Special to the Times An estimated 1,446 home cooking fires were reported to U.S. fire departments on Thanksgiving Day in 2023, reflecting a 388 percent increase over the daily average, according to the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®). Christmas Day and…
Month: November 2025
Water Authority Board Tables Vote on Proposal to Dump Sewage in Charles River Forever
Special to the Times Following a wave of public outrage over the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority’s (MWRA) recently-proposed plan to allow for sewage to continue to be dumped into the Charles River forever, the MWRA Board of Directors has tabled…
New England Aquarium Invites Families to Special Screening of Disney and Pixar’s Finding Nemo
The New England Aquarium is hosting a family movie night during Thanksgiving weekend with a special screening of Disney and Pixar’s Finding Nemo on the Simons Theatre’s five-story giant screen. This family-friendly evening offers audiences the chance to revisit the…
City of Boston and Northeastern Announce New Five-year Pilot Agreement and 10-Year
institutional master plan, including historic commitments on housing and community benefits Special to the Times The City of Boston and Northeastern University announced landmark agreements on an Institutional Master Plan (IMP) and Payment-in-Lieu-of-Taxes (PILOT), which include unprecedented housing commitments and…
SoWa: the Creative Enclave Thriving Just Off Boston’s Grid
By Arielle Appleby An artist takes the long way to her studio, passing through a tranquil park bathed in morning light. She is alone, save a few squirrels and a grandmotherly figure thumbing pages of an old book on a…
More Than Words Shifts to Thrift as it Meets Changing Consumer Needs
Special to the Times More Than Words, the Boston-based nonprofit social enterprise that empowers system-involved youth through paid work experience and leadership development, announced a major evolution of its retail business model. Beginning this month, the organization’s flagship Boston bookstore…
Coastal Climate Resiliency Issues at the Center of the Massachusetts MBC Annual Hearing
Special to the Times The Metropolitan Beaches Commission (MBC) and Save the Harbor/Save the Bay hosted their annual hearing at the Massachusetts State House on the condition of the 15 metropolitan beaches stewarded by the Department of Conservation and Recreation…
Happy Thanksgiving
Although a Harris poll a few years back revealed that Christmas is the favorite holiday of the year among all age groups of Americans, we think that Thanksgiving, our uniquely American holiday, has much more to recommend it than Christmas.…
Annual Veterans Day Parade
Restored Madonna and Child Tiffany Window Returns Home
By Dan Murphy After undergoing an approximately year-long, off-site conservation process, The Madonna and Child Window has returned home to the sanctuary of Church of the Covenant in the Back Bay. Between 1894 and 1897, the sanctuary at the church,…