By Beth Treffeisen As part of the 2017 Mayor on Main, Mayor Martin Walsh took to the trolleys to deliver the Boston Main Streets Honorees. Differing from year’s past, when one awards ceremony would be held, the Mayor decided to…
Month: July 2017
Final Design is Made for Westland Ave Gateway Improvement Project
By Beth Treffeisen The Westland Avenue Gateway in the Back Bay Fens is scheduled to get some major improvements this year, both to the stonework and to the surrounding parkland area. As part of this year’s capital budget for the…
Mass Pike Reduced to Three Lanes in Each Direction on July 7
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is reminding travelers that due to the upcoming Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Replacement Project, I-90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike) will be reduced from four lanes to three lanes in each direction in Boston between the Allston/Brighton…
A Graduation Like No Other: Pine Street Inn Celebration Attracts Scores to Celebrate New Hope
By Seth Daniel A simple fall and a seriously injured shoulder derailed Silvaria DeSilva’s life – taking her home, her business and sending her to the Pine Street Inn after couch surfing at family members’ apartments. Accustomed to working as…
Police Briefs 07-06-2017
Back Bay – Kenmore/Fenway – South End Police Log June 26 533 Commonwealth Ave – Towed Motor Vehicle 1254 Boylston St – Larceny All Others 14 Yarmouth St – Towed Motor Vehicle 874 Harrison Ave – Larceny Shoplifting 60 Fenway…
Senator Ed Markey is 100 Percent Correct for His Reproach of Kellyanne Conway
It is fair to say that the world as Americans have known it in the post-World War II era has been turned upside-down — and not in a good way — since the election of Donald Trump as President of…