The MBTA announced last week the successful and on-time completion of critical track work on the Red Line, including the removal of eight safety-related speed restrictions. Crews accomplished this work due to unencumbered access to track areas while Red Line…
Month: February 2024
BPDA Board Approves Redevelopment of Star Market Site in Fenway
The Boston Planning & Development Agency board of directors approved the proposed $600 million redevelopment of the Star Market site in the Fenway during a virtual meeting on Thursday, Feb. 15. Boston-based commercial real-estate developer Samuels & Associates intends to…
Chestnuts Friends Over Fifty Starting Year Off Strong
Special to the Sun The Chestnuts Friends Over Fifty, a Boston nonprofit social group for women over the age of 50, is having another big and active year. The Chestnuts brought in almost 40 new members in the fall, with…
BPDA To Host Joint IAG-Public Meeting To Discuss Revised Plans for Stanhope Hotel Project
The Boston Planning & Development Agency is hosting a joint Impact Advisory Group (IAG) and public meeting via Zoom on Tuesday, March 5, at 6 p.m. to discuss the recently revised plans for the Stanhope Hotel project in the Back…
Author Peter H. Reynolds Joins World Read Aloud Day at Shubert Theatre
Story & Photos by Marianne Salza The Boch Center partnered with New York Times best-selling children’s book author and illustrator, Peter H. Reynolds, presented World Read Aloud Day at the Shubert Theatre on February 7. Read Aloud Day is a…
House Democratic Leaders Are To Blame for Ukraine’s Predicament
When a small gang of extreme Republicans undertook the ouster of former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy last year, we wrote at the time that the refusal of Democrats to aid in keeping McCarthy in his seat was foolhardy. Despite the…
Democratic Leaders Need To Tell Biden To Step Aside
It has become increasingly obvious that President Joe Biden is spiraling faster-and-faster downhill, both physically and mentally. He can barely string together two sentences — not even from a teleprompter — and if he answers questions off-the-cuff (which he seldomly…
Celebrating Black History Month at City Hall
Ducklings Sculptor’s Proposed North End Project Would Tell the Story of Immigration
Nancy Schön, who brought Robert McCloskey’s classic children’s book, ‘Make Way for Ducklings,’ to life in the Public Garden with her iconic sculpture, is now hoping to tell the story of immigration with another work of public art proposed for…
City Sponsors IAG Meeting To Provide Update on Proposed Flower Exchange Redevelopment
The city sponsored a virtual Impact Advisory Group (IAG) meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 7, to provide a long anticipated update on the proposed redevelopment of the Flower Exchange site, which is poised to become the biggest development project in the…