By Seth Daniel Checking out the latest cell phone gadgets or customizing one’s cellular plan doesn’t typically jibe with live opera music coming from the rafters, or the sounds of a cellist practicing away at a challenging piece, but in…
Eateries Around the City are Participating in Dine Out Boston
A total of 34 eateries from the Back Bay, Fenway, Kenmore and South neighborhoods are participating in this year’s Dine Out Boston sponsored by the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau (GBCVB) in partnership with American Express. This is the…
BPDA Board Approves Major South End Projects
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) Board approved two major projects in the South End at its meeting on Thursday, March 2. The BPDA board approved the Harrison Albany Block to revitalize vacant South End buildings to yield cultural,…
The Lucas’ Selling Well, Hoping for New City Park Next Door
By Seth Daniel Not only is David Goldman the developer of ‘The Lucas’ at the old Trinity Church on Shawmut Avenue, but he liked the product so much that he bought into it. Goldman, a resident of the South End…
Methadone Clinics at Odds Over Efforts to Relieve Stresses on Area
By Seth Daniel When Mayor Martin Walsh made comments last week in a radio piece on WBUR that he was frustrated with the lack of effort by Methadone Clinics in the Worcester Square and Newmarket area, it came as a…
Friends of the South End Library Hold Annual Meeting
Neighbors and friends packed into a small meeting room in the South End Library on January 31, to take part of the annual Friends of the South End Library (FOSEL) meeting. There, members participated in electing new board members and…
LexRx,Exclusive Med Spa Opens on Newbury Street
By Marianne Salza There are plenty of med-spas in Boston that offer an array of services from Botox and fillers to laser treatments and body contouring; but friends, Alexa Nicholls Costa and Alexandra L. Rogers aspired to go further and…
Police Briefs 03-09-2017
BACK BAY-KENMORE/FENWAY – SOUTH END POLICE LOG Feb. 27 525 Tremont St. – Assault – Aggravated; Other Offense 343 Newbury St. – Property – Lost 939 Boylston St. – Warrant Arrest 96 West Springfield St. – Threats to Do Bodily…
Cash Only, and a Rubber Band for Good Measure
There are a lot of people who still carry around cash. A good majority of folks, especially the fast movers in our neighborhoods, rely only on the electronic world to make purchases. Having a few dollars in the pocket is…
Massachusetts is No 1
Last week’s cover story in U.S. News & World Report that ranks Massachusetts as the overall top state in the nation comes as no surprise to those of us who have worked and lived in the Commonwealth for most of…
Fortissimo Fists:Back Bay Boxer Brings Title Home to Boston
It was a one-week long boxing lesson – procured via a Groupon no less – that led Back Bay resident Arika Skoog to put a music career on hold and go for the gloves. And it’s quickly paid off in…
CSTO Celebrate Chinese New Year and Black History Month
Adam Cheung shows off his martial art skills during the Castle Square Tenants Organization (CSTO) 8th Annual Chinese New Year and Black History Month combined celebration last Friday, Feb. 24, at the Benjamin Franklin Institute.