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Boston mayor not planning on taking maternity leave after birth of third child
BOSTON - A day after announcing that she is pregnant with her third child, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu said she still plans to run for re-election and she doesn't plan to take maternity leave. Wu spoke with reporters for the first time since her announcement during a visit to the Higginson Lewis School in Roxbury."New experience for the city"The mayor said she did not plan to take maternity leave after she and her husband welcome their third child - a girl - in January. Wu has two boys, ages 7 and 9, and said that she's confident that she'll be able to...
BU’s Framingham Heart Study Gets New Director
Nation’s longest-running study of heart disease will be led by former American Heart Association president Donald M. Lloyd-Jones. The nation’s longest-running study of heart disease, credited with improving and saving countless lives since Harry Truman was president in 1948, has a new director. The Framingham Heart Study, run by Boston University and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, will be led by Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, who has accepted the position of director of the Framingham Center for Population and Prevention Science, principal investigator of the Framingham study, and chief of the section of preventive medicine within the department of medicine at BU’s Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center (BMC).
TV news veteran to take the reins at Boston 25 News amid concerns about staffing, viewership
Scott Isaacs is Boston 25's new news director, coming off a seven-year stint in the same role at NBC 10 WJAR in Providence. There’s a new sheriff in town at Boston 25 News. TV news veteran Scott Isaacs is joining the station as news director after a seven-year stint in the same role at NBC 10 WJAR in Providence, he announced last week.
Mass. leaders remember philanthropist Jack Connors
Connors, who rose to prominence in the advertising business, was a leading philanthropist in Boston for decades. Jack Connors, a titanic Boston figure who made a fortune in advertising before becoming one of the city’s notable philanthropists and powerbrokers, died Tuesday at the age of 82. Connors died at his Brookline home after battling cancer, The Boston Globe reported.
Exploring Conductor Serge Koussevitzky’s Impact at the Boston Symphony and Elsewhere
In Tuesday’s (7/23) New York Times, David Allen writes, “There is a passage in Serge Koussevitzky’s final recording of Tchaikovsky’s Fourth Symphony that some listeners might hear in horror, but others with a degree of awe. He recorded the piece in 1949 with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, during the last weeks of his 25 years as its music director…. Tchaikovsky asks for a crescendo. Koussevitzky gives him that, but … fanfares blaze, entirely out of tempo, only to announce an unwritten silence…. Koussevitzky was hardly alone in taking liberties with the composer, but many other conductors have at least tried to contain the drama… In Koussevitzky’s hands, the effect is shattering. This Tchaikovsky Fourth is irresistible evidence of just how much he and the Boston Symphony achieved in their quarter of a century together…. According to the Boston Symphony, the orchestra gave 146 world premieres during his tenure, as well as another 86 U.S. premieres and many, many more performances of recent pieces he thought deserving … He led more than 300 works written by Americans…. The orchestra is celebrating 150 years since his birth and 100 years since his arrival in Boston with an array of online and physical exhibitions, as well concerts and events at Tanglewood, the summer festival and training center he forged in the Berkshires.”
New President at Berklee College of Music: Jim Lucchese
In Thursday’s (7/18) Boston Globe, Auzzy Byrdsell writes, “Boston native and former music executive Jim Lucchese was named the fifth president of Berklee College of Music. Lucchese will start his tenure at Berklee after around 20 years working in the music industry. He most recently worked as CEO for the music event startup Sofar Sounds. He also led Spotify for Artists, a program helping artists access and maximize fan engagement. He will replace David Bogen, who served as interim president for about a year…. In 1989, Lucchese spent five weeks in Berklee’s summer program … Over the past 15 years, he’s served on several of Berklee’s advisory committees—the President’s Advisory Council, the Institute for Creative Entrepreneurship; and the Pre-College, Online, and Professional Programs Advisory Committee…. He graduated from Boston College in 1994 with Bachelor’s degrees in English and music, and completed his graduate studies in law at Georgetown University. Berklee College of Music offers undergraduate and graduate programs devoted to student’s musical development with 15 majors … Previously, Lucchese worked as CEO of The Echo Nest, a musician-founded startup working in innovating artist optimizations to bring awareness to unsigned musicians…. Lucchese’s tenure begins Jan. 1, 2025.”
Steward hospitals said to be safe overall, despite concerns
The court-mandated patient care ombudsman responsible for monitoring care at Steward Health Care-owned hospitals during bankruptcy proceedings said that she has not seen any problems requiring immediate attention. However, she identified areas of potential improvement and raised concerns about a patient who attempted suicide while under hospital surveillance.
Karen Read to stand trial again in January after judge declares mistrial
Karen Read will stand trial again on Jan. 27, 2025, after a Massachusetts judge declared a mistrial earlier this month. Read has been accused of murdering her boyfriend, Boston police officer John O'Keefe, after a night out drinking in 2022 by intentionally backing over him with her car. Judge Beverly...
Newton residents host choreo-poem Origami Night at Boston Center for the Arts
Newton residents are key to the presentation of Origami Night – a performance of poetry and dance – at the Boston Center for the Arts from July 25 to August 4. The event is the creation of designer Christopher (Chris) Annas-Lee, who runs the Newton North High School Theatre Program, and Graham Cole. The work is a choreo-poem, using poems written by Chris’s mother, Pamela Annas, who is a Newton resident and professor emerita of English at UMass Boston. Origami Night uses spoken word, dance, and sensory design to trace the story of a woman’s life from working class Navy brat to radical feminist to mother. It also explores themes of aging, love, loneliness, and the act of self-examination.
The St. Regis Residences, Boston Announces Landmark Sale
Boston – The St. Regis Residences, Boston announced a sale that marks the highest residential transaction in the history of Boston’s Seaport District. The $20,348,000 sale was facilitated by The Collaborative Companies, the exclusive marketing and sales agent for the residences, with Sales Director Michael Moynihan representing the seller and Peter Skambas of Compass representing the buyer. The sale price, the top thus far in 2024, ranks as the ninth largest residential sale in the city’s history.
Massachusetts woman sentenced for hoax bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital
“BOSTON – A Westfield woman was sentenced on July 18, 2024 in federal court in Boston for calling in a hoax bomb threat against Boston Children’s Hospital. Catherine Leavy, 37, was sentenced today by U.S. District Court Judge Leo T. Sorokin to three years’ probation. In September 2024, Leavy pleaded guilty to one count of making a false bomb threat and one count of intentionally conveying false or misleading information that a bomb was on the way to Boston Children’s Hospital.
$22.5M Sale Closed on Affordable Housing Complex in Roxbury
Boston – Cruz Companies announced the closing of its $22.5 million sale of Taurus at Fountain Hill, an apartment complex in Roxbury, to Jonathan Rose Companies and partner Schochet Companies, ensuring the long-term preservation of this 73-unit property as affordable housing. Cruz Companies, a 100% Black-owned real estate enterprise,...
Massachusetts man accused of obtaining over 200 kilos of filler powders that makes millions of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine
BOSTON – A Cambridge man was arrested last week in connection with an ongoing investigation of counterfeit pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. Over the course of the past four years, the defendant is alleged to have been responsible for the manufacturing of over 200 kilograms of counterfeit pills. According...
Warren Haynes Band Books Us Tour – New Album Coming Soon
Fresh off their run performing on Slash’s S.E.R.P.E.N.T. Festival, the Warren Haynes Band, led by Gov’t Mule front man Warren Haynes, has announced their Million Voices Whisper Tour in the US. The new 16-date run launches September 19th in Fort Lauderdale, making stops in Jacksonville, St. Petersburg, Richmond, Washington, DC, Nashville, Syracuse, Philadelphia, and more, before wrapping October 12th in Boston. They have also revealed their new studio album, Million Voices Whisper, will be released this fall. Keep reading below for live listings and more.
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