At least one leader on the South End Forum Opiate Task Force is calling on the City to consider three changes to the status quo to try to stem the tide of homelessness and addiction issues on Mass/Cass in the…
Author: Seth Daniel
Emotions Run High at Tubman House Meeting
The first meeting of the Impact Advisory Group (IAG) on the Harriet Tubman House redevelopment project rolled out Monday night, Aug. 29, but try as they might, they never got to the meeting. The Tubman House, which was sold by…
Seeing It All : Businesses at the Opioid Epicenter Hoping for Help
Gerry DiPierro is a noted and talented contractor in the South End. DB&S is a long-standing, high-quality lumber yard in Newmarket. Neither business has anything to do with opioids, but employees and owners have become experts on the matter by…
City Pleased With East Berkeley Parking Pilot, Neighbors Hope for More
It’s been one year since the City finally stepped in to institute a pilot program that limited parking on a stretch of East Berkeley Street in the South End that has been a logjam for years – and the early…
Resounding Sound! Cathedral Pipe Organ to ‘Wow’ at September Concert
Towering above the newly renovated Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End is one of the most historic pipe organs in a region dotted with notably historic instruments, and next month, the newly restored organ in the newly…
DA Rollins, Neighbors Speak Out on Clean Sweep
DA Rachael Rollins told the Sun this week that she doesn’t think the complex situation at Mass/Cass can be “swept up,” but requires long-term investment – going so far as to call the Boston Police action two weeks ago “cruel.”…
LIHC to Present Concord Square Project to Claremont
The hotly-contested LIHC housing proposal on Concord Square will get another public airing tonight, Aug. 15, at the Claremont Neighborhood Association. LISC has been discussing the project with neighbors since early spring, propos-ing to put 60 market-rate units into a…
St. Stephen’s B-SAFE Program Celebrates 20 years of Growth, Summer Activities
When Rev. Tim Crellin decided 20 years ago that St. Stephen’s Church needed to put something together to get kids off the streets of the South End – which were far more dangerous than they are today – he had…
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…
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,…