By Seth Daniel Rebecca Roth Gullo thought she would go into politics. She ended up in the business of donuts, and delicious burgers. Though it’s a world apart from her original aspirations, the founder of the Gallows Restaurant, Blackbird Donuts…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Methadone Clinic Tells Wsana It Wants to Expand
By Seth Daniel In a jam-packed meeting of the Worcester Square Area Neighborhood Association (WSANA) on Tuesday night, neighbors gathered to get information from the Acadia Methadone Clinic on Topeka Street, and they learned the clinic has plans to expand…
Project Team Unveils Plans for Upgraded Back Bay T Station Concourse and Ventilation System
By Dan Murphy The project team unveiled the latest plans for the renovated concourse and ventilation system of the redeveloped MBTA Back Bay station on Monday night during a presentation at the state’s Transportation Building. Boston Properties, which assumed control…
Downtown View Infrastructure. Investment. Interesting.
By Karen Cord Taylor Throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s, Boston boldly invested in itself. It cleaned up the harbor, spending $3.8 billion on the Deer Island Treatment Plant alone. It spent from $650 to $850 million, depending…
Boston Landmarks Commission Approves Changes to Fenway Park
By Beth Treffeisen The Boston Landmarks Commission Tuesday night approved the previously presented dugout and dugout seat expansion and the new day-of-game suites on the right field and left field press levels. The projects were passed with a proviso that…
Mr. Boston Taking in the Boat
By Phineas J. Stone There’s a whole world of wonder to the East, but huge swaths of Bostonians hardly know it exists. That place is the Atlantic Ocean, and it goes unnoticed by many of us living in the peaceful,…
Protesters Take Center Stage During the Boston’s Planning and Development Agency Unveiling
By Beth Treffeisen During the unveiling ceremony for the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), formally known as the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), protesters took center stage after its abrupt ending, sporting a sign with the agency’s new logo next…
South End Brothers Travel to Their 100th Country
By Beth Treffeisen Two Boston brothers, Troy Santulli, 15 and Tristan Santullie 13, traveled to their 100th country this past summer when they landed on the island of Ternate, Maluku in Indonesia. “Travel has been a big part of our…
Major Meeting Looks at Suboxone Program at South End Health Center
By Seth Daniel It started with a mere mention during the South End Forum on Sept. 6. South End Neighborhood Health Center (SENHC) CEO Bill Walczak announced that the health center was going to add addiction recovery programming to its…
The Piano Man on Tremont Street Piano Initiative Taught Brockway to Play Three Years Ago
By Seth Daniel On Thursday afternoon last week, crews pulled a piano out of a truck – painted decoratively like a Popcorn box – and took the plastic sheeting off of it and stationed it on Tremont Street near the…