Every June, our communities come together to celebrate Pride Month, a tradition that grows stronger every year. In 1989, Massachusetts became the second state to pass a law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. In 2004, Massachusetts became the first…
Letter to the Editor
A WORRISOME ISSUE Dear Editor: In the aftermath of another deadly school shooting where a gunman took 10 more lives (8 students and 2 teachers) and 13 more were wounded in Santa Fe, Texas on May 18, 2018; we realize…
We All Benefit from Clean Beaches and Water
The report released by the environmental advocacy group Save the Harbor/Save the Bay (SH/SB) rating the water quality of the beaches in the Metropolitan Boston area and the EPA rating of an A- water quality for the Charles River once…
Memorial Day Observances
Pictured above, elected officials Sheriff Steven Tompkins, State Rep. Byron Rushing, Councilor Ed Flynn and Veteran Agent Giselle Stirling stand at attention on Monday, May 28, as Guillermo Candelario plays ‘Taps.’ The scene came during the annual Puerto Rican Veterans…
Annual Uses Neighborhood Gala
Malachi Weir, an actor from the hit Showtime television show ‘Billions,’ came to show his support for the efforts of USES at their annual Neighborhood Gala on Thursday, May 17, at the SoWa Power Station. The Gala greeted those who…
Big Changes are Planned for Kenmore Square Block
Kenmore Square is on track for keeping up with the building boom in Boston. Known for being a transportation hub, the traffic-jammed square may soon become a destination in its self, with new hotels, offices, and restaurants planned for this…
Back Bay Residents Petition Against Beacon Street Redesign
After a long, confusing construction period over the winter, the redesign of Beacon Street in the Back Bay is finally completed, but many residents are not happy with the result. Over the course of just a few months, Grant Schaumburg…
Chester Square Looks to Re-Unify The Evens and Odds with Friends Group
There was East and West Germany. There was the North and South in the United States. And now there’s Chester Square – the latest reunification effort that looks to bring back together the even and odd sides of a beautiful,…
A Sweet Match: A Great Product, Critical Research Combine for South End Bee Company
As it turns out, bees happen to be city people. That’s the revelation that South End resident Noah Wilson-Rich stumbled upon while installing a bee hive in the backyard of his landlord’s property on West Concord Street nine years ago.…
Field of Flags on the Common Celebrates Ninth Year, Thousands Affected Far and Wide
In two hours, 400 volunteers transformed a patch of grass on the Boston Common into a moving Memorial Day tribute. After nine years, the field of American flags on the Common never gets old, and that’s exactly the point as…
BBAC Approves Removal of Magnolia Tree on Comm Ave
The Back Bay Architectural Commission voted to approve the removal of a Magnolia tree and re-landscape the area at 393 Commonwealth Ave., at a hearing on Wednesday, May 9. The Dexter House Condo Association has tried for several years to…
Walsh’s Coffee Hour Comes to Commonwealth Ave Mall
More than 100 neighbors turned out to the Commonwealth Avenue Mall Thursday morning, May 24, for the return of Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Neighborhood Coffee Hour. Now in its 19th year, these events take place each spring and summer at…