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Democratic leaders are proposing setting time limits on family stays in emergency shelters in an effort to manage costs amid the migrant crisis.

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As Massachusetts faces a migrant shelter crisis, lawmakers on Beacon Hill are looking to ease the burden. They will vote Wednesday on limiting how long people an remain in the system.

As a new migrant shelter is set to open in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood, House Democrats voted Wednesday to steer another $245 million toward the overwhelmed emergency family shelter system while capping how long people can receive its services, along the way rejecting a Republican proposal to limit program eligibility. The House voted 121-33 to approve the spending bill, which also...

Migrant families who need housing are getting ready to move into a building in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston. Their impending arrival at the new Farnsworth Street shelter comes with criticism that neighbors had no say. “The process and the community process itself were lousy,” said City Councilor Ed Flynn. “There was no residential or community input.” Flynn represents…

The coffee hours hosted by Boston’s Office of Neighborhood Services liaisons provide an opportunity for residents to ask questions or share concerns. Friday, most of the questions from residents in South Boston had to do with the plans to open a safety net shelter for homeless and migrant families in the Fort Point neighborhood. A spokesperson for the Unitarian...

Members of Boston’s Fort Point community took part in a discussion of the emergency migrant shelter coming to their neighborhood.

Residents in Boston will be able to once again weigh in on the migrant shelter that’s set to open in the Fort Point neighborhood of the city. Gov. Maura Healey is getting a lot of push back from some in that community. 

There are more meetings Friday over the controversial proposal for a new migrant shelter in Boston’s Fort Point neighborhood. While Gov. Maura Healey insists its necessary amid a migrant shelter crisis, residents of the neighborhood are not thrilled.

Residents in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston are still divided over the opening of a new emergency shelter in their neighborhood. Gov. Maura Healey said it’s necessary with the state’s shelter system at capacity but some people living in the area continue to push back. Residents will have an opportunity Friday to ask questions and address their concerns...

Gov. Maura Healey said Monday that an emergency overflow shelter will soon open in the Fort Point neighborhood of Boston. Healey confirmed that the United Way will use the building on Farnsworth Street to help migrants in need of housing. “As soon as possible, I just don’t know how long it’s going to take to get everything operationalized and,...

Gov. Maura Healey says a new emergency shelter for migrants will soon open in Boston.

[This story first appeared on Boston Restaurant Talk.] A Boston-based company known for its apparel and accessories may be opening a coffee shop within the city. According to a tweet from @FortPointer, Life Is Good Coffee House is looking to open by the corner of Summer Street and Melcher Street in the Fort Point area, with a post from Fort…

A man is undergoing a mental health evaluation after allegedly picking up his wife from her wheelchair and trying to throw her into Boston’s Fort Point Channel Wednesday. As he was being booked, Jonathan Pinney told Boston police officers he believed his wife to be an “imposter” he was trying to dump into the channel, the Suffolk County District...