Boston Family Day Returns This Weekend

The Back Bay Sun 1/30 7:02A The Boston Sun Staff

Photo Courtesy of The City of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s Boston Family Days program expands on her successful BPS Sundays initiative, offering Boston Public Schools families free access to cultural...

Josh Kraft will Run for Mayor of Boston

The Back Bay Sun 1/30 6:59A The Boston Sun Staff

Staff Report Josh Kraft, president of the New England Patriots Foundation and former CEO and president of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston, will be a candidate for mayor of Boston in the 2025...

Katherine Snider Comes on Board as New Leader of Hill House

The Back Bay Sun 1/30 6:59A The Boston Sun Staff

By Dan Murphy  As the new Chief Executive Officer of Hill House, Katherine Snider comes to the Beacon Hill community center at a pivotal time for the longstanding organization. “We are thinking about scale,” Snider said last week in an interview...

Coletta Zapata Introduces Legislation Providing Tax Exemptions to Landlords

The Back Bay Sun 1/30 6:58A The Boston Sun Staff

Special to the Sun   Boston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata proposed legislation allowing the City of Boston to opt-in to the “Good Landlord Tax Abatement.” The Good Landlord Tax Abatement allows municipalities to offer property tax...

MWRA Introduces Proposal to Eliminate CSOs in the Charles River

The Back Bay Sun 1/30 6:57A The Boston Sun Staff

Special to the Sun Last week, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) and the cities of Cambridge and Somerville introduced several alternative project concepts to eliminate Combined Sewer Overflows (CSOs) from polluting the Charles...

BTD Officials Outline Plans for Installation of Multi-space Meters on Tremont Street

The Back Bay Sun 1/30 6:57A The Boston Sun Staff

By Dan Murphy  Boston Transportation Department officials were on hand for a virtual meeting on Thursday, Jan. 22, to discuss the installation of multi-space meters on Tremont Street as the first step in a citywide meter-modernization overhaul....

MEP Raise Awareness Campaign for New Boater Education Law

The Back Bay Sun 1/30 6:56A The Boston Sun Staff

Special to the Sun In an effort to boost boating safety and responsibility, the Massachusetts Environmental Police (MEP) is informing the public about the Hanson-Milone Boater Safety Act, which was recently signed into law by Governor Maura...

Wu Announces More than $64 million in Affordable Housing Funding Awards

The Back Bay Sun 1/30 6:55A The Boston Sun Staff

Special to the Sun Mayor Michelle Wu has announced $64.2 million in new, recommended funding from the Mayor’s Office of Housing, the Community Preservation Fund, and the Neighborhood Housing Trust (NHT) to create and preserve income-restricted...

Boston Athenaeum’s ‘Visionary Projects’ Exhibition to Showcase Legendary Boston Architectural...

The Back Bay Sun 1/30 6:55A The Boston Sun Staff

Special to the Sun The Boston Athenaeum has launched its newest exhibition, Frank M. Costantino: Visionary Projects, presenting the drawings of eminent Boston-based architectural illustrator Frank M. Costantino. Featuring graphite process...

Wu Announces City Hall as the Newest Historic Landmark in Boston

The Back Bay Sun 1/30 6:54A The Boston Sun Staff

Special to the Sun Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Landmarks Commission announced the official designation of Boston City Hall as a local Landmark. The designation recognizes Boston City Hall’s architectural, cultural, and civic significance,...

GLP-1 Weight-loss Drugs Should be Made Affordable for All Americans

The Back Bay Sun 1/30 6:54A The Boston Sun Staff

The widespread acceptance of the so-called GLP-1 drugs, Zepbound by Eli Lilly and Wegovy by Novo Nordisk, for weight loss has created a game-changing dynamic for the overall health of the 72% of Americans who struggle with maintaining a healthy...

We’re over the hump

The Back Bay Sun 1/30 6:53A The Boston Sun Staff

The winter season generally is measured in two ways. There’s meteorological winter, the three months of December, January, and February. And then there is astronomical winter, which begins with the winter solstice on December 21 and ends with the...

FOPG Celebrate Henry Lee’s 100th Birthday, Legacy

The Back Bay Sun 1/15 6:59A The Boston Sun Staff

By Dan Murphy The Friends of the Public Garden lit 100 candles at the Parkman Bandstand on Boston Common on the evening of Monday, Jan. 13, at a small gathering to commemorate what would’ve been Henry...

Improvements Completed at the Johnson Memorial Gates

The Back Bay Sun 1/15 6:59A The Boston Sun Staff

Courtesy of Fenway Civic Association Fenway Civic Association (FCA) has completed masonry repairs at the Johnson Memorial Gates, with the support of the City, local partners, and the George B. Henderson Foundation. Repairs addressed cracks in...

MassDOT Alerts Customers of EZDriveMA Scam

The Back Bay Sun 1/15 6:58A The Boston Sun Staff

Special to the Sun The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is once again reminding customers to be mindful of text message-based scams, also known as smishing. The scammers are claiming to represent the tolling agency and...