Boston Secures $640,000 for Immigrant Defense Fund, Adds Three MOYA Staff Boston locks in more than $640,000 for the third year of its Greater Boston Immigrant Defense Fund at the We Are Boston gala.
Boston Distributes $1.3 Million in Neighborhoods Jobs Trust Workforce Grants Boston's Neighborhoods Jobs Trust distributed $1.3 million in workforce training grants at a ceremony hosted by More Than Words, a youth-employment bookstore in Boston's South End.
Boston Board of Appeal Approves Cannabis Dispensary, Parking Expansion, Dozens of Housing Cases Boston's Board of Appeal acted on more than two dozen development cases during a marathon December 3, 2019 session, approving a cannabis dispensary in Roslindale, expanding a Cambridge Street parking lot, and moving forward on multiple East Boston residential projects.
Baker Signs Student Opportunity Act, Committing $1.5 Billion to Massachusetts Schools Governor Baker signs $1.5 billion Student Opportunity Act at English High School in Boston.
Red Sox, MGM, and Live Nation Break Ground on 5,000-Seat Fenway Music Hall The Red Sox, MGM Resorts International, and Live Nation broke ground on the MGM Music Hall at Fenway, a planned 5,000-seat, 91,000-square-foot performing arts center on the triangular parking lot adjoining Fenway Park.