By Beth Treffeisen Looming over the minds of many in the Bay Village and surrounding neighborhoods, is a proposed 19-story building that is slated to fill in the gap of a current surface parking lot, between the Revere Hotel and…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
News Briefs
TIME TO HAVE SOME FUN…AND TALK ‘Get Tapped’ will take place on Tuesday, March 28, from 6-10 p.m. at Banyan Bar + Refuge, 553 Tremont St. Tickets are $15 and that includes two drink tickets from kegs of Pabst, featured…
Lights,Orbs to Appear Over Blackstone/Franklin this Spring
By Seth Daniel Hovering orbs and lights in the sky might conjure up ideas of ‘X Files’ proportions, but the lights and orbs over Blackstone and Franklin Square parks won’t lend themselves so much to conspiracy theories this spring as…
Major Changes and Investment Coming to Delivery, Cathedral Office Soon
By Seth Daniel There’s a problem when South End resident Nancy Farrington doesn’t get her weekly copy of US magazine. It means that many other people who also like to read her weekly copy of the magazine also don’t get…
Panopticon Gallery to Close May 1 in Hotel Commonwealth
From Keith Johnson’s comparative aerial photographs composed in grid formations, and William Wegman’s whimsical pictures of his beloved Weimaraners, to the breathtaking black and white images of mountainous landscapes taken by cartographer Bradford Washburn, Panopticon Gallery has displayed the works…
Parks Department Announces Fenway Tree Removal Hearing
In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 87, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 6, at 11 a.m. on a request to remove four public shade trees at 201 Brookline Avenue in…
‘Gio’ Ortega Picked to Create Next Mural at Peter’s Park Graffiti Wall
One of the more promising graffiti artists in the City, who is also aligned with some of the best graffiti artists from the past, has been chosen to paint the next edition of the Peters Park Graffiti Wall, according to…
South End Forum to Sign on to AirBNB Letter with ADCO
By Seth Daniel Members of the South End Forum voted unanimously on Wednesday, March 15, to sign on with other downtown neighborhood associations, known as the ADCO association, in a letter outlining concerns and preferences with the AirBNB shared housing…
Bay State College Dorms to Convert to Residential Condos
By Beth Treffeisen Another set of row houses in the Back Bay are set to be converted back to residential condos. What are currently home to college dorms at 260 – 262 Commonwealth Ave., were recently sold on March 9…
Police Briefs 03-23-2017
Back Bay – Kenmore/Fenway – South End Police Log March 13 1171 Boylston St. – Verbal Dispute Boylston/Gloucester streets – Robbery – Street 54 Montgomery St. – Death Investigation 324 Newbury St. – Robbery – Street 70 Queensberry St –…