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January 21, 2023 0

New “MA Climate Change Assessment” Reveals Need for Action and Adaptation

Amidst rising concerns for unprecedented heat waves and extreme cold alike throughout the last year, the Massachusetts Baker-Polito Administration released at the end of 2022 the “MA Climate Change Assessment.” It is the first data-driven state-wide projection report of the effects climate change will have on the region’s communities, environments, and industries through the end of the 21st century. “The Assessment draws on the best available climate and impact assessment science, active stakeholder engagement, and broad state agency perspectives and […]

January 21, 2023 0

Canada is Solving its Labor Shortages

by Sonia Cavazos

As the world heads into 2023, the labor force will see significant changes in both the United States and Canada. The United States is currently facing a labor shortage and politicians, economists, and employers are working for a solution in different ways. In the U.S., the most recent attempt to solve the labor shortage, by providing existing immigrants a path to citizenship failed. Unable to garner enough support, another attempt will be nearly impossible since the House is now dominated […]

January 21, 2023 0

Josiah Quincy Upper School Raises the Final Beam

by DongDong Yang

Boston dignitaries including City Councilman Flynn, Mayor Wu, and School Superintendent Mary Skipper gathered on December 9, 2022 for the topping off ceremony of the Washington Street Josiah Quincy Upper School. It marked the end of approximately 18 months of construction and the start of preparation culminating in the planned fall 2024 ribbon-cutting. From its start in temporary housing at the old Lincoln School on Arlington Street and Bay Village to this new location on Washington Street, this should prove […]

January 20, 2023 0

Year of Rabbit

by Han Teen SEE

Chinese Horoscope 2023 Jan 22 – 2024 Feb 9 Submitted by Author: Han Teen SEE Jmine Consulting http://www.jmine.com.sg Rat General 2023’s Rabbit Year will be a good year for those born in the Year of the Rat. You will be doing very well in various aspects of your life. You will have job opportunities, promotions and recognition which come with pay increments and better benefits. You will gain strong support from others. You will be able to earn more if […]

January 20, 2023 0

Food and Memories at Lunar New Year Time

by Sampan Staff

China: Family Reunion Delight Sumiao Chen is the Founder and Co-owner of Sumiao Hunan Kitchen in Kendal Square Cambridge MA. In this role, she has successfully led the development and implementation of its strategic vision as well as management of operation in the last three years. Sumiao was born and raised in Changsha, Hunan, China. She comes from a family of artisans; her father was a famous local painter and calligrapher and her mother was a singer and has owned a […]

January 7, 2023 0

Crossing the Digital Divide: Helping the Elderly Navigate 21st Century Technology

by DongDong Yang

For many of us, it seems like only yesterday that we faced the fears of a Y2K society. What would happen when all the ones and zeroes of our devices flipped over into a new century? Would our worst fears be realized? Would we find ourselves catapulted into a world where computers crashed and all data that comprised our lives vanished forever? Nothing so drastic happened, but those of us who came of age without the current ease of […]

January 7, 2023 0

What Everyone Should Know About Vaccines

by Jeff Millman

Take a look at a timeline graph of polio or measles cases over the past 100 years and you’ll notice a striking trend – right around the mid-20th century, the zig-zagging peaks representing the number of infected persons suddenly crash to zero, and the line from there on out is nearly flat. These moments on the graphs correlate with the introduction of vaccines targeting those particular diseases. Vaccines are up there with the automobile and the computer on lists of […]

January 7, 2023 0

Expanding the Right to Vote to 16-17 year olds in Boston: A Hot Button Topic for Young and Old

by Sasha Lianski

From the beginning of America, voting has been a fundamental right which many Americans have fought for and some have died for. It’s what establishes America as a “true” democratic country. Our right to vote is given to us by the 26th amendment of the constitution. However, in the past, there have been many discussions about whether constitutional amendments could be changed, and if cities and states had the power to bring these changes. The answers to these questions keep […]

January 7, 2023 0

Opinion: New Rowhouse Protection Areas Can Help Stabilize Chinatown

by guest

Over the last 60 years, the buildings in Chinatown and the people who live and work there, have undergone massive changes. The Boston Planning and Development Authority (BPDA) relaunched its lapsed PLAN: Downtown in November with an added focus on post-pandemic revitalization and stands to bring yet another wave of changes. The plan will culminate in new zoning guidelines governing land use, allowable heights, and density, and will encourage mixed use development and a more predictable system of trading larger […]

January 7, 2023 0

I’m Living Through Zero-Covid in Shanghai. Here’s the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

by Jing Zhao

Before you read this, I just want to clarify one thing: I can only speak from my own experience. That may be different from what’s happening to the rest of my fellow Chinese, but in one way or another, it may also share some similarities with the rest. The week after the official rescinding of China’s Zero-Covid policy, my boss booked a trip for everyone in my department to spend a few days in a villa in the middle of […]

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