“I swear I’m not a serial candidate,” Senator Lydia Edwards joked Monday night at her campaign kickoff for the 3rd Suffolk State Senate seat. Edwards, who won the special election for the vacant state senate seat back in January, needs…
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Beacon Hill, Surrounding Area’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Increases
With the city’s COVID-19 state of emergency set to be lifted Friday, Beacon Hill and the surrounding area’s weekly COVID positive test rate increased last week. With indoor mask mandates and proof of vaccination measures already lifted weeks ago it…
Eduardo Moreno Mendez Named New Chief of Staff for Sen. Lydia Edwards
Growing up in El Salvador Eduardo Moreno Mendez never imagined he’d one day be working in the office of some high-profile elected official like U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren. Mendez, who has lived in Eastie since coming to America at 16,…
Women’s History Month: Celebrating With Profiles on Local Women: A Profile of State Senator Lydia Edwards
She became the first woman of color to be elected to the District 1 City Council seat when she won in 2017 and recently became the first woman elected to the First Suffolk & Middlesex State Senate seat, a seat…
Beacon Hill, Surrounding Area’s Weekly COVID Positive Test Rate Increases
With the city’s overall weekly COVID positive test rate steadily declining it’s safe to say removing Boston’s mask mandate and canceling proof of vaccination for indoor venues has not caused a huge spike in cases over the past month. However,…
Blue Line from Airport to Government Stations to Close
At a recent community meeting the MBTA’s Adam Kamoune announced some bad news for local commuters. At the meeting Kamoune said the MBTA will be closing down the Blue Line for nearly two weeks between Airport and Government Center from…
Beacon Hill, Surrounding Areas Weekly COVID Positive Test Decreases
Three weeks after the city ended Boston’s “B Together” policy, which requires patrons and staff of certain indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 would be lifted, new infections continue to decline in Beacon Hill and the rest…
Wu Recommends CPA Funding for Four Beacon Hill Projects
Last week, Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston Community Preservation Committee (CPC) announced their recommendation for the latest Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding round that includes funding for four Beacon Hill projects. With 52 projects totaling $27 million…
Wu Announces Creation of the Office of Early Childhood
At a press conference last Wednesday Mayor Michelle Wu said, for anyone who has had to try to find an early childhood education seat in Boston navigating the many complicated systems, registrations and applications can be a daunting task. “This…
Arroyo and Hayden Say They Are Both in the Race for Suffolk County District Attorney
So far the race for Suffolk County District Attorney will be between one candidate who supports many of former DA Rachael Rollin’s reforms and another who is more moderate and was appointed as interim DA by Republican Governor Charlie Baker.…