Arroyo proposes ban on nip bottles
Citing public health concerns as well as persistent issues with litter, Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyo, who represents the city’s 5th District, is ordering a public hearing to discuss the potential benefits of a citywide ban on single-serving or miniature alcohol bottles — known popularly as “nips.

Water and Sewer lots ready for development
It isn’t often in a city the size and density of Boston that the opportunity presents itself to re-imagine — and indeed rebuild — more than four acres of publicly-owned land in the heart of the city.

Battle brewing in redistricting suit
Municipalities and states are required to re-draw district lines following each decennial U.S. Census if population changes have resulted in unequal populations in districts. This is to ensure each councilor represents an equal proportion of the city’s population.

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Worker abuse common in Mass. businesses
Audrey Richardson, a managing attorney with the nonprofit Greater Boston Legal Services, said the organization is “familiar with the case.” She frequently sees similar situations of exploited workers too afraid to seek help.

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Garrison Trotter moving forward with new housing
The proposed development, which would include seven market-rate units and 16 affordable ones in the neighborhood, is the fourth phase in a series of projects that were first discussed about 40 years ago and began in earnest in the summer of 1999.

An unwilling role model
For young basketball fans like my sons, Ja Morant is a symbol of hope, an under-recruited kid out of high school who comes from a two-parent household in the small town of Dalzell, South Carolina. They have never seen anyone of his short and slight stature make such an immediate impact on the NBA at such a young age.

IN THE NEWS
Chief of Planning Arthur Jemison has announced the hiring of Aimee Chambers, AICP as the city of Boston’s new director of planning. Her professional experience includes a wide range of planning and urban design work from affordable housing development to bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure design.

Annual Evacuation Day Historical Exercises
Mayor Michelle Wu greets Revolutionary War reenactors during the 247th Annual Evacuation Day Historical Exercises at Thomas Park in South Boston..

FHA increases housing affordability for borrowers
Beginning March 20, a recent move by the Biden Administration will make owning a home more affordable for current and prospective homebuyers.

Pols secure federal funds for N. End elderly building
Local, state and federal officials gathered Monday at the Ausonia Apartments in the North End to celebrate the allocation of $1.75 million in federal funding to the apartments, a public housing complex for the elderly and people with disabilities.

Evictions increase sharply over last year
The number of evictions filed each week in Boston is up nearly 75% from last year, according to new data released by Princeton University’s Eviction Lab, looking at the four-week average.

Worrell brothers open shared district office
At the Erie Street office, just around the corner from the Hewins Street residence where they were raised, the Worrell brothers welcomed community members and officials to the storefront office where they plan to help local residents access city and state services.

Today’s menu …
Foodies and theater-lovers alike will be satiated at The Huntington’s production of “Clyde’s” by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage, running March 24-April 23.

‘James Baldwin Abroad: A Program of 3 Films’
“James Baldwin Abroad: A Program of 3 Films” opens at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on March 24. The digitally remastered short documentaries reveal snippets of the writer’s life and his personal reflections during his time abroad in Istanbul, Paris and London.

Equity on the classical stage
The Handel and Haydn Society has launched the H+H Stone Fellowship, a fellowship for emerging musicians working with period instruments in baroque and classical genres.

Texas legislature takes up anti-Asian bills
The Texas state Legislature is considering four bills, three which would prevent citizens from China, North Korea, Iran and Russia from buying homes and agricultural land in the state, and the fourth, which bans citizens of those countries from enrolling in the state’s colleges and universities.