Month: August 2019
Muddy Water Initiative Receives $12K for ‘WaterGoat’ to Clean up Debris in River
The Muddy River will very soon be free of golf balls, baseballs, shoes, and other items that have plagued the water for so long. The Muddy Water Initiative, a grassroots educational and advocacy group for stakeholders focused on climate resilience…
Two Sheriff’s Deputies Attacked At Mass/Cass in the Same Day : District Attorney Rollins Says She Will Prosecute Those Responsible
Two Sheriff’s Department deputies – who worked as corrections officers at the House of Corrections – were assaulted, one violently, in the Mass/Cass area last Thursday, Aug. 1, and it has unleashed a series of ‘Clean Sweeps’ by the Boston…
Demonstration Calls Attention to Major Natgrid Gas-Leak
More than 100 demonstrators, many clad in orange-and-yellow safety vests, descended on Cambridge Street near the Government Center MBTA station on Wednesday, July 31, to call attention to one of National Grid’s major natural gas-leaks in Massachusetts – and a…
More Than Words Named eBay Small Business of the Year
More Than Words, a youth-run social enterprise that empowers young people to take charge of their lives by taking charge of a business, is receiving national recognition as eBay’s #1 Small Business of the Year. More Than Words won the…
Outdoor Swing : Library Park Concerts Resume This Year With All-Star Lineups
The sounds of the South End urban environment outside in the summer consist of everything from sirens to birds to wind in the trees to folks ambling by yelling at nothing in particular. It’s a unique blend of city sounds,…
News Briefs
Massdot: Boston I-90 Westbound Clarendon Street On-Ramp Permanently Closing The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced that the on-ramp which carries vehicles from Clarendon Street onto I-90 westbound in Boston will be permanently closed effective Sept. 3. There will…
Huntington Avenue YMCA Welcomes New Executive Director
Even though Eileen MacNeil only assumed her new position as executive director of the Huntington Avenue YMCA on July 15, she already feels at home on the job. “I’m just in my fourth week, and it’s going by really quickly,”…
BBAC Subcommittee Discusses Signage Feedback
The Back Bay Architectural Commission (BBAC) Signage Subcommittee gathered for a fourth meeting on Aug. 1, to discuss feedback discussed at previous meetings, hear a signage proposal from BBAC member Robert Weintraub and a presentation on streetscape codes from Selbert…
New Boston Ventures Files Plans With BPDA for Tubman House
The South End development company New Boston Ventures filed its Article 80 documents with the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) within the week for the re-development of the United South End Settlements (USES) Tubman House property (566 Columbus Ave.).…