Last week, Governor Maura Healey’s announcement of $31.5 million in FY2024 Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grants included nearly $5.7 million in funding for community-designed projects to prevent harm to residents, workers, and resources in Resilient Mystic Collaborative (RMC) cities and towns,…
Author: Adam Swift
ZBA Approves Three Projects, Tables Two
The Zoning Board of Appeals granted variances for three projects at its August meeting on Monday night, and tabled two other projects to its Sept. 18 meeting. The ZBA granted a variance for Octavio DaSilva to create a parking area…
Sand Sculpting Festival Returns to Revere Beach
By Adam Swift Over the course of nearly two decades, the Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival has emerged as one of the most popular events in the state, bringing renowned international artists and hundreds of thousands of tourists from…
New Mini-Pitch Completes First Phase Of Boston Scores/ Salesian Boys & Girls Club Investment
A new mini-pitch at the Salesian Boys & Girls Club aims to fuel big soccer dreams for the young people of East Boston and beyond. On Friday morning, Boston Scores and the Boys & Girls Club held a ribbon cutting…
State Grants Help With Tree Plantings
The city’s efforts to boost its tree canopy were helped by several recent state grants. Recently, the Healey-Driscoll administration announced $1.3 million in grants to support tree plantings in gateway cities across the state in an effort to increase resilience…
Federal Funds Will Help Enhance Urban Forests in Everett
The Mystic River Watershed Association recently secured $400,000 in federal funds to enhance urban forests in Greater Boston’s Mystic River Watershed. This funding will help mitigate the dangers of climate-driven extreme heat in vulnerable environmental justice communities including Everett, Chelsea…
Virtual Forum Hosts Democratic Candidates
The three Democratic candidates for State Representative for the newly formed 11th Suffolk District, representing Chelsea and part of Everett, laid out the cases for their election at a virtual forum hosted by Our Revolution Massachusetts on Tuesday night. City…
ZBA Tables 600 Broadway to February Meeting
After a nearly three-hour Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) public hearing last week, the fate of the long-discussed 600 Broadway mixed-use apartment and restaurant proposal is still up in the air. Although the City Hall chambers were packed with supporters…
Zoning Board Denies Eight Units on Ferry Street
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) unanimously denied a variance request that would have allowed for the conversion of a dilapidated single-story home to an eight-unit apartment building at 126 Ferry St. The new building would have sat next to…
ZBA Approves Permit to Seventh Day Adventist Church
The local Seventh Day Adventist Church could soon have a new home on Vernal Street. Monday night, the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) approved a special permit allowing the church to add a first-floor addition and a partial second floor…