UHub reports on a recent Boston City Council meeting re: the dissolution of the BPDA and bringing planning functions in-house at the City:
https://www.universalhub.com/2024/contentious-meeting-council-moves-bring-citywide
Apparently Lawrence is home to a murder of 14-15K crows every winter!
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-03-27/thousands-of-crows-in-lawrence-are-a-marvel-of-nature-and-test-case-for-new-imaging-technology
UMass Lowell eyes an $800m strategic expansion, including 500 units of housing:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/03/27/metro/umass-lowell-embarking-strategic-expansion/
The lottery for three homeownership units at 1055 Cambridge Street is now open:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/CDD/Projects/Housing/homeownershiplottery/1055cambridgestreetlottery
BPDA has a new publication on Boston population trends from 2020 to 2025. Interesting info on the difficulty of counting student populations, and how many residents Boston actually lost post-pandemic:
https://www.bostonplans.org/getattachment/c2924cf9-a8d6-4a97-871f-ffd3826c58c0
New slate of restaurants coming to Brookline adjacent to the St. Mary's Green Line stop:
https://brookline.news/fresh-flavors-from-six-new-restaurants-coming-to-brookline-near-st-marys-mbta-stop/