After publishing the South End News and Bay Windows since 2003, owners Sue O’Connell and Jeff Coakley announced late last week they were putting the two publications up for sale after 18 years. The South End News began publication in…
Author: Seth Daniel
WSANA Liaison Worried About the Direction of Mass/Cass Task Force
The liaison from the Worcester Square Area Neighborhood Association (WSANA) to the Mass/Cass 2.0 Task Force gave a grave report on Tuesday night about the lack of direction of the Task Force – saying that without two community members driving…
Parcel 25 Adjacent to Ink Block Grabs Six Interesting Bids
Six major development partners put in bids for the plot of land known as Parcel 25 in no-man’s land adjacent to Ink Block in the South End, and abutting Chinatown – with the bids showing downtown Boston’s continued strong market…
Taunton Man Arraigned for Feb. Homicide at Mass/Cass
A Taunton man was arraigned Tuesday on a charge of fatally stabbing 40-year-old Jamal Chin-Clarke during a suspected drug transaction in the area of Mass/Cass earlier this year, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins said.Liquarry Jefferson, 41, of Taunton was…
New Traditions, Sad Reflection Mark One Boston Day
It’s been nearly eight years since the Boston Marathon Bombing in 2013, where numerous people were injured and four died of their injuries, but already One Boston Day has taken on steadfast traditions throughout the neighborhoods. Last Thursday, April 15,…
Trinity Financial Files Project to Re-Develop Harvard Club Property
Trinity Financial and the Harvard Club of Boston submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) late last week to officially introduce their project on Newbury Street in the Back Bay – a project…
Researchers Concerned, Studying Nearsightedness in Children
Prior to the advent of remote schooling on electronic devices ushered in by COVID-19, doctors and researchers at the Children’s Vision Lab in the Back Bay’s New England College of Optometry (NECO) were concerned about how those devices might be…
Back Bay Garden Club to Celebrate Arbor Week With Pop-Up Event
The Back Bay Garden Club and Speak for the Trees will be hosting a pop-up Zoom forum on invasive insects in the urban forest on Thursday, April 29. As part of the event, UMass Extension Entomologist Tawny Simisky will speak…
Shattuck Hospital to Start Construction This Summer, Residents Concerned About Parking Plan
The construction on the new Shattuck Hospital – formerly the Newton Pavilion – on East Newton Street in the South End could begin as early as July, with new green spaces and a smart new exterior, but a plan to…
Federal Judge Sides With School Committee on Temporary Exam School Admissions Policy: South End Parent of Two Children Seeking Admission Part of the Case
Federal Judge William Young late last week issued his decision on the challenge to this year’s altered Exam School Admission process, saying that the temporary admissions system did not discriminate by race against white and Asian students, but it should…