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Jamaica Pond Walking Tour

FALL in Love with the Outdoors with the Boston Park Rangers as we offer FREE environmental education through guided tours and nature-based programming intended for ALL AGES. 

November 16, 2025
Event Date2025-11-16T11:00:00 - 2025-11-16T12:30:00
  • Crisp air, Crunching leaves, and golden trails await! Join a guided Fall Nature Walk led by a Boston Park Ranger, and explore Jamaica Pond and its inhabitants. Discover local wildlife, autumn plant life, and the history that shaped our parks into what we enjoy today! It's a perfect way to slow down and connect with nature this fall. 
  • For more information on this event and future events hosted by the Park Rangers, visit the Boston Park Rangers homepage.
November 16, 2025
Event Date2025-11-16T11:00:00 - 2025-11-16T12:30:00

Walking Tour of Franklin Park

FALL in Love with the Outdoors with the Boston Park Rangers as we offer FREE environmental education through guided tours and nature-based programming intended for ALL AGES. 

November 1, 2025
Event Date2025-11-01T09:30:00 - 2025-11-01T11:00:00
  • Crisp air, Crunching leaves, and golden trails await! Join a guided Fall Nature Walk led by a Boston Park Ranger, and explore Scarborough Pond and its inhabitants. Discover local wildlife, autumn plant life, and the history that shaped our parks into what we enjoy today! It's a perfect way to slow down and connect with nature this fall. 
  • For more information on this event and future events hosted by the Park Rangers, visit the Boston Park Rangers homepage.
November 1, 2025
Event Date2025-11-01T09:30:00 - 2025-11-01T11:00:00

Walking Tour of Franklin Park

FALL in Love with the Outdoors with the Boston Park Rangers as we offer FREE environmental education through guided tours and nature-based programming intended for ALL AGES. 

October 15, 2025
Event Date2025-10-15T11:00:00 - 2025-10-15T12:30:00
  • Crisp air, Crunching leaves, and golden trails await! Join a guided Fall Nature Walk led by a Boston Park Ranger, and explore Scarborough Pond and its inhabitants. Discover local wildlife, autumn plant life, and the history that shaped our parks into what we enjoy today! It's a perfect way to slow down and connect with nature this fall. 
  • For more information on this event and future events hosted by the Park Rangers, visit the Boston Park Rangers homepage.
October 15, 2025
Event Date2025-10-15T11:00:00 - 2025-10-15T12:30:00

Access to Capital - Small Business Workshop

October 16, 2025
  • 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Virtual
    Meeting,
  • Contact:
    Center for Working Families
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Roxbury
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-10-16T15:00:00 - 2025-10-16T16:00:00

Presented by TD Bank, this workshop is intended for business owners who want to understand their financing options and which option may be best for their business. Why Does Your Business Need Additional Capital? How Much Do You Need? How Will You Pay it Back? What and how it will be used for? How will it affect your bottom line?

October 16, 2025
  • 3:00pm - 4:00pm
  • Virtual
    Meeting,
  • Contact:
    Center for Working Families
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Roxbury
  • Event Type:
    Learning and lectures
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-10-16T15:00:00 - 2025-10-16T16:00:00

City Hall On The Go: Roxbury

Join us on October 8, 2025, for a scheduled stop at ABCD Event at 565 Warren Street, from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

October 8, 2025
  • 1:00pm - 2:30pm
  • ABCD Event
    565 Warren Street
    Boston, MA 02121
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Roxbury
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-10-08T13:00:59 - 2025-10-08T14:30:59

Our vibrant City Hall On The Go truck has a scheduled stop near your neighborhood, bringing essential municipal services right to you.

Please note: We do not accept cash payments on the truck.

October 8, 2025
  • 1:00pm - 2:30pm
  • ABCD Event
    565 Warren Street
    Boston, MA 02121
  • Contact:
    Office Civic Organizing
  • send an email
  • Price:
    Price
    FREE
  • Neighborhood:
    Neighborhood
    Roxbury
  • Event Type:
    Civic Engagement
    Other
  • Published Date
Event Date2025-10-08T13:00:59 - 2025-10-08T14:30:59

CITY HALL ON THE GO SERVICES

  • Absentee ballot request
  • Affidavit resident sticker
  • Appeal parking ticket
  • Basic Inspectional Services
  • Business Certificate (Check or Money Order Only) 
  • Census registration
  • File housing discrimination claim
  • File domestic partnership
  • Handicap parking
  • Medicaid and health insurance applications
  • Pay delinquent excise
  • Pay excise tax
  • Pay parking ticket
  • Pay real estate tax
  • Referrals for ASAP services
  • Register dog license
  • Register to vote

  • Request birth certificate

  • Request death certificate

  • Request marriage certificate

  • Resident parking sticker

  • SNAP applications

  • Farmers market coupons (Seasonal)

  • Income Eligible Reduced Fare T Program

  • Yard Waste Stickers 

Roxbury: 51 Dudley Street Abutters Meeting

Change of occupancy from a place of assembly (hall) to an 18-unit multi-family dwelling via the construction of a two-story addition on top of the existing two-story structure per plans provided.

October 14, 2025
Event Date2025-10-14T18:00:25 - 2025-10-14T19:00:25

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 864 1311 1807

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s).

October 14, 2025
Event Date2025-10-14T18:00:25 - 2025-10-14T19:00:25

Roxbury: 55-57 Centre Street Abutters Meeting

New construction of a two-family residence, with Unit One to be the first floor and lower level, and Unit Two to be the second, third and fourth floors, for a total of six beds and six and a half bathrooms. Includes four Juliet balconies and one roof deck via a headhouse.

October 14, 2025
Event Date2025-10-14T19:00:00 - 2025-10-14T20:00:00

The purpose of this meeting is to get community input and listen to the resident's positions on this proposal. This is a virtual meeting via Zoom. 

Meeting ID: 831 8178 7849

Please note, the City does not represent the occupant(s)/developer(s)/attorney(s)/applicant(s). 

October 14, 2025
Event Date2025-10-14T19:00:00 - 2025-10-14T20:00:00

Boston School Committee Nominating Panel Meeting

Join the online meeting

The public can offer testimony.
  • 09:00PM
  • Posted:
    09/24/2025 - 12:41PM
  • Accessibility Services
    Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please reach out to the contact listed in this Public Notice.

P.L.A.Y. Ribbon Cutting And Out Of Bounds Art Showcase

Join us to celebrate new public artworks in Roxbury created by Marlon Forrester and Studio Luz Architects!

September 28, 2025
Event Date2025-09-28T11:00:57 - 2025-09-28T17:00:57

Celebrate the unveiling of P.L.A.Y. (Play Learn Athletic Youth)—a new public art project at Dewitt Playground in Madison Park, designed by artist Marlon Forrester in collaboration with Studio Luz and BR+A+CE. The project reimagines the basketball court as both a neighborhood gathering space and a living canvas. Alongside the ribbon cutting, experience Out of Bounds, a live art showcase curated by Marlon Forrester, with activations that bring artists, coaches, and neighbors together.

Come for the ribbon cutting, stay for the joy.

RSVP for the event

What’s Going Down
  • Ribbon cutting and unveiling of P.L.A.Y. with Marlon Forrester, Studio Luz, BR+A+CE, City partners, and Madison Park/BPS community
  • Out of Bounds court activations led by teaching artists and coaches
  • Live DJ and performances that move us to reflect
  • Hands-on art stations for kids and grown-ups, beginners welcome
  • Community tables with resources, programs, and ways to get involved
  • Local food vendors on site
Play by Play

11 a.m. - Opening remarks

12 p.m. - Ribbon cutting and group photo

12:30 p.m. - Showcase and live performances

1 p.m. - Afrofuturism / The Court as Canvas: Sport, Design, and the Architecture of Black Imagination curated by Nucarta

2 p.m.  - Tunes by your favorite DJs

3 p.m.  - Youth basketball activation

5 p.m. - Closing word

Meet Us Here

Dewitt Playground at Madison Park, Roxbury

Enter near Dewitt Drive and Malcolm X Boulevard. Follow the wayfinding and the sound of good music.

Need the T?
  • Transit: Roxbury Crossing (Orange Line), Bus 15, 22, 23, 28, 44, 45
  • Bikes: Bluebike stations nearby + racks (bring a lock)
  • Parking: Limited neighborhood street parking — transit or rideshare encouraged
Accessibility

The site has paved paths, curb cuts, and seating. ASL available by request — email (arts@boston.gov) by September 22. A low-sensory area will be located near the info table.

Gratitude

Presented by the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, Nucarta, Studio Luz, BR+A+CE, and artist Marlon Forrester. With production support by SIDE Presents. Thank you to Madison Park/BPS, neighbors, volunteers, and partners who make this day possible.

Photos on this page by Jane Messinger.

September 28, 2025
Event Date2025-09-28T11:00:57 - 2025-09-28T17:00:57

Public Facilities Commission Meeting (MOH)

ATTENDANCE

On March 28, 2025, Governor Healy approved an extension to remote and hybrid meeting options for public bodies established under Former Governor Baker's Executive Order of March 12, 2020 Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law through June 30, 2027. The Public Facilities Commission (PFC) will continue to conduct its meetings virtually and to ensure its public access to its deliberations through adequate, alternative means.

You can watch these virtual meetings on Boston City TV at Xfinity channel 26, RCN channel 13, Fios channel 962,...

  • 02:25PM
  • Posted:
    09/21/2025 - 11:54AM
  • Accessibility Services
    Interpretation, translation, and disability accommodation services are available to you at no cost. If you need them, please reach out to the contact listed in this Public Notice.
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