District 6 council candidates discuss issues; only one calls for a Boston...
King, Lara and Weber in Zoom forum.The three candidates for the District 6 (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Mission Hill) City Council seat - incumbent Kendra Lara and challengers William King and Ben...
View ArticleVoters boot Lara, Arroyo
King vs. Weber, Pepen vs. Ruiz.Voters in District 6 (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Mission Hill) today solidly rejected one-term incumbent and crash-plagued incumbent Kendra Lara, while voters in...
View ArticleJamaica Plain council candidate forum will give you something to chew on
Jamaica Plain News reports that District 6 (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Mission Hill) candidates Ben Weber and William King will meet in a forum Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. at Casa Verde in Jamaica Plain...
View ArticleCouncilors to study providing lawyers to tenants facing eviction
Weber explains his proposal.The Boston City Council yesterday agreed to look at setting up a pilot program to help tenants facing eviction by giving them access to a housing attorney.City Councilor Ben...
View ArticleNo Boston City Council vote on Gaza ceasefire today
Councilor Ben Weber (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury) today withdrew his proposed resolution calling for a negotiated Gaza ceasefire to let him rewrite it so that it doesn't cause "more division" rather...
View ArticleCity, state officials work to help residents, workers at a Mission Hill...
City councilors yesterday denounced management at the Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center, 120 Fisher Ave. on Mission Hill, for the way it's planning to close by July 1, frightening residents and...
View ArticleIn contentious meeting, Boston City Council moves to bring citywide planning...
The Boston City Council today approved a measure to set up a planning department as the first major step towards abolishing the BPDA and giving the mayor and the council - and residents more of a...
View ArticleBoston City Council votes 12-1 to formally recognize the end of Ramadan
Councilor Fernandes Anderson decrying death and destruction in Gaza.The City Council yesterday formally recognized Eid Al-Fitr, the end of the Muslim sacred month of Ramadan - after Councilor Tania...
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