Boston Medical Center (BMC) in the South End received its first doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID19 vaccine on Monday morning, taking it into cold storage immediately and preparing to vaccinate front-line medical workers on Wednesday.BMC said it received 1,950 doses…
Author: Seth Daniel
Newmarket BID Close to Completion, Ventures Into South End
At first glance, the red line that designates the boundaries of the proposed Newmarket Business Improvement District (BID) could send bristles up the back of many Southenders, Boston being such a territorial, turf-oriented city. That red line extends well past…
Five Families Displaced After Two-Alarm Fire on West Newton Last Week: Firefighters Made Great Saves of Children, Families on Upper Floors
Firefighters are being praised for a great rescue and firefighting operation last Wednesday morning, Dec. 2, at 68 West Newton St. in the South End, but this week finds five families that lived in the four-story brick building displaced and…
TDC in Home Stretch on Shawmut Avenue Project
The Davis Companies (TDC) is coming in for a landing on their new residential building on the corner of Shawmut Avenue and Herald Street in the former ABCD building. Pat Noone of TDC said they are preparing to finish the…
Big Plans for Power Station: Jeff Gates Takes Helm on New Luxury Venue: Neighbors Burnt in the past Voice Skepticism
Long-time South End restaurateur Jeff Gates pitched a new plan for the massive renovation of the Power Station at SoWa into a luxury event venue to a skeptical group of neighbors on Tuesday night – many of whom had been…
Learning Remotely Together: USES Hosts Students in Learning Pods
Figuring out how to do schooling this year is next to impossible with most students under the heavy hand of an all-remote learning plan due to the COVID-19 school building closures, but getting out of the remote rut has come…
WSANA Hosts Mayoral Candidate and Councilor Andrea Campbell
The Worcester Square Area Neighborhood Association (WSANA) hosted mayoral candidate and District 4 Councilor Andrea Campbell at their meeting last week, Nov. 24, for a lengthy question and answer session. The neighborhood has historically had support for Mayor Martin Walsh,…
School Committee Apologizes for Inaction on Anti-Asian Remarks, But Calls for More Tolerance
The Boston School Committee took the first hour of its meeting on Nov. 18 to apologize for remarks made by its former Chair Michael Loconto that were termed offensive to Asians, but that time of reflection also had a strong…
USES, New Boston Ventures Close Sale on Tubman House Building
The United South End Settlements (USES) and New Boston Ventures passed papers recently to close on the sale of Tubman House at 566 Columbus Ave. – paving the way for the re-development of the marquee property. The sale went through…
USES Shifts to Providing Families with Food
United South End Settlements (USES) has never really been in the food distribution business, but COVID-19 has ripped apart the mission statement of about every human services organization, and this week USES has embraced that new mission in providing Thanksgiving…