The Boston Public Library (BPL) has been recognized with the prestigious 2025 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Collaborative Achievement Award for its visionary approach to people-centered architecture—preserving history while shaping inclusive, inspiring spaces for the future. As the first large,…
Month: April 2025
Boston Logan International Airport Joins Hidden Disabilities Sunflower Program
Program discreetly identifies passengers who may need extra support Special to the Times-Free Press The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is partnering with the Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program; a worldwide program that helps create accessible and inclusive places for all those…
Court Rules in City’s Favor on White Stadium Renovations
By Adam Swift Last week, a Suffolk County Superior Judge ruled that the renovations at White Stadium at Franklin Park can continue and that the stadium is not protected as park or conservation land under Article 97 of state land.…
No Good Can Come from the New Tariffs
It was 95 years ago in June, 1930, that President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff law (which had been passed by a Republican Congress) that imposed draconian increases in tariffs on more than 20,000 imported goods. Smoot-Hawley has been…
Obituaries 04-09-2025
Louise J. Petrozzelli Family was what mattered most to her Family and friends attended Visiting Hours on Tuesday, April 8 in the Vertuccio Smith & Vazza, Beechwood Home for Funerals, 262 Beach St. Revere for Louise J. Petrozzelli, a resident…
EBYBL Concludes Season
Vets Breakfast
ZBA Approves Project on Brooks Street and Chelsea Street
By Michael Coughlin Jr. During a hearing last week, the Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) approved a project on Brooks Street and another on Chelsea Street. The first proposal up for discussion was at 8 Brooks Street. Attorney Jeff Drago…
GSNA Discusses Loftel Project involving Hotel
By Michael Coughlin Jr. Ashok Patel, the proponent for the proposed hotel at the site of an old industrial building on the corner of Porter and Orleans Street, along with his attorney Richard Lynds, fielded questions about the project during…
Plastics: It’s Even Worse than we Thought
We recently wrote about the pervasiveness of plastics not only in our environment, but also in our bodies. However, as ominous as we thought things were at the time we wrote those words, more-recent revelations by scientists across the globe…