City officials call it a crisis on par with affordable housing It was a few years ago at a neighborhood gathering when the South End’s Michelle Hediger was chatting with fellow Southenders Desi Murphy and his wife, Paola Abello –…
Author: Seth Daniel
Benjamin Zander: The Mystery of Music Is Still Alive at 80
When Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) Conductor Benjamin Zander was just a boy, he would watch his father come home from a hard day’s work and sit at the piano and create a language that dazzled the young man – the…
Franklin Square Elms Come down after 170 Years of Breathing Life into Neighborhood
It was like a wake in Franklin Square last Friday morning as tree crews moved in with cranes and saws to take down three of the historic 170-year-old White Elm trees that line the park. The diseased trees had stood…
Differing Opinions over Potential Deed Restrictions on Tubman House
In the ongoing dispute over the Harriet Tubman House between the United South End Settlements (USES) and the Coalition of service providers in the South End, there is now a difference of opinions on whether or not the 566 Columbus…
Friends of Blackstone/Franklin Warn of Potential Tree Die-off in Franklin Square
Neighborhood Association says big ‘no’ to needle kiosk in park The historic White Elm trees in Franklin Square carve out a majestic square of wilderness in the urban landscape of the South End, but the future of those 150-year-old giants…
Major Water Projects on Board for Mass. Ave. This Season
The Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) announced two major South End water main replacement project for Massachusetts Avenue and Blagdon/Worcester Street this coming work season – which begins on April 1. Irene McSweeney, BWSC director of construction, appeared at…
Neighbors in Blackstone Have Concerns on Shattuck Hospital Move
Officials from the state said this week that the new Shattuck Hospital would have inpatient and outpatient services, and that it is now scheduled to open at 85 E. Newton St. in 2022 – about a year later than originally…
Coalition, Friends Dissatisfied With Uses Process for Selling Harriet Tubman House
Last fall, a group of longtime South End service providers – referred to loosely as the ‘Coalition’ – convened as they have over the decades in times of great change – to discuss feeling excluded from the United South End…
Soundtrack to Saturday: WROL ‘Irish Saturday’ A Fixture for Boston’s Irish Community for Decades
Over kitchen table discussions, while doing the dishes, or quiet moments over tea – the ‘Irish Saturday’ soundtrack on WROL radio has reigned supreme in most Irish American households in Boston and beyond. Older residents remember a lifetime of putting…
City Watchdog Urges Caution in Employee Salaries, Contracts
With the City’s 2018 payroll growing by more than 8 percent over the previous year, one City watchdog is urging caution and a tightening of the reins as this year’s City Budget begins to move forward. “We offer words of…