Corporate Challenge Road Race June 22 There will be a road race tomorrow, June 22, that may impact vehicle and pedestrian traffic around Beacon Hill. The Corporate Challenge Road Race will be on Thursday, June 22. The Street Closure start…
Wu Announces Applications Are Now Open for Block Party Grants
Special to the Times-Free Press Mayor Michelle Wu and the City of Boston’s Community Engagement Cabinet announced applications are now open for block party grants to purchase food, party supplies, lawn games, and other items for summer block parties to…
Yes, We’re in Hot Water
It’s a cliche that modern man is out-of-touch with the natural world (what’s left of it). Whereas our long-ago ancestors had a deep sense of the change of seasons, migrations of animals, and so forth, we know nothing. Compared to…
Two Years Ago This Week, Racial Hatred Came to Our Area
It was two years ago this coming week when an unspeakable act of violence, motivated by racial hatred, befell the nearby peaceful community of Winthrop. The tranquility of a typical, early-summer, Saturday afternoon in that seaside community was shattered when…
No End in Sight for Housing Crisis
Everyone on all sides of the political and economic spectrums are in agreement that (1) inflation is too high and (2) there is a shortage of housing in this country. However, solving both of those problems seems to have become…
Guest Op-Ed: Climate Change Affects Everyone Through Water – Even in Massachusetts
By Julia Blatt, Executive Director, Massachusetts Rivers Alliance When we think of climate change, the first images that come to mind are of hot temperatures, melting ice caps, and greenhouse gases clogging the atmosphere. A recent report by the United…