By Dan Murphy Heading into this Thanksgiving, the rate of Part One crime in Area A-1 was negligibly less than last year. According to Boston Police, 1,971 incidents of Part One crime were reported in the district, which includes Beacon…
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Wu Joins in the Annual Holiday Tree for Boston Cutting Ceremony in Nova Scotia
Special to the Times Waddie Long, Natural Resources Environmental Technology instructor at Nova Scotia Community College, led the tree cutting on Nov. 12 for the Boston Common’s holiday tree in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Hundreds of community members, as well as…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Holiday Decorating Planning Underway! It takes many wreaths, bows and You to decorate our 1,100 gas lamps! Holiday Decorating will happen on December 6th and 7th. If you are available to help, please contact the office at 617-227-1922 to let…
Neighborhood Roundup
Spend late night at the West End Museum tonight, Friday, Nov. 21 The West End Museum, located at 50 Staniford St., Suite 7, invites guests to spend their Friday evening at the museum on Friday, Nov. 21, from 8-11 p.m.…
Transparency Still Needed Despite MWRA Tabling Board Vote on CSO Plan
By Times staff Although the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) ultimately didn’t vote on the recently proposed Combined Sewer Overflows plan at its Nov. 19 board meeting, transparency is still being urged in the decision-making process going forward to allow…
Individual Shot on Bowdoin Street, Hospitalized with Life-threatening Injuries
By Times staff An individual was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot on Bowdoin Street on the morning of Friday, Nov. 14, boston.com reported. At about 9:15 a.m., Boston Police responded to a report of a person shot at…
Swearing in Ceremony for Mayor Wu and the Boston City Council Set for January 5
Special to the Times The 2026 Boston Inauguration Committee announced that the City of Boston will host Mayor Michelle Wu’s swearing in ceremony for her second term as mayor on the first Monday of the year in accordance with the…
An Appetite for Art – the Future of Art in Boston
By Arielle Appleby Doors to the stately brick-walled SoWa Power Station opened to a maze of contemporary art booths on a nippy Thursday night in October. The smell of fresh paint lingered, ambient jazz cushioned a buzz of voices and…
Wu Celebrates Progress of Greater Boston Collaborative Food Access Hub Amid National Snap Emergency
Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu gathered with partners of the Greater Boston Collaborative Food Access Hub for a one-year progress update on the Hub’s operations as partners work to address food insecurity exacerbated by the federal government shutdown…
Boston Harbor Now Bolsters Resilient, Welcoming Harborwalk
Special to the Times Building on its nearly 10 years of work to create a vibrant, welcoming, and resilient Boston Harborwalk, Boston Harbor Now has appointed its first-ever Senior Manager for Harborwalk, Access and Resilience overseeing the 43-mile coastline public trail.…