Member of Board
The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) last week announced Brian Miller as the newest member of the BPDA Board. A resident of South Boston, Miller is a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley, and founder of The Miller Group at…
Markey for U.S. Senate Campaign Blows Past Signature Goal of 10,000
The Ed Markey for U.S. Senate campaign this evening announced that it has received over 23,600 signatures from an unprecedented sweep of the state–with requests for nomination papers from 343 of the 351 cities and towns. As a result of…
Local Restaurateur Encounters Unprecedented Challenges in Face of Pandemic
Immediately after receiving word from Mayor Martin Walsh’s office on March 15 that restaurants would have to cut their capacity in half, Babak Bina set to work reconfiguring the floor plan for Bin 26 Enoteca. “We physically removed tables and…
This Sunday Is Mother’s Day
During this time of unprecedented upheaval because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the rituals that most of us traditionally follow either have been eliminated or drastically changed because of the need to practice physical distancing. So too, the manner in which…
This Is No Time for Hooverism
Herbert Hoover had been President for about seven months when the stock market crashed in October, 1929. Although there have been many causes attributed to the onset of the Great Depression, the crash generally is viewed as the trigger point…
Guest Op-Ed: Boston Pets and COVID-19
By Martha Smith-Blackmore, DVM, The National Veterinary Services Laboratory of the USDA announced on April 22, 2020 that two pet cats from different households in the United States were confirmed cases of COVID-19 infection. These are the first pets in the…