Mayor Martin Walsh made his annual trip to the South End Forum on Tuesday, Sept. 10, and devoted almost all of his 90 minutes with the packed house to the administration’s plans for combatting the opioid epidemic that continues to…
Author: Seth Daniel
Stanhope Hotel Project Filed With City of Boston for 300-Keys
A Boston and New York developer announced Wednesday that they have filed a Letter of Intent with the City to develop a 300-key hotel project on Stanhope Street directly across from Freida Garcia Park and the Mass. Pike. HN Gorin,…
Eight Streets Ditches Monthly Meetings, Adds More Social Events
The Eight Streets Neighborhood Association has announced that they plan to take on a new meeting and social schedule in the coming civic year, ditching the idea of monthly meetings in favor of having more social events. Eight Streets was…
See-Sharp : Opera Singer/Composer Hopes to Revolutionize Modern Opera
The idea of women in castle parapets wearing powdered wigs, men in a Viking costumes 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…
Collapsible Trash Bins a Hit During Pilot Program
Neighbors on East Brookline Street logged very positive reviews of the collapsible trash bin pilot that has been ongoing since Aug. 6. In a presentation at the South End Forum on Tuesday, Dan Revello of East Brookline Street reported that…
Taking Back the Public Square : Straight Pride Group Says It Wants to Promote Civil Dialogue on Social Issues, Free Speech
They’ve been labeled Nazis, fascist, racists, evil-doers, and about every other negative moniker one could hang on them, but the organizers behind last weekend’s Straight Pride Parade (a group known as Super Happy Fun America) said they are none of…
South End Providers Ramping up for Universal Pre-K Rollout
As preschoolers in the IBA bi-lingual program happily accepted their pint-sized diplomas last Friday on the Plaza Betances, it was a celebration of the day for those graduates and their families, but also a celebration for the program as it…
Exchange South End Commits in Total to I-93 Connection at EBNA
The Abbey Group re-affirmed their solid commitment to getting approval for the I-93/Frontage Road connector that will serve as the main access point to their 1.6 million square-foot commercial development on Albany Street – that coming at a meeting of…
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…
A Second Life : Diseased Franklin Square Trees Find New Life With Woodworker
There’s no replacement for the majesty of a 175-year-old Elm tree canopy, but if there is a second life for such beauty – lost to Dutch Elm Disease – and Carpenter Austin Vyas thinks it can be accomplished in his…