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Labor union distributes food to recently fired Nine Zero Hotel employees

Madison Mercado April 5, 2021
The hotel fired 52 employees — more than two-thirds of its staff — in March.
boston city councilwoman annissa essaibi george talks to small business owners in downtown crossing

Annissa Essaibi George tours downtown businesses stung by pandemic

Samuele Petruccelli March 22, 2021
The councilor discussed struggles and relief as part of her “Get Boston Back to Business” tour.
EDITORIAL: Responsibility for reopening failures falls on both administrators and students

EDITORIAL: Responsibility for reopening failures falls on both administrators and students

Editors September 8, 2020
Gatherings such as these, as well as ones that are even larger, undoubtedly have and will continue to play a role in campuses closing down. But who should really absorb the responsibility of reopening failures — students or school administration?
Hotel Commonwealth in Kenmore Square. In a panel on June 4, Boston University President Robert Brown said the University may need to use hotels as quarantine housing in the Fall. CONNYR LU/ DFP FILE

Students may be housed in local hotels during Fall

Daily Free Press Staff June 9, 2020
President Robert Brown has proposed a possible plan to house Boston University students in hotels next semester. This would free more quarantine spaces on campus for students exposed to the coronavirus.
The Hotel Commonwealth is one of many Boston hotels that has had to suspend operations and cancel upcoming reservations as a result of the novel coronavirus. CONNYR LU/ DFP FILE

Boston hotels are hard-hit in time of mass quarantine

Julia Maruca April 5, 2020
Hotels normally thriving by means of the tourist industry in Boston now face harsh difficulties and are changing their policies in the wake of sharp declines in business.

Mass. Senate passes bill to assist homeless families currently in hotels

Daily Free Press Admin October 22, 2013

With aims to provide shelter for about 2,000 homeless families living in motels and hotels in Boston, the Massachusetts Senate approved a $94 million spending bill on Thursday to help offset the cost...

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