Category: News
Fenway Quality of Life Alliance Holds Community Meeting Regarding Neighborhood Noise
The Fenway Quality of Life Alliance held a virtual community meeting on December 8 regarding the Fenway Community Noise Study and began discussion on a Good Neighbor Agreement for the neighborhood. The meeting was hosted by the Fenway Community Center.…
Walsh, Janey, and Others Speak Out Against Proposed MBTA Cuts
Mayor Marty Walsh held a press conference on December 7 to speak out against the proposed cuts to the MBTA that were announced last month. Other speakers included City Council President Kim Janey, Lee Matsueda from Community Labor United, Mike…
Courts Side With Boston in Battle Over Long Island Bridge
A Suffolk Superior Court judge on Wednesday overturned the denial by the Quincy Conservation Commission of Boston’s plan to re-build Long Island Bridge and open up the ability to develop an integrated Recovery Campus – a major milestone in the…
Newmarket BID Close to Completion, Ventures Into South End
At first glance, the red line that designates the boundaries of the proposed Newmarket Business Improvement District (BID) could send bristles up the back of many Southenders, Boston being such a territorial, turf-oriented city. That red line extends well past…
Baker Provides Information on COVID-19 Vaccine Timeline
Governor Charlie Baker on Wednesday held a press conference outlining information regarding the forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine, and when residents can expect to receive it. “For months, we’ve been preparing for the safe, equitable, and efficient distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine…
Five Families Displaced After Two-Alarm Fire on West Newton Last Week: Firefighters Made Great Saves of Children, Families on Upper Floors
Firefighters are being praised for a great rescue and firefighting operation last Wednesday morning, Dec. 2, at 68 West Newton St. in the South End, but this week finds five families that lived in the four-story brick building displaced and…
Back Bay’s Positive Test Rate Increases Dramatically Post-Thanksgiving
As feared the post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 surge is here and numbers are once again spiking in the Back Bay and the surrounding area. Back Bay and the surrounding area experienced a 60 percent drop in the positive test rate during Thanksgiving…
TDC in Home Stretch on Shawmut Avenue Project
The Davis Companies (TDC) is coming in for a landing on their new residential building on the corner of Shawmut Avenue and Herald Street in the former ABCD building. Pat Noone of TDC said they are preparing to finish the…
Baker Administration Announces Statewide Rollback to Step Three, Phase One
The Baker administration on Tuesday announced that all Massachusetts cities and towns will roll back to Step Three, Phase One of the state’s reopening plan, effective Sunday, December 13. Following increases in hospitalizations and cases after the Thanksgiving holiday, the…