BIVINS BUMP: Former pop icon Michael Bivins, of New Edition and Bell Biv Devoe fame, gives a fist bump to his daughter, Shilah Bivins, shortly after unveiling the new Michael Bivins Court at Ramsey Park last Thursday, Oct. 20. In…
Project Over Turnpike Moves Closer to Reality
By Beth Treffeisen The tunnel that drivers take on the Massachusetts Turnpike underneath Back Bay approaching the Copley Square exit may soon get a little longer. After two years of delaying, the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Turnpike air rights…
Summer Adventure:11 Year-Old Back Bay Resident Swims Strait of Messina
By Beth Treffeisen Now back into the grind of daily schoolwork, Tancrede Roy, 11, is busy finishing his last school year at Kingsley Montessori School in the Back Bay. But only months before he was across the Atlantic Ocean and…
Boston Landmarks Commission Begins Discussion on Protecting Iconic CITGO Sign
By Beth Treffeisen The Boston Landmarks Commission held a subcommittee meeting on October 19, to discuss the draft Landmark study report for the CITGO sign along with the preservation consultant assigned to the project. In the draft report, the subcommittee…
New Zoning Amendment Passes Quietly in BPDA
By Seth Daniel A little-known zoning text amendment quietly passed a vote of the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) last Thursday that would increase the density of residential projects allowed in the New York Streets area in exchange for…
Road Closures for Halloween Weekend in Boston
Throughout Boston a number of events will be taking place from Saturday, October 29 through Monday, October 31 in celebration of Halloween. People traveling on Boston’s local streets are asked to proceed with caution and watch for children trick or…
Haunted #OFFTHEWALL to Close Season for South End Open Market
New England Open Markets, owner and operator of South End Open Market, now located at Ink Block, announced details for 2016 season closing event – Haunted #OFFTHEWALL, set to take place on Sunday, October 30, from 10 a.m. to 5…
Airbnb in Boston May Soon See Restrictions
By Beth Treffeisen On a quiet residential street in Charlestown, Joe Bianco, a long-time resident has been a host for Airbnb, an online home sharing community, for five years. During that time he has had over 400 reservations with guests…
Two Die on Sewer Line Job at Dartmouth Street
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.…
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…