Boston Ward 4 Dems Ice Cream Social Aug. 20 in Titus Sparrow Park The Boston Ward 4 Democratic Committee is holding its annual ice cream social with Mayor Michelle Wu on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 3 to 5 p.m. in…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
WeLoveU Volunteers and State Rep. Jon Santiago Lead Cleanup Efforts in Southwest Corridor Park
The Intl. WeLoveU Foundation (WeLoveU) partnered with State Representative Jon Santiago and Franco Campanello, President of the South West Corridor Park Conservancy (SWCPC) to clean up and beautify South West Corridor Park on August 7. From 9 a.m. to 11…
McLean Hospital Welcomes Two New Board of Trustees Members
Valerie Mosley, CFA, founder of Upward Wealth and former partner at Wellington Management Company, and Back Bay residents Cathy E. Minehan, former board chair of Massachusetts General Hospital and former president of the Federal Reserve Bank, have joined McLean Hospital’s…
City Officials Announce Preparations Ahead of the 2022 State Primary: Preparations Include Early Voting, Ballot Drop Box Locations and 20 New Voting Precincts
The City of Boston’s Election Department on Aug. 8 announced its preparations ahead of the State Primary, taking place on Tuesday, September 6, 2022. In addition to early voting and ballot drop box locations, these preparations include expanded voter access…
Skating Academy Registration for Fall Classes Now Open
The Skating Academy, The Skating Club of Boston’s Learn to Skate USA program, opened their fall registration last week. As New England’s premier ice skating school, The Skating Academy offers top-quality instruction and small group ice skating lessons for children and…
John Murphy 2000 – 2022
John Douglas Murphy, a wilderness enthusiast known to all as “Jack,” died on Tuesday, Aug. 2 near Enos Lake in the Absaroka Mountains of Wyoming. Jack was struck by lightning while on a Wilderness First Responder expedition with the National…
Rize Massachusetts Receives $2 Million in 2023 State Budget
Special to the Sun RIZE Massachusetts, an independent nonprofit foundation working to end the opioid epidemic in Massachusetts, received a $2 million appropriation to support its efforts to combat the overdose crisis in the state’s fiscal 2023 budget signed into…
United South End Settlements Elects Carmen Duarte New Board Chair
United South End Settlements (USES) announced on August 9 the appointment of diversity, equity and inclusion champion and strategist Carmen Duarte as Board Chair, along with the election of five new Board members and leadership appointments as USES celebrates its…
Friends of the Public Garden’s Summer Party Return After Three-Year Hiatus
Wu Declares Heat Emergency Starting Aug. 4; Opens 16 BCYF Cooling Centers to Residents
Special to the Sun Mayor Michelle Wu declared a heat emergency in the City of Boston beginning tomorrow, August 4 through Sunday, August 7, due to the upcoming weather forecasts. High temperatures will reach into the 90s, with the heat…