By Beth Treffeisen The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board voted to approve the proposed redevelopment of 254-264 Huntington Ave., which will include the renovation of the Huntington Avenue Theatre, and the theatre’s support wing as well as a…
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South End Landmarks gives Leeway to Casa Cuong Painting Violation
By Beth Treffeisen After numerous run-ins with graffiti taggers along the side and front of the Casa Cuong grocery store at the corner of Tremont and West Canton Streets in the South End, the owner, A Vann Tran decided to…
High-Value Homeowners Scrambling to Pre-Pay Property Tax Bills
By Seth Daniel The new, national tax policy has bled significantly into City Hall this week as many residents – particularly those in high-value properties – scramble to City Hall to pre-pay their property taxes for the next two quarters…
Boston City Council Appoints Four Members to Guide Community Preservation Act Funds
By Beth Treffeisen The Boston City Council voted to elect four members to the Community Preservation Committee (CPC) who will work to allocate funds collected from the Community Preservation Act (CPA) at a hearing on Dec. 13. In November 2016,…
Verizon Wireless Small Antennas Cause Some Stir in South End
By Beth Treffeisen Plans to install six small cell antennas by Verizon Wireless in the South End has sparked some concern among residents who feel like they have been left in the dark as to why these antennas seem to…
Problematic Alley Tree Gains Approval for Removal in the Back Bay
By Beth Treffeisen Along an alleyway behind Beacon Street in the Back Bay, a hundred-year-old tree sticks out of a brick garage, standing out among the asphalt and cars that line the small street that runs parallel to Storrow Drive.…
West Fenway Christmas Tree Lighting
SANTA BABY! Elizabeth Bertolozzi, president of the Fenway Garden Society, Colleen Fitzpatrick, from the Fenway CDC, and Kristen Mobilia have some fun alongside Santa Claus on Dec. 6 at the West Fens Tree Lighting celebration. Accompanying Santa Claus were Wally…
Caroling at Hayes Park
Singing very merrily were Maureen and Claire Corcoran with their, respectively, grandson/son Robin Murphy (11), during the annual Hayes Park Christmas Caroling event in the South End on Sunday, Dec. 10. Scores of friends and neighbors gathered for the long-standing…
Elementary School Parents in South End Angered by School Time Changes
By Seth Daniel Hundreds of families with school-aged children in the Hurley K-8 and the Blackstone Innovation School in the South End are giving Boston Public Schools (BPS) an emphatic ‘F’ after the district announced its highly anticipated new school…
BPHC Gives Green Light for NEIDL to Study Level 4 Pathogens
By Seth Daniel In the near future, Albany Street will not only be host to more emerging development, but also more serious emerging diseases such as Ebola and Marburg. Few things have consistently been more provocative for such a long…