DCR Traffic Advisory: Fenway, Boylston Street, and Park Drive Starting Saturday, June 1, 2019, and continuing through Thursday, June 20, 2019, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will close Fenway from Boylston Street to Forsythe Way and from Brookline…
For the Record
From the June 11 Zoning Board meeting, City Hall: Board Final Arbiter : 9:30a.m. 331A-333 Newbury St. (Compassionate Organics), Back Bay. Applicant: Michael P. Ross, Esq Hearings: •171 West Brookline St., South End. Applicant: Joe Holland M. Holland and Sons…
Davis Companies Break Ground on Shawmut Avenue High-Rise
The Davis Companies hosted a groundbreaking celebration June 3 to launch 100 Shawmut, the South End’s newest collection of luxury condominium residences slated to open in Fall 2020. The 100 Shawmut is the first of three abutting projects, collectively approved…
DEP Issues Two Key Permits for Long Island Bridge, Quincy Can Appeal…Again
The City of Boston has received Superseding Orders of Conditions (SOC) from the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to rebuild the bridge to Long Island. In the ruling, MassDEP determined that Boston’s proposal meets the performance standards under the…
Ali Stroker Is An Inspiration for All of Us
At the age of two, Ali Stroker was in a car accident that resulted in a spinal cord injury that paralyzed her from the chest down, leaving her unable to walk and confining her to a wheelchair for the rest…
Speaker DeLeo Prepares for the Future
Massachusetts House Speaker Robert DeLeo this week unveiled the details of the plan he announced last February that will provide $1.3 billion to combat the ever-increasing effects of climate change. Among the major aspects of the plan will be the…
Guest Op-ed: Updates to Trash and Recycling Will Improve Efficiency and Convenience
Mayor Martin J. Walsh One of the most fundamental ways we can improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods is by proactively addressing the basic needs of our residents. The men and women of our Public Works Department do…
Guest Op-ed: High School Education for the 21st Century, Right Here in the City of Boston
By Kevin McCaskill Call them the Latest Generation. Young adults are putting off home ownership, marriage, and children — all benchmarks of becoming an adult, since World War II. But as 44 million Americans grapple with student debt, college has…
Guest Op-ed: 50th Anniversary a Joy for Health Center Founders
By Dr. Gerald Hass Since this is the 50th. Anniversary of the South End Community Health Center, I would like to say Happy Birthday and many more. But sadly, I can’t. I can, however, say thank you to Divina and…
The BCA Ball & Fundraising Gala
Boston Cabbie Killed After Daytime Shooting in Back Bay
A 34-year-old Pawtucket, R.I., man was arraigned yesterday in Boston Municipal Court in connection with Tuesday’s shooting outside the front entry of the Colonnade Hotel in the Back Bay that resulted in the death of a cab driver. Phillip Foy…
Community First: For Quincy Upper Valedictorian, It All Came down to Community
Kamaiya Austin has finished at the top of her class this year at the Josiah Quincy Upper School in Bay Village, but for the South End resident, her journey was as much about community as it was about academic achievement.…