Is There a right foot braking lobby? Should we care? Yes there is and we should care because in the last 50 years it can be blamed for the deaths of 30,000 people, the life changing injuries to millions and…
Enjoy A “Safe and Sane” Holiday Weekend
When Americans celebrated the Fourth of July at the turn of the 20th century, they did so in such rowdy fashion that vandalism and destruction of both public and private property were commonplace. This rampant hooliganism was suppressed only when…
The Words That Shook the World
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. When the members of…
TITLE Boxing Club Set to Open on Newbury Street
By Cary Shuman A new boxing fitness club slated to open next month is already creating excitement in the Back Bay. TITLE Boxing Club will welcome in fitness enthusiasts beginning July 11 at 338 Newbury St., Boston. Title Boxing has…
Office Building Proposed for 321 Harrison Avenue
By Seth Daniel In a bit of a change in plans, an eight-story office building has been proposed for the space atop an existing parking garage at 321 Harrison Ave. – a plan that departs from the developer’s initial desire…
Residents Get Look at Plans for Back Bay MBTA Station
By Dan Murphy Citizens got a look at the preliminary proposal for the $1 billion transformation of the MBTA’s Back Bay station and surrounding city block at a meeting sponsored by the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay on Wednesday,…
Public Body Workouts Highlight Summer of Health in Franklin Square
By Seth Daniel As Chad Flahive arrived at Heartbreak Hill Running Club on Tremont Street Monday evening, he welcomed several of those in tank tops and running shoes outside the store with the greeting of a friend and not just…
Downtown View:Summer Feasts
by Karen Cord Taylor Have you ever been to a feast on the streets of the North End? I decided this is the summer I’m going. I knew little about them for many years. Recently, they seem to have proliferated.…
Parking Hearing Starts with Hot Tempers, Ends with Agreement
By Seth Daniel The public hearing by the South End Forum’s Parking Task Force represented eight months of work and some two years worth of discussion, but it began last Tuesday, June 14, with a rowdy audience challenging the at-large…
Pedestrian Accidents,Near Misses Highlight Planning for Vision Zero
By Seth Daniel An adult and a child were struck by a vehicle in the are of 640 Commonwealth Ave. on Tuesday night, June 21, near the Boston University campus, and though the injuries were non-life threatening, the accident this…
Police Briefs 06-23-2016
BACK BAY KENMORE/FENWAY SOUTH END POLICE LOG June 13 Violation of Auto Law – Other 230 Shawmut Ave.- Credit Card/ATM Fraud Harrison Avenue/Waltham Street – Motor Vehicle Accident – Leaving Scene – Property Damage 200 Clarendon St. – Sick/Injured/Medical –…
Walking Around Boston
By Phineas J. Stone There’s a great deal of energy and excitement nowadays for walking in the City of Boston. Fancy that. Those stirring up the excitement approach it as if we’ve never heard of the term ‘walking.’ Those of…