At Monday night’s Jeffries Point Neighborhood Association (JPNA) meeting, Daniel Mueller of the MBTA laid out the T’s plan to cut service on the Blue Line, a move that was immediately publicly rebuked by Rep. Adrian Madaro. Mueller told JPNA…
Month: November 2020
Environmental Leadership Scholarships Available for Local High School Seniors
The Henry David Thoreau Foundation awards collegiate scholarships of up to $20,000 to eight to 10 students graduating from public or private high schools in Massachusetts. As Henry David Thoreau Scholars, these select high school seniors may enroll in any…
BPDA Looking at Transportation and Mitigation Efforts
Anyone who has lived in this community prior to and after the removal of the Sumner Tunnel toll plaza and reconfiguration of the roads leading into the tunnel by MassDOT knows traffic has only gotten worse. In his State of…
Nonprofit Fresh Truck in Eastie Two Days a Week
Fresh Truck Program Coordinator Stephen James, who lived in Eagle Hill, was motivated to help families take on personal challenges with the philosophy of starting each day with proper food access to live a healthy lifestyle. In Eastie and across…
New Art Exhibit Comes to Clippership Wharf
The art gallery at Clippership Wharf that opened last year unveiled its second exhibit over the weekend. ClipArt Gallery at the Clippership is curated and managed by the Atlantic Works Gallery and is located on the ground floor of the…
Baker Nominates Justice Dalila Argaez Wendlandt to SJC
Governor Charlie Baker last week nominated Associate Justice of the Appeals Court, Dalila Argaez Wendlandt, to serve as an Associate Justice on the Supreme Judicial Court. The nominee and her family joined Governor Baker and Lt. Governor Karyn Polito for…
MBTA Face Covering Enforcement Now in Effect
The MBTA announced face-covering enforcement efforts effective, Nov. 6, pursuant to the revised Executive Order issued on Nov. 2. The revised Executive Order applies to any person over the age of five who is in a place open to the…
Pipefitters Union Donates $20,000 to the Greater Boston Food Bank
The Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), the largest hunger-relief organization in New England, has received a $20,000 gift from the Pipefitters Local 537 that is being used to address the increased demand for food aid among families hit hard by the…
State Releases New Metric Guidelines for School Districts
Last week, Gov. Charlie Baker and COVID-19 Command Center released updated metrics for schools and municipalities. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education also released updated school guidance. This update builds on the state’s ongoing efforts to refine data that is…
Veteran’s Day — Honor Our Veterans
It was 102 years ago on November 11, 1918, that World War I formally came to a conclusion on the “11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month.” Americans observed the first anniversary of the end of the…