By Seth Daniel With up to 7,000 workers could likely come many new headaches on the roadways according to a traffic analysis in the Exchange South End Project Notification Form (PNF) – an analysis that predicts 20 percent of the…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Police Briefs 09-28-2017
Back Bay – Kenmore/Fenway – South End Police Log Sept.18 715 Tremont St — Child Endangerment 599 Comm Ave — Towed Motor Vehicle 800 Tremont St — Vandalism 840 Harrison Ave — Assault Simple – Battery 120 Commonwealth Ave —…
Trump is Moving US Closer to War
We were listening to the segment on 60 Minutes Sunday night in which Oprah Winfrey was interviewing pro-Trump and anti-Trump voters from Michigan, and we were struck by the comment of one man as to why he voted for Trump.…
Nordblom Sells Office Building, Garage in New York Streets
By Seth Daniel In what surprised many in the New York Street area of the South End, the CIM Group purchased the 1000 Washington St. building and the 321 Harrison Ave. garage – which is fully permitted for a new…
Applicant Aims to Calm Concerns Over Proposal to Convert 29 Comm Ave Into Private Club
By Dan Murphy At a special meeting of the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay (NABB) Licensing and Building Use Committee on Tuesday, Sept. 19, the owner of 29 Commonwealth Ave. sought to assuage neighbors’ concerns regarding the potential traffic,…
USES Begins Scouting Plans to Bring the 125-Year Old Organization into the Future
By Beth Treffeisen A packed room filed into the lobby of the Harriet Tubman House, located at 566 Columbus Ave., to listen and ask questions on how the United South End Settlements (USES) will be reorganizing to better serve the…
AG Healey Joins 39 Other States to Investigate Marketing of Opioid Meds
By Seth Daniel Attorney General Maura Healey announced Tuesday that her office has expanded an ongoing investigation into the marketing and sale of opioids to include multiple manufacturers of branded painkillers and three major drug distributors, but her entrance into…
Oysters Abound in the South End, Especially Underground
By Seth Daniel There is no shortage of places to find oysters in the South End these days, but few might have thought one of the most prolific oyster spots is between five and 10 feet underground. No one except…
UMass Boston says Walsh Never Confirmed for Sept 12 Debate, Likely No Debate Before Tuesday’s Preliminary
By Seth Daniel With less than a week before the much-anticipated Sept. 26 Preliminary Election, debates – or no debates – have taken center stage in the four-person mayoral contest. At issue this week is a debate that was to…
LDA on the Way:BPDA has Completed Cataloguing South End with More than 400 LDAs Found
By Seth Daniel When Urban Renewal first came to the South End, it was the 1960s and plans had begun to form and agreements had been made to redevelop the aging neighborhood. Many of the things one sees today are…