Mayor Michelle Wu announced the launch of the Legacy Business Program, an initiative that will support longstanding, independent businesses in Boston through increased visibility and connecting them with City services and grant opportunities. “Our legacy businesses serve as anchors in…
Month: August 2022
Wu Announces City Awarded Grant To Expand Access to Apprenticeship Programs
Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD), an affiliate of the Boston Planning & Development Agency, was recently awarded $3 million from the US Department of Labor to create and expand equitable pre-apprenticeship pathways to…
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Beacon Hill Seminars Fall Kickoff Beacon Hill Seminars is offering a mix of 19 in-person and online courses this fall on a range of topics including art, history, literature, music, politics, religion, science and more. To learn more, attend their…
North Washington Street Bridge Construction Look-Ahead Through Sept. 3
This is a brief overview of construction operations and impacts for the North Washington Street Bridge Replacement Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work and changes to traffic configurations beyond those described below. Orange Line Shutdown…
‘Cat Café’ Proposed for Charles Street To Hold August 31 Open House
Special to Times On Wednesday, Aug. 31 at 6 p.m., Brittany Baker, proprietor of the proposed A Sanctuary Café, will host a community open house at 80 Charles St., the future home of her café/bookstore/cat lounge. Baker is currently seeking…
The MWRA Is Doing a Great Job
Residents in our newspapers’ circulation area in Greater Boston probably are unaware that most of the communities in Massachusetts are enduring drought conditions that have resulted in the imposition of severe water-use restrictions. But here in Greater Boston, there is…
Robert Kraft Belongs in the Hall of Fame
As we are writing this early in the week, the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Coach/Contributor Committee is getting ready to meet to select one of 12 nominees for inclusion in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Class…
BLO Presents ‘Romeo and Juliet’
Rosales’s Planned Alabama Pedestrian Bridge Awarded $20 Million Federal Grant
A planned pedestrian bridge in Huntsville, Ala., designed by Beacon Hill bridge architect, Miguel Rosales, was recently awarded a $20 million federal grant to fund its near-term construction. “It is rewarding that one of my bridge projects has received a…
Water-Main Break on Saturday Floods Parts of Common, Public Garden, and Charles Street
A water-main break in the early hours of Saturday morning in the area of Charles and Boylston streets flooded parts of the Public Garden and the Boston Common, along with Charles Street, according to published reports. The break, which was…