Month: February 2025
Street Cleaning Returns
Parking Challenges
Councilors Durkan and Fitzgerald call for hearing to discuss issues surrounding contractor parking By Dan Murphy City Councilors Sharon Durkan and John Fitzgerald have called for a council hearing to discuss contractor parking regulations, permitting, and enforcement in the city.…
Wu Shares Preparations for Climate Emergencies
Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu, Emergency Preparedness Chief Adrian Jordan, Chief Climate Officer Brian Swett, Chief of Operations Dion Irish, and public safety officials shared Boston’s preparations for extreme weather events, including efforts to lower risks with long-term…
Metal Meets Snow
Red Bull Heavy Metal nails Boston Debut Special to the Journal Boston witnessed an electrifying debut of Red Bull Heavy Metal, as the iconic street snowboarding competition took over City Hall Plaza and Faneuil Hall for the first time. The…
BHAC Approves Signage for Incoming Charles Street Lingerie Shop
By Dan Murphy The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission approved an application for signage and window decals for an incoming Charles Street lingerie shop at the commission’s monthly public hearing held virtually on Thursday, Feb. 20. Forty Winks, which has operated…
Accessory Dwelling Units Officially allowed Statewide under Affordable Homes Act
Special to the Times Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) are now permitted by-right statewide in Massachusetts thanks to the Healey-Driscoll Administration’s Affordable Homes Act, signed into law by Governor Maura Healey in August 2024. Sometimes called tiny homes or in-law suites,…
Celebrate Women’s History Month on Freedom Trail Revolutionary Women Tours
Freedom Trail Foundation announces the return of the beloved tour experience, Revolutionary Women Tours throughout Women’s History Month in March! Discover the indomitable women who took part in the American Revolution, and the generations of women that followed, inaugurating their…
BLO’s 80th Anniversary Production of ‘Rodgers & Hammerstein’s ‘Carousel’
Special to the Times A traveling group of outsider artists arrives at an abandoned amusement park. They carry their own props, don their own costumes and work to evoke – the best they know how – life in a quaint…
Mayors Across U.S. File Amicus Brief in Opposition to Trump Administration’s Drastic Cuts to Federal Research Funding
Last week, Mayor Michelle Wu co-led a coalition of Mayors from across the United States in writing and filing an amicus brief in federal district court in Boston to stop the Trump Administration’s drastic and illegal cuts to federal research…