Boston City Councilor At-Large Michael F. Flaherty recently held a hearing of the Boston City Council’s Community Preservation Committee, in his role as Chair of the committee, to review and recommend the passage of the appropriation of $24,309,000 in FY20…
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Parks Parcel Priority Plan Survey Now Underway
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is encouraging park users and open space advocates to take part in the City of Boston’s new Parcel Priority Plan (PPP) using an online survey. The survey results will be used in developing the…
John D. O’Bryant School Youth Group Wins Award at Virtual Kick Butts Day: Take Down Tobacco Ceremony
This year, the annual Kick Butts Day event at the Massachusetts State House could not take place. However youth from The 84 Movement still wanted an event to celebrate their efforts to reduce the influence of the tobacco and vaping…
The Harborkeepers Launches Vision Chelsea Creek; A Collective Vision for the Abandoned MBTA / MassDOT Railway Site in East Boston
Special to the Times This month, The Harborkeepers launched Vision Chelsea Creek: a six month-long visioning, planning, and stakeholder engagement process to re-imagine the abandoned MBTA / MassDOT-owned railway site along the industrial shoreline of lower Chelsea Creek in East…
Weekly Unemployment Claimant Data
From May 3 to May 9, Massachusetts had 44,274 individuals file an initial claim for standard Unemployment Insurance (UI), a decrease of 10,949 over the previous week, and the sixth consecutive week of fewer initial claims filing over the previous…
SBA and Treasury Release Paycheck Protection Program Loan Forgiveness Application
This week, the U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S Department of the Treasury, released the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Application and detailed instructions for the application. The form and instructions inform borrowers how to apply…
Memorial Day, 2020
This will be a Memorial Day unlike any that Americans have known. Ever since the official inception of the holiday on May 30, 1868, when the practice of decorating the graves of the fallen Union soldiers with flowers, wreaths, and…
Obituaries 05-20-2020
Robert Mellace Avid Musician, Animal Lover and Owner/Operator of Pet Express Robert Mellace of Peabody, formerly of Revere, passed suddenly from a tragic car accident on May 15 at the age of 50. Robert owned and operated Pet Express, which he started…
Amtrak to Return Acela Service
Beginning June 1, Amtrak is restoring Acela service on the Northeast Corridor on a modified schedule in response to anticipated increased demand. Modified service will include the restoration of three weekday Acela roundtrips. Northeast Regional frequencies will also be increased from eight to 10 roundtrips.…
More than 2.5 Million Residents in Massachusetts Got Stimulus Payments
The Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service today released updated state-by-state figures for Economic Impact Payments, with approximately 130 million individuals receiving payments worth more than $200 billion in the program’s first four weeks. “We are working hard to…