By Seth Daniel The Boston Creates team held its final Town Hall meeting at Bunker Hill Community College on Monday night, March 28, and revealed five goals that will be used to form the upcoming Boston Cultural Plan – due…
Local Reaction to BRA Extension by City Council
By Jordan Frias and Dan Murphy The decision to allow the 14 urban renewal districts to extend for six more years by the City Council has caught the attention of several neighborhood associations who were not pleased with the outcome.…
Store Owners look Forward to Opening Day for Red Sox
By Jordan Frias A great year for the Red Sox means a great year for business, according to Bobby D’Angelo, owner of the Red Sox Team Store on Yawkey Way. D’Angelo is hoping to cash in on the retirement announcement…
Feds Raid Lenox Street,Shut down Cardinals Gang with 27 Charged
Boston Police and Federal agents boasted late last week, after a monumental raid on the Lenox Street Housing Development, that they’d cooled off one of the City’s 10 hottest spots for criminal activity. After more than a year of investigation,…
The Disappearing Passion
By Phineas J. Stone There have been so many changes in Boston, and frequently Mr. Boston here likes to point them out. Few are bigger, though, than the change around the observance of Easter. Simply put, it’s because there…
Police Briefs 03-31-2016
BACK BAY KENMORE/FENWAY SOUTH END POLICE LOG March 21 130 Pembroke St. – Robbery – Street East Newton/Father Francis J. Gilday streets – Motor Vehicle Accident – Property Damage; Violation of the Auto Laws- Operating Unregistered/Uninsured Car 141 Massachusetts Ave.…
The Final Report
For more than 25 years, the Federal courts have been monitoring the quality and necessary cleanup of Boston Harbor as submitted by the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority. The final report as ordered by the courts was submitted March 18, 2016.…
Union Park Neighborhood Seeks Way to Remember Allen Seletsky
By Jordan Frias Finding a way to memorialize Allen Seletsky is the goal of the Union Park Neighborhood Association (UPNA), which is collecting donations in his honor after his sudden passing. Seletsky, 57, owner of The Five Seventy Market on…
Dearth of Small Space:Theatre Groups are Getting Squeezed Out of Boston
By Seth Daniel It’s never easy on the cutting edge, or else it wouldn’t be the cutting edge. But at the same time, when it comes to the cutting edge and fringe small theatre companies in Boston, it also shouldn’t…
Government Center MBTA Station Opens
By John Lynds On Monday Governor Charlie Baker joined Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, Department of Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack, MBTA General Manager Frank DePaola, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and others to officially cut the ribbon on the Government Center station’s…
Love(D) That Dirty Water
By Phineas J. Stone It seemed to escape most news outlets, but a major milestone in Boston’s contentious and contemptuous 1980s history came to a close last Friday. The once, all-consuming Boston Harbor Clean Up fizzled out in Federal Court…
Zakim Seeks Changes on Beacon Street Following Weekend Drag Race Incident
By Dan Murphy After a vehicle jumped the curb and struck a pedestrian on the sidewalk during a drag-racing incident on Saturday, City Councilor Josh Zakim is calling for short- and long-term traffic changes to end the persistent problem of…