On Saturday, April 17, the Old North Church and Historic Site will kick-off Patriots’ Day Weekend by re-opening its doors to visitors after a 13-month closure in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Known for “One if by land, and two…
Month: April 2021
Women’s Lunch Place Mother’s Day Cards Have Returned
Women’s Lunch Place (WLP), a day shelter that provides meals and programs for women experiencing homelessness and poverty, is back with its 19th year of Mother’s Day cards. Each $25 card will provide lunch for one woman for five days…
Beacon Hill Restaurants Featured in New Digital Cookbook
A popular Beacon Hill bakery and cafe that has made a name for themselves outside the confines of the neighborhood is now featured in The Food Lens’s first digital cookbook “Dining in Boston”. The Food Lens, an online dining resource…
Numb to the Numbers
With just about all of the states now reopening their economies, the conventional wisdom among most Americans is that the worst days of the coronavirus are behind us. Yet the reality is that hundreds of Americans continue to die and…
Guest Op-Ed: Mask Wearing in America
Dr. Glenn Mollette Like most everyone else, I’m tired of wearing a mask. Every time I go to the grocery, a restaurant, church, or work I have to put on a mask. Not long ago, if we wore a mask…
Guest Op-Ed: Don’t Let the Pandemic Delay Advance Care Planning
By Catherine Duffy, NP, ACHPN Note: This article is published in observance of National Healthcare Decisions Day. Times of our lives may be forever defined as what happened “before the COVID-19 pandemic” and everything after that. One thing that hasn’t…
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Acting Mayor Janey Launches Campaign for Four-year Term
Already sitting in the corner office and being the first African American and woman to lead the City, Acting Mayor Kim Janey released a video at 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning to officially announce she would be running for mayor…
Esplanade Association Holds 20th Annual Meeting
The Esplanade Association marked a milestone via Zoom on Monday, April 5, when the longstanding organization held its 20th annual meeting. Michael Nichols, executive director of the nonprofit that has worked in partnership with the Department of Conservation and Recreation…
Laura Cunningham, Bids Farewell to the Nichols House Museum
During the five years she spent with the Nichols House Museum, Laura Cunningham, who stepped down from her role as its Curator of Collections on March 31 to pursue a new employment opportunity, said perhaps what she’ll cherish the most…