Enormous gratitude to our incredible @streets.boston.gov teams who hauled over a thousand truck loads of snow overnight. 💪

Welcome back, @bostonschools.boston.gov students! ❄️ Thank you to our snow management crews, bus drivers, school staff and BPS families who worked so hard to make sure our students could safely return to school yesterday morning.

Thank you to all the volunteers who helped keep our streets clear, accessible, and safe for everyone at the Love Your Block shoveling meetups yesterday. 🤍❄️

Quick walk down E 5th St

This is helpful to clarify! Boston has the same rules: City is responsible to clear near City properties, State does state (incl MBTA), & private owners responsible for sidewalks outside theirs. City workers (& seasonal contracts) clear our areas mostly with bobcats & snow blowers vs paid shoveling.

Yesterday was the 1st time the City has done large-scale daytime snow removal—holding the parking ban to give crews max space to work. Across daytime & overnight, we hauled away almost 1500 truckloads of snow (25,000+ cubic yds) to clear main roads & school zones. TY to our hardworking City teams 🙏

The sun is out, the air is crisp, and it’s time to do your part to help keep Boston safe and accessible.

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City staff and neighborhood liaisons are organizing shoveling meet-ups all across Boston on Tuesday, Feb. 24, to help our neighbors dig out from this blizzard. Check out the times and locations in the thread and find info at boston.gov/shovel.

Boston’s snow emergency remains in effect. The Parking Ban continues at least until 6 p.m. Tuesday, Boston Public Schools are closed Tuesday, City Hall will open at regular hours, and @bpl.boston.gov branches, @bcyf.boston.gov centers, and senior centers will open at 12 p.m.

Love Your Block: winter wonderland edition

After the snow stops, it’s time to shovel! City staff and each of our neighborhood liaisons will be holding Love Your Block volunteer shoveling meet-ups Tuesday to clean out some problem areas. Bring a shovel and a friend! There's more info at boston.gov/shovel. ❄️

No school tomorrow — snowfall is expected for several more hours & safety comes first. We’ll need time overnight & tomorrow to clear snow for safe commutes for bus riders & walkers.

Officially the BLIZZARD of 2026

We’re in the heart of the storm now until early afternoon—winds gusting 50+ mph & snowfall at 2+ in/hr. It’s impossible to keep roads clear under whiteout conditions, but we have 900+ plows & trucks out keeping roadways manageable until we can really clear once the snow slows. Stay in & stay safe!

Ending homelessness requires creating permanent supportive housing AND direct, constant, compassionate outreach every day & night. Thank you to all our outreach workers & community partners for all that you do 🙏

Getting more reports of downed wires & some power outages, especially in East Boston. If you see a downed wire &/or tree, do not touch anything! Call 311 & we will come out to take care of it.

Since midnight, Boston EMS has responded to about 120 emergency calls. They’re currently out on another 17, which is low for a typical Monday—so everyone is doing a good job staying in & staying safe. So far no major storm-related calls. Keep it up!

Meeting with outreach workers at the Pine Street Inn tonight as we prepare for a historic winter storm.

Alerts will be posted on the MBTA website, but they said to expect reduced service levels

A nor’easter is starting tonight and will continue through Monday. Boston is ready.

Our winter weather guide is up in 11 languages: from shoveling to parking, power outages to space savers, get all the info at boston.gov/snow ⬇️

Parking ban on major roads is in effect NOW. This lets us get ahead of the storm, removing remaining snow banks before the nor’easter arrives & making room for plows & salt spreaders to maneuver through the storm. Thanks for everyone’s help to keep us all safe 🙏

📢 BPS students: No school tomorrow, but please plan to help a neighbor shovel out after the snow stops falling

Help your neighbors get around safely as Boston experiences what is forecasted to be a historic blizzard. Property owners must clear snow and ice from abutting sidewalks and curb ramps within 3 hours after snowfall ends or three hours after sunrise if the snow ends overnight.

This storm has the potential to be a historic nor’easter. Snow fall in Boston will begin tonight with the heaviest accumulation Monday morning through the afternoon. We could see snow falling at 1-3 inches per hour and 60mph winds. Please stay off the road, stay safe, and allow our teams to work.

I’m incredibly grateful for all of our partners and everyone working to make White Stadium the world-class resource that Boston deserves. Informed by more than 100 community meetings with students, coaches, and neighbors, we're making good on a promise stalled for four decades.

@nws.noaa.gov has issued a Blizzard Warning for Boston. Up to 2 feet of heavy snow is expected late Sunday through Monday, as well as extreme wind speeds and coastal flooding. City teams are preparing for the impacts of this storm. Sign up for emergency notifications at boston.gov/alert.

Bombogenesis is back! Boston’s already had 40in of snow in 2026 & looks like possibly another foot with Sunday-Monday Nor’easter. Stay tuned for more on snow prep…

A ProPublica investigation found that for more than a decade, the FDA gave substandard factories banned from the United States a special pass to keep sending drugs to an unsuspecting public. (Published June 2025)

Franklin Park is one of my favorite places in the world and it’s getting millions of dollars in investments because of the White Stadium renovation. Altogether, it’s the largest community benefits deal in Boston’s history.

Boston joins the nation in honoring Reverend Jesse Jackson's extraordinary life, prophetic voice, and unwavering belief that America could be better than its past. We extend our deepest condolences to his family and to all who were shaped by his leadership.

Wishing Boston a vibrant and brave Year of the Horse! 🐴✨ #LunarNewYear

This is a subtle point but I’ll try it out as a “yes, and”: What Minnesota (not just Minneapolis) showed us is even bigger than “love your neighbor,” because in Minnesota, “neighbor” is a more expansive category than proximity. It’s anyone who needs help.

Public Works crews were out this weekend clearing snow from the Mass Ave bike lane in the South End and the Washington Street bike lane in Chinatown.

Courts have ruled 4,400 times that ICE jailed people illegally. It hasn’t stopped. www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Presidents Day is this Monday, February 16. 🚫 Parking meters are free. 🛣️ Daytime street cleaning is canceled. Overnight street cleaning is on a normal schedule. 🚮 Some neighborhoods will run on a delayed trash/recycling pickup schedule during the holiday week. See below or at boston.gov/trash-day

Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social

Remarkable: Majority of working class voters oppose deportations of undocumented immigrants with jobs/no criminal records, per new Marquette data. Remember how pundits said 2024 meant Dems must become restrictionist to win back working class? I challenge that here: newrepublic.com/article/2059...

Boston's White Stadium renovation is a major economic investment in the heart of our city. @boston.gov and @bostonlegacyfc.com have already awarded $43M in contracts to businesses owned by people of color and women. Local businesses can find contracting + project info at boston.gov/white-stadium.

This land was taken from the community under urban renewal—sitting vacant ever since through decades of failed plans & broken promises. The latest plan came during the life sciences lab-building boom, but developers weren’t able to deliver & the economy has changed. 🧵

We’ve made important progress on land use reforms—revamped our planning department to target as-of-right zoning, rezoned several Boston neighborhoods for the first time in decades incl. major Downtown rezoning, streamlining development reviews & permitting to speed up approvals, & more in the works.

PILOT payments from tax-exempt nonprofits are an important way for institutions to contribute their fair share & support our communities. Grateful for anchor partners stepping up even while fending off federal attacks, recognizing their institutional strength is tied to community stability.

$38 billion on the warehouses to provide "Prime, but with human beings" azmirror.com/2025/04/08/i...

Breaking news: ICE expects to spend $38.3 billion on its plan to acquire warehouses across the U.S. and retrofit them into immigrant detention centers that can hold tens of thousands of people, according to agency documents.

I interviewed a family of Russian asylum seekers who’ve been held more than four months at the Dilley detention center in Texas. As we spoke over Zoom this week, their daughter Kamilla was one day shy of turning 12. I asked her what she wanted for her birthday. She replied: “To get out of here.”

💘 Keeping up with CEC 💘 💐 Mattapan Liaison Asiah Wotring and Roxbury Liaison Asha Janay joined Mattapan local business Boston Flower Co. in making Valentine’s Day arrangements! Happy Valentine’s Day, Boston! ♥️ #CEC #Boston #Community

Boston is a home for everyone. Know your rights and help keep your community safe. Find more information at miracoalition.org/KYR.

Boston es un hogar para todos. Conozca sus derechos y ayude a mantener su comunidad segura. Encuentra más informacion en miracoalition.org/KYR.