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Nov 26, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Tiziana Dearing |Stevee Chapman
Mayor Wu talks about how Boston can avoid aiding in Trump's promised mass deportationsBoston Mayor Michelle Wu says the city will not cooperate with immigration officials if the the incoming president follows through on his campaign promise. This has landed Wu in a back-and-forth with Trump's choice for border czar, Tom Homan. Wu joins WBUR's Morning Edition to talk about what she thinks Boston can do to avoid aiding the federal government in mass deportations.
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Nov 22, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Tiziana Dearing |Stevee Chapman
Tiziana Dearing Host, Morning EditionTiziana Dearing is the host of WBUR's Morning Edition. Stevee Chapman Producer, Morning EditionStevee Chapman is a producer for WBUR's Morning Edition.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Stevee Chapman |Katie Cole
Not sure what to do with that rotting jack-o-lantern now that Halloween is over? Try smashing it. The city of Boston, in partnership with Boston-based climate action group Mothers Out Front and other local organizations, is holding its third annual pumpkin composting event. The messy fun is an effort to keep pumpkins from ending up in landfills, where they would release greenhouse gases.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Tiziana Dearing |Stevee Chapman
Education Secretary Patrick Tutwiler talks Question 2Election day just over a week away and Massachusetts voters have their say on five ballot questions. Question 2 proposes eliminating MCAS as a high school graduate requirement in publicly funded schools. The state's largest teacher's union is pushing for the measure, putting them at odds with some state leaders who are opposed to the initiative, including Gov.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Stevee Chapman
The Joro spider has officially shipped up to Boston. The palm-sized, neon-yellow spider from Southeast Asia was first spotted weaving its signature web by a photographer on Beacon Hill this month. Experts say this is the northernmost confirmed sighting of a Joro spider in the U.S.A Joro spider in its web. (Andy Davis at the University of Georgia)Scientists believe the species first arrived to the southeast U.S. about a decade ago by way of shipping container.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Katie Cole |Stevee Chapman
People and pets should avoid touching the Charles River water in the area of the Longfellow Bridge due to a major bloom of harmful cyanobacteria. The Massachusetts Department of Public Health posted a public health advisory for the river between the bridge and the Cambridge Dam. The Charles River Watershed Association said this is the first "major bloom" of cyanobacteria in the river in four years. Cyanobacteria is a blue-green algae that naturally occurs in fresh water.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Stevee Chapman
Hydrangeas are popping across New England this summer. And the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival is giving people a rare opportunity to step into more than 100 private gardens to admire them during a year of exceptional blooms. "This year, the hydrangeas are amazing," said C.L. Fornari, who founded the festival in 2015 in collaboration with the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce. Fornari credits rain and mild temperatures for this year's bountiful blossoms.
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May 21, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Katie Cole |Stevee Chapman
The city of Boston is starting weekend programming for youth, among other initiatives, in the hopes of mitigating community violence this summer. Mayor Michelle Wu announced the summer safety plan on Tuesday, an annual initiative to get ahead of violent crime that tends to increase in the warmer months. Boston Police Commissioner Michael Cox said the increase is driven by warmer weather, bigger outdoor gatherings, more visitors to the city and students being out of school.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
wbur.org | Roberto Scalese |Stevee Chapman
Cambridge city councilor Burhan Azeem unveiled an ad campaign this April Fool's Day to encourage the creation of what he's calls "MegaCambridge."Azeem said his proposal makes the case that Cambridge should annex Boston in order to become the capital of Massachusetts. The April Fool's joke will appear on more than 70 digital billboards across Boston Monday. According to The Boston Globe, Azeem spent $5,000 on the stunt.
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Mar 12, 2024 | 
mainepublic.org | Stevee Chapman
Horticulturists at Mount Auburn Cemetery expressed worries that this year's milder winter altered the blooming or migratory patterns of several plants and wildlife creatures living in the historic garden cemetery. While spring does not officially begin until March 19, many plants and trees started blooming about two or three weeks earlier than they typically do, according to the horticulturalists.
