Richard Giordano of the Fenway CDC visited seniors at the Peterborough Senior Center on Aug. 27 to provide an update on what has been happening in the Fenway neighborhood recently. Giordano discussed the Fenway CDC’s work in 2018, and presented…
Month: September 2019
New Hurley School Principal Brings Student Experience to the Job
Summer is coming to an end, but Verano (Spanish for summer) is headed to the Hurley K-8 School. Bethy Verano, formerly the assistant headmaster of Boston Latin School, has taken the reins from outgoing Principal Marjorie Soto to lead the…
News Briefs
Bostown Music Festival What: The Bostown Music Festival, hosted by Darryl’s Corner Bar & Kitchen, will continue the tradition established by the Beantown Jazz Festival – the annual music-centered celebration drawing thousands of neighbors, friends, and visitors, for nearly 20…
Police Briefs 09-05-2019
No Walk in the Park On Saturday, Aug. 31, at about 8:18 a.m., an officer assigned to District 4 responded to the Boston Medical Center emergency room at 850 Harrison Ave. on a radio call for an assault-and-battery report. Upon…
The Real American Carnage
Whenever a mass shooting occurs — which is to say, fairly regularly somewhere in America these days — investigators scour for clues as to the “motive” of the gunman. Often, as was the case in El Paso two weeks ago,…
When Will It Be Our Turn?
Hurricane Dorian, the fifth Category 5 hurricane to hit the U.S. in the past four years, has captivated many of us for the past week as we watched the latest forecasts to see where it would strike the American mainland.…
See-Sharp: Opera Singer/Composer Hopes to Revolutionize Modern Opera
The idea of women in castles wearing powdered wigs, men in a Viking costume and notes in a foreign language held for an eternity is what many might think of when they conjure images of opera, but it’s the course…