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Posts published in March 2019
By John Joseph Fahey Located in the heart of Boston, literally on the edge of City Hall Plaza and mere feet from Faneuil Hall, Boston Dreamland Wax Museum offers a venue showcasing over 100 wax figures representing personalities both past and present ranging from the world of government, the arts,…
MUSIC REVIEW On Tuesday, March 12, Miele played a rocking set at the Midway Café in Jamaica Plain. The musicians in this talented rock band—vocalist/keyboardist Mellissa Lee Nilles, guitarist Joe Spilsbury, bassist Cedric Lamour, and newcomer-drummer Jeff Edwards—are hot on the local club scene. A year ago, they released their…
Budget Season Adjustments Provide MBTA Passes For Grade 7-12 Students, Additional $3.2 Million For Schools BOSTON — Wednesday, March 27, 2019 — Tonight, the Boston School Committee passed the fiscal year 2020 (FY20) Boston Public Schools (BPS) budget of $1.139 billion in a unanimous vote. The BPS budget represents a $26…
To prepare for and learn about the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover (Pesach), Congregation Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills and its Rabbi Weistrop Religious School will hold a Passover Family Activity Day at the synagogue in Milton from 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 on Sunday, April 7th. All interested families…
BOSTON—The American Council on Education (ACE) announced today that Professor Rachael Kipp, chair of the Division of Physical Sciences in Suffolk University’s College of Arts & Sciences, has been named an ACE Fellow for academic year 2019-20. Kipp was one of 39 fellows selected this year from across the country.Kipp,…
Annual County Roscommon Event was held at The Irish Social Club in West Roxbury last Saturday.
Program Offers a High-Quality Service-Learning Experience During the Summer Months 2018 BCYF SuperTeensBOSTON – Tuesday, March 26, 2019 – Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the return of Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) summer SuperTeens Program. Youth ages 13-14 in the SuperTeens program will have the opportunity to attend weekly leadership…
Study finds workers without bachelor’s degrees can fill vacancies in high-demand industries BOSTON – Tuesday, March 26, 2019 – At a time when more and more jobs require a bachelor’s degree (BA), a new report released today by the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development suggests that many Boston workers without…
Contact: Helen “Homefries” Matthews, Communications Manager, City Life/Vida Urbana, Darnell Johnson, Coordinator of Right to The City Boston coalition, (617) 858-6116Saturday, March 23rd — On a windy early Spring day, about two hundred fifty people filed into the sanctuary of the First Church of Roxbury, many wearing colorful t-shirts that…