‘JOYWALK’ highlights art in Fenway

The Back Bay Sun 5/15 5:37A Dan Murphy

‘JOYWALK: A Fenway Cultural District Art Crawl’ returned for its second installment Thursday, May 7, again highlighting gallery spaces around the neighborhood.
 During the event, which was sponsored by the nonprofit Fenway Alliance, with support...

Symphony T station to close for nearly three years

The Back Bay Sun 5/15 5:36A Special to the Sun

Construction on major accessibility improvements to the MBTA’s Symphony station on the Green Line E branch will get underway Saturday, June 6, 2026, officials announced last week.
 The 85-year-old Symphony Station is being upgraded into a safer,...

Council City Services Committee focuses on potholes

The Back Bay Sun 5/15 5:35A Adam Swift

The statistics show it has been a bad year for potholes in Boston so far, thanks to heavier than average snow and freeze and thaw cycles this winter.
 But the city’s Public Works Department is addressing the potholes at as high a rate as it has...

Longtime Hill resident Miguel Rosales wins two more national horticulture awards

The Back Bay Sun 5/15 5:35A Dan Murphy

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Comprehensive Immigration Bill
‘PROTECT Act’ Passes in the Senate

The Back Bay Sun 5/15 5:35A Special to the Sun

Last night, Senator Lydia Edwards joined her colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate to pass An Act Promoting Rule of Law, Oversight, Trust, and Equal Constitutional Treatment — the PROTECT Act (S.3072) — landmark legislation designed to safeguard...

Copley Society of Art 
announces call for entries for 
2026 national show: ‘Intersections’

The Back Bay Sun 5/15 5:35A Special to the Sun

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Mayor Michelle Wu appoints Marcela Dwork as Press Secretary

The Back Bay Sun 5/15 5:35A Special to the Sun

Mayor Michelle Wu announced the appointment of Marcela Dwork as Press Secretary. Dwork will begin serving in her role on May 4, 2026, and will lead the Mayor’s Press Office. 
 “I’m thrilled to welcome Marcela to our team,” said Mayor Michelle Wu....

Urban Dog Life

The Back Bay Sun 5/15 5:35A Penny & Ed Cherubino

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Drought conditions worsen in several regions across Massachusetts

The Back Bay Sun 5/15 5:35A Special to the Sun

Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper declared worsened drought conditions in several regions of Massachusetts. The Connecticut River Valley, Central, and Northeast Regions and Nantucket County are now in a Level 2...

Revolutionary Spaces and Suffolk University partner 
on student art installations for America’s...

The Back Bay Sun 5/15 5:35A Special to the Sun

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Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner

Beacon Hill Times 5/15 4:47A Special to the Times

Tree Guards on Charles Street – Did you Know? In Honor of the BHCA’s 90th Anniversary our neighbors gave generously to the organization for new tree guards on Charles Street. In 2013 and in coordination with the City of Boston’s Public...

Council City Services Committee focuses on potholes

Beacon Hill Times 5/15 4:46A Beacon Hill Times Staff

By Adam Swift The statistics show it has been a bad year for potholes in Boston so far, thanks to heavier than average snow and freeze and thaw cycles this winter. But the city’s Public Works...

Charles Street salutes Shawn Lamminen: “I can’t remember a mail carrier before him”

Beacon Hill Times 5/15 4:44A Special to the Times

By Susanne Beck “Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” So goes the well-known motto of the United States Postal...

Beacon Hill Nursery School celebrates 70th anniversary with annual gala

Beacon Hill Times 5/15 4:42A Special to the Times

Beacon Hill Nursery School celebrated its 70th anniversary with their annual gala on May 1, at The Newbury Hotel, bringing together incoming, current, and alumni families, faculty, staff, and friends...

The dumping of raw sewage has to be fixed

Beacon Hill Times 5/15 4:15A Beacon Hill Times Staff

The “plan” recently announced by the Mass. Water Resources Authority (MWRA) that would continue to allow for raw sewage to be dumped into our watersheds in the Greater Boston area during periods of heavy rainfall is, in a word, unacceptable. We...