At his daily press briefing last Thursday Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston Public School Superintendent Brenda Cassellius laid out BPS’s phased plan to reopen schools in the fall amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic. At the briefing Mayor Walsh called the…
Author: John Lynds
COVID-19 Update for Beacon Hill
Since the end of July the COVID-19 infection rate in Beacon Hill the infection rate here has risen 8.7. According to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) on Friday Beacon Hill, as well as the…
Congressional Candidate Robbie Goldstein Outraises U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch
Mass General physician Dr. Robbie Goldstein who is taking on nine-term incumbent U.S. Congressman Stephen Lynch in the 8th Congressional District outraised Lynch in the final weeks leading into the Sept. 1 Massachusetts Primary. However, while Goldstien cleared over $175,000…
Mail-In Ballots for Upcoming Elections Are On Their Way
Despite President Donald Trump voting by mail during elections in 2017, 2018 and 2020, POTUS has spent the past week threatening to sue states that will allow mail-in voting for this upcoming Presidential Election–falsely claiming it will lead to widespread…
COVID-19 Update for Beacon Hill
After reporting a seven percent increase in the COVID-19 infection rate in Beacon Hill two weeks ago the infection rate here has only risen slightly. According to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) on Friday…
EBNHC, Greater Boston Preparing for Coronavirus
It was only a matter of time before the coronavirus, or COVID-19, that spread across China landed in Boston. The Boston Public Health Commission announced that as of Monday, there was one confirmed case of coronavirus in Boston and eight…
Mayor Starts Overhaul of ZBA
In the wake of the scandal that rocked the Boston Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) last year, District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edwards called for an overhaul of the city’s zoning board. The John Lynch-bribing scandal trickled down to the…
Mayor Walsh Signs Affordable Housing Home Rule Petition
It was a huge win for District 1 City Councilor Lydia Edwards, her colleague Councilor Kim Janey and affordable housing advocates across the city. On Monday, Mayor Martin Walsh signed Edwards and Janey’s Home Rule Petition to impose a real…
John Nucci Celebrates His One-Year Anniversary of Life-Saving Kidney Transplant
Recently, a group of close friends and family were invited to a luncheon at Rino’s Place in East Boston by Senior Vice President of External Affairs at Suffolk Univserity, John Nucci. The day marked the one year anniversary of Nucci’s…
ZBA Approves West End Marijuana Shop
An adult use marijuana facility proposed for Friend Street in Boston’s West End was approved by the Boston Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA). Ascend Mass Inc., who is proposing a retail marijuana shop at 272 Friend St. received its Conditional…