By Jordan Frias After a year as vice president of the Old Dover Neighborhood Association in the South End, Ken Smith has become president of the organization and is looking to improve things within his neighborhood boundaries. Smith said he…
Month: March 2016
Stuart St Gets New Zoning Regs
By Dan Murphy After receiving a green light from the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) board of directors in Februray, new zoning regulations for the Stuart Street district earned the approval of the Boston Zoning Commission last week. The regulations are…
More Businesses Slated to Open at Ink Block
By Jordan Frias Six different businesses are slated to move into the Ink Block neighborhood of the South End later this year, the developer announced last week. National Development, developer and owner of Ink Block, announced late last month that…
TEA to Prioritize Care for Trees
By Dan Murphy The Esplanade Association is prioritizing the care of the park’s 1,700 trees after undertaking a comprehensive inventory of them last fall. Using a cloud-based technology called ArborScope, each tree was fully evaluated based on seven categories, including health, size, age, value, ecological importance,…
Ferris Wheel and Winter Skating Proposed for New City Hall Plaza
By Matt Conti The remake of City Hall Plaza took another step forward with a bid awarded to the owners of TD Garden, Delaware North / Boston Garden Development Corporation. Working with city officials, the private group will look to…
MBTA Hikes Fares 9.3 Percent Overall
By John Lynds The MBTA Fiscal and Management Control Board approved several fare changes that translate into a system-wide average increase is approximately 9.3 percent. Following a series of community meetings MBTA Director of Operations Charles Plank heard from residents…
The Windup and The Pitch
By Phineas J. Stone There was a time in Boston for men, young and old, when St. Patrick’s Day typically meant digging out the mitt, cleats and softball gear from the basement. The older one got, the more necessary it…
Police Briefs 03-17-2016
March 7 21 Emerald Court – Verbal Dispute 55 West Dedham St. – Larceny – Theft of Bicycle 11 East Newton St. – Investigate Person 1050 Tremont St. – Drugs – Possession of a Class D Substance – Intent to…
Downtown View:Big Pharma? Try Big Fish
By Karen Cord Taylor Last week the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center hosted Seafood Expo, a showcase of more than 1,200 fishing boat companies, seafood packagers and processors, fish farmers and suppliers to the fish industry. I went over to…
Worth A Try
For years, plans to change the brick wasteland that is City Hall Plaza into a more vibrant part of the city life has been bandied about by city officials. Officials have even tried to move events from the over used…