View Article  SMART ENERGY PARTY March 22, at 7:30 pm West on Centre Restaurant Function Room 1732 Centre Street, West Roxbury
West Roxbury Saves Energy presents this community event to celebrate actively choosing smart ways to reduce your household carbon emissions, the root cause of climate change. Meet your neighbors. Learn how to calculate your household’s carbon footprint. Consider participating in a family-based “Low-Carbon Diet” group. Working together we can reduce ...   more »
View Article  Weekly City Council Programming Schedule 3/15/2010 -3/26/2010
Boston City Council Television
Comcast Channel 51
10 AM to 5 PM
and www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/live.asp



Monday March 15
10:30am Housing on housing first referrals from emergency rooms for homeless 12/1 (1:23)
12:30pm Environment & Health on Grant appropriation of $150K for Boston Food Council (LIVE)
2:00pm Government Operations on Local meals ...   more »
View Article  JAMAICA PLAIN TRAFFIC ADVISORY for March 12, 2010
WHAT: The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will close Francis Parkman
Drive, which runs between Perkins Street and the Arborway along the west side
of Jamaica Pond. The closing will facilitate catch basin repairs along the
road.

WHEN: Tuesday,March 16, 2010, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

WHERE: Francis Parkman Drive

Between ...   more »
View Article  Boston City Council Agenda: Wednesday, March 10, 2010
ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR MATTERS PRESENTED TO THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO 12:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY MARCH 9, 2010 FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT A REGULAR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 10, 2010 AT 12:30 P.M. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:

COMMUNICATIONS FROM HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR: The following were ...   more »
View Article  AGENDA: Zoning Board of Appeal Hearings, City Hall Room 801, Tuesday, March 9, 2010
HEARINGS: 9:30 a.m.
BZC-30280 41 Leniston Street, Ward 20 Angelo Musto
BZC-30306 15 Realton Road, Ward 20 Sandra Chow
BZC-30312 116 Farquhar Street, Ward 20 John & Debra Gilbride
BZC-30315 123 Weld Street, Ward 20 John Regan (by Brian Lannery)
BZC-30281 275-277 Chestnut Avenue, Ward 19 Pudding Stone Common LLC
...   more »
View Article  Weekly City Council Programming Schedule 3/8/2010 -3/19/2010
Boston City Council Television
Comcast Channel 51
10 AM to 5 PM
and www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/live.asp



Monday March 8
10:30am Education on Boston Public School Staffing 8/27 (2:11)
1:00pm City & Neighborhood Services & Veterans Affairs on implementing digital vandalism deterrent technology (LIVE)
3:30pm Post Audit & Oversight on FY10 Budget Chief ...   more »
View Article  Weekly City Council Programming Schedule 3/1/2010 -3/12/2010
Boston City Council Television
Comcast Channel 51
10 AM to 5 PM
and www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/live.asp


Monday March 1
10:30am Boston City Council Meeting 2/24 (2:07)
1:00pm Arts, Film, Humanities & Tourism on a grant appropriation of $138K (LIVE)
3:30pm Women & Healthy Communities on grant appropriations for Affairs of the elderly ...   more »
View Article  Boston City Council Agenda: Wednesday, March 3, 2010
ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR MATTERS PRESENTED TO THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO 12:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY MARCH 2, 2010 FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT A REGULAR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2010 AT 12:00 P.M. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:

REPORTS OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND OTHERS:
0349 - Notice ...   more »
View Article  Join us for a Family Breakfast Reception March 20th


Please join Boston City Councillor John M. Tobin Jr. for a Family Breakfast Reception at the West Roxbury Elks.

When:
Saturday March 20th 9 AM - 10:30 AM

Where:
West Roxbury Elks
1 Morrell Street
West Roxbury
View Article  Boston City Council Agenda: Wednesday, February 24, 2010
ORDER OF BUSINESS FOR MATTERS PRESENTED TO THE CITY CLERK PRIOR TO 12:00 P.M. ON TUESDAY FEBRUARY 23, 2010 FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE CITY COUNCIL AT A REGULAR MEETING ON WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 24, 2010 AT 12:00 P.M. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES:

COMMUNICATIONS FROM HIS HONOR, THE MAYOR: The following were ...   more »
View Article  Weekly City Council Programming Schedule 2/22/2010 -3/5/2010
Boston City Council Television
Comcast Channel 51
10 AM to 5 PM
and www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/live.asp



Monday February 22
10:30am Boston City Council Meeting 12/16 (3:07)
2:00pm Government Operations on voter privacy, mayoral term limits and labor relations protocol 12/14 (2:38)
5:30pm Education on the need for more crossing guards (TBD)

Tuesday ...   more »
View Article  AGENDA: Zoning Board of Appeal Hearings, City Hall Room 801, Tuesday, February 23, 2010
BOARD FINAL ARBITER 9:30a.m.
BZC-29063 95 Haverhill Street, Ward 3 Simpson House LLP
BZC-27620 2311 Washington Street, Ward 9 Central Boston Elder Service

HEARINGS: 9:30 a.m.
BZC-30276 133 Saratoga Street, Ward 1 Jonathan Chace
BZC-30269 54 Devonshire Street, Ward 3 54 Devonshire Street Trust
BZC-30262 53-61 Belvidere Street, Ward 4 ...   more »
View Article  Weekly City Council Programming Schedule 2/15/2010 -2/26/2010
Boston City Council Television
Comcast Channel 51
10 AM to 5 PM
and www.cityofboston.gov/citycouncil/live.asp


Monday February 15 President’s Day
10:30am Ways & Means FY10Budget: Boston Public Health Commission 5/27 (3:20)
2:00pm Environment & Health on precautions and preparation for H1N1 10/26 (1:56)
4:00pm Environment & Health on precautions and preparation ...   more »
View Article  Notes from Boston Police Department Community Safety Meeting on 2/16 at the Nate Smith House.
The following was provided by Joseph Porcelli of Neighbors for Neighbors
In Attendance:


From BPD: Commissioner Davis, Captain Greeland, Lt. Cruz, Sgt. Krause, plus other personel
From the Sheriffs Office: Sheriff Cabral
From MBTA Police: Lt. Shea
From the State: Representative Malia
From City Council: Councilor Tobin, Aides from Ayana ...   more »
View Article  Team 5 Investigates Stimulus Money Questions


Watch the full report at The Boston Channel.
View Article  City of Boston Snow Emergency Tickets Dismissed.
BOSTON (WBZ) ―


Tickets issued for snow violations for Boston on Feb. 10 will be forgiven, Mayor Tom Menino announced Wednesday evening.

The City of Boston declared a snow emergency at 8 a.m. and it was lifted at 6 p.m. for a huge snowstorm that was supposed to hit us.

...   more »
View Article  City of Boston Snow Emergency: UPDATE
Today’s declared snow emergency and parking ban that was in effect starting at 8AM today, February 10, 2010 officially ended at 6:00 p.m. today, February 10, 2010.

Residents with storm-related questions or concerns can call the Mayor’s 24 Hour hotline at 617-635-4500.   more »
View Article  City of Boston Snow Emergency
Mayor Thomas M. Menino today declared that a snow emergency and parking ban will go into effect at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, February 10, 2010. Mayor Menino would like to remind residents of the following:

* The City of Boston encourages businesses to ask employees to work from home when possible, ...   more »
View Article  THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
BOSTON CITY CHARTER
Prepared and distributed by the Boston City Council July 2007



THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
The Boston City Charter is not contained within a single document. It is "a series of State statutes and not a single code." City Council of Boston v. Mayor of Boston, 383 Mass. 716, 719 (1981). It has also been referred to as "a patchwork of special acts whose application requires consideration of their evolution [and scrutiny of the legislative history]." City Council of Boston v. Mayor of Boston, 24 Mass.App.Ct. 663, 664 (1987). The modern charter is a collection of laws consisting of the surviving portions of the charter approved by the Massachusetts Great and General Court (the legislature) in 1909 (Acts of 1909, Chapter 486) as significantly amended with broad strokes in 1948 (Acts of 1948, Chapter 452) and 1951 (Acts of 1951, Chapter 376).   more »
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View Article  AGENDA: Zoning Board of Appeal Hearings, City Hall Room 801, Tuesday, February 9, 2010
BOARD FINAL ARBITER; 9:30a.m.
BZC-30214 1227-1235 Commonwealth Avenue, Wd 21 Commonwealth 1227-1245 LP
BZC-30174 15 Hilltop Street, Ward 16 Victor L. Crowell
BZC-28825 223-227 Centre Street, Ward 11 225 Centre Street LLC
BZC-28673 6 Brigham Street, Ward 1 Russell Tremaine

HEARINGS: 9:30 a.m.
BZC-30220 449-451 Western Avenue, Ward 22 Harvard   more »