SOWA Market Returns May 5 The SoWa Open Market, on 460-540 Harrison Ave., will kick-off its 16th season on Sunday, May 5. Every Sunday, from May through October, more than 175 makers and thousands of visitors converge in SoWa, amidst…
Month: May 2019
Prosecutor at Suffolk County DA’s Office Enters District 8 City Council Race
Another candidate has entered the race for District 8 City Councilor. Montez Haywood, a 39-year-old West End resident and prosecutor at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office, will seek the seat currently held by Josh Zakim (who isn’t seeking reelection)…
Boston, Quincy Butt Heads on Long Island Ahead of Crucial May 7 Meeting
Mayor Martin Walsh’s assertion late last week that Quincy was giving up its opposition to the Long Island Bridge and its Recovery Campus has seemingly roiled the rocky relationship between the two cities once again, this time ahead of a…
Zakim Joins Fenway Seniors for Pizza and Conversation
City Councilor Josh Zakim was at the Peterborough Senior Center in Fenway on May 1 to discuss the issues he’s been working on, as well as address questions from the seniors in attendance. Everyone munched on pizza donated from Domino’s…
Union Park’s John Schleer Elected President of UPNA
For the first time in a long time, Union Park Neighborhood Association (UPNA) will be led from the heart of Union Park. After a number of years being expertly-led by Jamie Fox, UPNA held an election this spring and Union…
Time Out Market Boston Announces Exciting Additions to Lineup
As Time Out Market Boston prepares for its upcoming opening at 401 Park Drive in the heart of the Fenway neighborhood, the latest additions to its impressive culinary lineup have been revealed. Joining the curated mix of some of the…
For the Record
From the April 30 Zoning Board of Appeals meeting, City Hall: •122 Commonwealth Ave. Applicant: Marc Lacasse City Hall, upon the appeal of Marc Lacasse seeking with reference to the premises at 122 Commonwealth Ave. Purpose: Change of occupancy from School…
Police Briefs 05-02-2019
D-4 Police News Easter bully On Tuesday, April 23, at approximately 3 p.m., an Area D-4 detective responded to a radio call for a disturbance at CVS Pharmacy at 231 Massachusetts Ave. On arrival, the detective spoke to the store…
Support Sen. Markey’s Effort to Ban Robocalls
Robocalls are the new plague of the digital and cell phone era. According to some estimates, Americans received 48 billion robocalls last year, up from 30 billion in 2017. It used to be that only a person’s land line would…
Will April Showers Bring May Flowers?
As Bob Dylan noted, ‘you don’t need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind is blowing’. Similarly, we have not needed a weatherman to tell us that this has been a particularly rainy April. However, we learned this…