Barre
Barre, MA · Municipal
hometownweekly.net
Hale closes roads, parking lots
Hale Reservation, which was featured on a recent Hometown Weekly front page as a preferred social distancing locale, has temporarily shut down its roads and parking lots. "In consultation with the Board of Health, we determined that it is in our community’s best interest to join fellow organizations in closing our roads and parking lots, effective tomorrow, Friday, March 27," wrote Executive Director Eric Arnold. "Please do not drive to Hale this weekend. Also know that visitors who illegally park on roads in Westwood and Dover may be subject to ticketing and fines. Trails may still be accessed on foot and by bicycle."
Nerdy Digest
Why Christmas Was Once Illegal in Boston
Few places in America carry as much festive expectation as New England in December. The image practically sells itself: snow on cobblestones, candlelit windows, church bells echoing off old brick. So it comes as a genuine surprise to learn that Boston, now fully at ease with tinsel and holiday markets, once made celebrating Christmas a ... Read more
jamaicaplainnews.com
Judge Says English High Football Can’t Be in Playoffs Due to Clerical Error
The English High School football team won’t be in this year’s playoffs because a player threw an interception, fumbled, or dropped a pass. Nope, they’re missing the playoffs because of a clerical error. The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) requires teams to play a minimum of seven...
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Youth Enrichment Services celebrates opening of Richard Williams Youth Development Center
Youth Enrichment Services (YES), a nonprofit organization committed to providing impactful and rewarding year-roundoutdoor experiences to young people throughout Boston, celebrated the grand opening of its new headquarters, the Richard Williams Youth Development Center, on October 29 at 267 Amory Street in Jamaica Plain. “The new Richard Williams Youth Development...
Streetsblog Capitol Hill
Minding the Gaps: Boston City Council Gets Updates On City’s Bike Network
On Thursday afternoon, Boston’s City Council Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation held a hearing on truck safety and the status of Boston’s citywide plan for a connected network of safe bike routes. In recent months, the City Council has used committee hearings to take a more active...
MassLive.com
Boston city official pleads guilty to pandemic loan fraud
A former Boston city official pleaded guilty to receiving a fraudulent government loan during the Covid-19 pandemic. Reuben Taylor, 40, the former director for the Boston Municipal Protective Services, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In 2008, Taylor began working for BMPS, an unarmed security...
Boston 25 News WFXT
Nancy Pelosi honored with Edward M. Kennedy Lifetime Achievement Award in Boston
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miltonscene.com
What Milton’s Special Town Meeting decided on the $11.75M Labouré campus, and upcoming Special Election
Town Meeting approved the purchase at the October Special Town Meeting. Voters decide in a town-wide special election on Tuesday, Dec. 15. Milton’s plan to buy the former Labouré College campus at 303 Adams Street cleared its first major hurdle on Monday, Oct. 19, when Special Town Meeting voted 168–45 to let the Select Board buy the property for $11.75 million and borrow the money to pay for it. That is well over the two-thirds majority the vote needed.