Earlier this year Superior Court judge Brian Davis ruled against the state in a lawsuit regarding the Downtown Waterfront District Municipal Harbor Plan for Boston and developer Don Chiafaro’s plans to replace the Harbor Garage on Boston’s waterfront with a…
Author: John Lynds
Janey Announces New Face Masks Rules
Acting Mayor Kim Janey announced face masks will be required in all indoor public settings in the City of Boston, as part of a five-point plan for the delta variant, a more contagious COVID-19 mutation that is now the primary…
Councilor Edward’s Boston-Cambridge Tourism Marketing District Passes Council
City Councilor Lydia Edward’s push to create the first ever tourism marketing district for Boston and Cambridge passed the City Council unanimously last week. The effort, spearheaded by Edwards and cosponsored by Councilor Frank Baker, will permit hotels in Boston…
Edwards Will Run for Senate If and When Boncore Steps Down
During an interview Tuesday District 1 Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards made it clear she is not running against sitting State Senator Joe Boncore but will run if and when Boncore, who is in negotiations for a job with Massachusetts…
Two Haitian Americans Running for At-Large City Council Ask for Help for Their Homeland in the Wake of Latest Earthquake
Haiti was still recovering from the violent 2010 earthquake that killed 200,000 Haitians when another magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck the Tiburon Peninsula in the impoverished country on Saturday. The latest earthquake killed at least 1,419 people and injured another 6,900…
Violent Part One Crime Up 15 Percent; Other Part One Crimes Down 1 Percent
Last week the Boston Police released its half-year crime stats that compares January 1, 2021 through July 25, 2021 with the same time period last year and found Violent Part One Crime is up in District A-1 but Non-violent Part…
Beacon Hill COVID-19 Cases Increase
After experiencing a 10 percent decrease in the weekly COVID positive test rate between July 23 and July 30, the weekly positive test rate has increased once again in Beacon Hill and the surrounding neighborhoods. The citywide positive test rate…
Coalition for a Resilient and Inclusive Waterfront Host Mayoral Candidate Forum
Last Thursday afternoon at the New England Aquarium the Coalition for a Resilient and Inclusive Waterfront hosted a Mayoral Candidate Forum. Of the candidates running for Boston Mayor in the upcoming fall election, John Barros, Annissa Essaibi-George, Andrea Campbell and…
Positive COVID-19 Cases Decrease Slightly After 115-Percent Spike
With the Delta variant of the COVID-19 virus running rampant across the U.S. and recent infections in Boston traced back to an outbreak in Provincetown over July 4th weekend, Beacon Hill and the surrounding areas have seen breakthrough infections among…
Second seaplane company to begin operations in the Boston Harbor
A second seaplane company operating off Logan Airport will begin shuttling customers from Boston to New York City on August 3. Tailwind Air recently received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and U.S. Coast Guard approval to take off and land just…