The Boston School Committee today announced its two finalists to replace Brenda Cassellius as Boston School Superintendent: Mary Skipper, currently Cassellius's counterpart in Somerville - and former administrator of BPS high schools - and Tommy Welch, currently the Region 1 K-12 superintendent for BPS, who oversees 15 schools in Charlestown, East Boston and the North End. Read more
Anonymouse, a Swedish artists' group that specializes in creating mouse-sized buildings and then hiding them in Swedish cities, has brought its work to Boston and erected some tiny structures here. Read more.
Miles Howard has created a guide to 25 miles of connected trails through Boston, from Mattapan and Hyde Park all the way up to Charlestown - complete with a variety of types of maps and step-by-step directions, along with lists of what you'll see as you hike Boston's own scenic countryside: Read more.
The Herald reports the city has suspended six workers and is looking at six more in a scheme in which they allegedly wrote bogus tickets to make it seem they were working their shifts when they weren't.
The National Weather Service reports we could be smacked upside the head around 2 p.m. by some severe weather:
Cannot rule out isolated strong to severe storms with the risk of damaging winds & large hail. Have a way to receive weather info if outdoors today.
The City Council today approved a resolution to "acknowledge, condemn and apologize for the role played by the city of Boston in the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the ongoing detrimental impacts experienced by the Black people of Boston." Read more.
Three city councilors say they city should use some of the money the city's getting from the feds to help out the owners of taxi medallions, whom they say have been decimated by unfair competition from Uber and Lyft. Read more.
Dan Kennedy heralds the arrival of Axios Local Boston, written by two reporters who actually know Boston, and runs down all the local e-mail newsletters to which you can now subscribe.
Mayor Wu today released more detailed files related to the child-rape case involving a police officer who eventually became head of the patrolmen's union, said his initial case should never have been allowed to linger as long as it did and said she hopes to work with the Boston police union to ensure somebody like him will never again be allowed to remain on the force. Read more.
Declining Covid-19 rates means BPS will lift its in-school mask requirements for most people starting Monday - although officials say masks are still a good idea even if no longer required. Read more.
John Carroll dissects a New York Magazine screed on why New Yorkers should root for the Warriors that basically comes down to:
But they still play in a city that has won way too much over the last 20 years, trading in its underdog status for cocky villainy in the process. Plus, there are just too many Boston fans with a “let’s avoid this guy at Thanksgiving” feel about them.
Patrick Maguire has set out to walk 26.2 miles in Boston's larger neighborhoods and a half marathon in the smaller ones, but he plans to wear out his sneakers in all of Boston's 24 designated neighborhoods. Read more.
The folks at the Boston City Archives wonder if you can place this scene. See it larger.
Boston Police today urged people to keep a close watch on their drinks at city bars after social media in recent days has begun to echo with reports of women possibly getting drugs put in their drinks. Read more.
Dan Kennedy gets the scoop: The Globe is ending Globe Direct, its ad circular that had been bedeviling people across the Boston area for years.
Mom Hustle reports:
My 5 year old BPS student does "quiet drills" where the children sit in their cubbies silently. My daughter said she just snuggles her stuffies. They aren't told what it's for.
Part of a longer discussion on crazed-killer drills in Boston schools.
The Charlestown Patriot-Bridge talks to John Drew, stepping down next month as CEO of Action for Boston Community Development.
Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola brings us on a poetic journey around the Hub.
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