By Seth Daniel Two men working for Atlantic Drain Company of Roslindale died on Friday afternoon when a 20-foot trench in the South End’s Dartmouth Street collapsed on them while they were working inside. The scene unfolded around 1 p.m.…
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Local Group Looks to Raise Awareness of City Gas Leaks
By Dan Murphy With the problem reportedly costing Boston-area consumers $90 million a year as utilities companies routinely bill them for the expense, a group of 350 concerned mothers, grandmothers and other children’s caretakers statewide are now working to bring…
Urban Paintings Show A Colorful, Gritty Side of Boston
By Seth Daniel There are few out-of-the-way corners in the city that Jim Connelly hasn’t been. There are even fewer of those places that he hasn’t painted. The colorful, urban landscape painter has lived in the Fenway for the past…
Left with ‘Candy Girl,’ Returns with a Lot of Hoop-La:Bivins, City Celebrate Naming of Court and Refurbishment of Ramsey Park
By Seth Daniel Before Michael Bivins was the ‘Biv’ in Bell Biv Devoe or the smooth voice of ‘Mike’ in the teen sensation New Edition, he was a heavy duty baller on the courts of Ramsey Park – shooting from…
Michael Phelps at Forbes Under 30 Summit
Twenty-three time Olympic Gold Medalist Michael Phelps waved hello to everyone upon his arrival to the Esplanade on Tuesday morning, Oct. 18, where he was introduced to a crowd of several thousand people by Mayor Martin Walsh. Phelps went on…
Charlie Puth at Josiah Quincy
Indianis Gomez, 17, and Dara Sostk, 17, talk with pop star Charlie Puth at his visit to the Josiah Quincy Upper School in Bay Village this past Wednesday, Oct. 19, where he, Ernie Boch Jr. and VH1 Save the Music…
Anne Brooke, Former FOPG Chair, Succumbs to Illness
Anne Brooke, 84, who was the Chair of the Board of the Friends of the Public Garden for the past four years up until June 2016 has passed away after a long battle with heart disease on October 13. She…
Charlesgate Greenway Gets Funding from MassDOT for Inter-Park Connection
By Beth Treffeisen At the public meeting held on Tuesday, October 18, at Wheelock College a presentation for the new inter-city bike and pedestrian path that will connect the Charlesgate Greenway to the Esplanade was presented to the public after…
Topeka Street Methadone Clinic Seeks to be Part of the Solution
By Seth Daniel The Habit OpCo Methadone Clinic and therapy center on Topeka Street – just steps from the stately Worcester Square neighborhood and what has been called the Methadone Mile – is the oldest Methadone Clinic in the area…
Community Residents Speak Out against Temporary Emerson Dorms in the Fenway
At the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) meeting held on Monday, October 17, at the Morville House, community members came together to voice their concerns about Emerson College reverting a previous hostel at 12 Hemenway St. into a two-year…