By Seth Daniel After many months of discussion and one revamp, the South End Forum approved recommendations drafted by its Parking Task Force at its meeting on Jan. 3 – recommendations that include banning space savers, charging a fee for…
Month: January 2017
SELC Puts Preservation Plan on Hold for Boston Medical Center
By Beth Treffeisen The South End Landmarks Commission (SELC) voted to continue the application for the preservation plan and evaluation report of the Dowling Building at Boston Medical Center at the January 3, hearing. With Commissioners John Amodeo and John…
Boston’s Use of Dry Ice for Rodent Control Is Placed on Temporary Ban
By Beth Treffeisen A successful new program of using carbon dioxide in the form of dry ice for rodent control was recently put on hold after it came to the attention of the State’s Department of Agricultural Resources that it…
District 4 Sees Drop in Part One Crime in ‘16
By Dan Murphy As 2016 drew to a close, District 4 was on track to see an approximately 8-percent decrease in violent and property crime from the pervious year. According to Boston Police, 3,586 Part One crimes were reported in…
Police Briefs 01-12-2017
BACK BAY – KENMORE/FENWAY – SOUTH END POLICE LOG Jan. 2 132 Brookline Ave. – Sick/Injured/Medical – Person Columbus/Massachusetts avenues – Violation of Auto Law – Operating After Revocation/Suspension; Violation of Auto Law – Operating Unregistered/Uninsured Car; Violation of Auto…
Framingham Underground: Broadcasting from the Bunker on a Snow Day
By Phineas J. Stone I guess I don’t always remember menial things like how politicians used to handle snowstorms and blizzards, but for the life of me, I can’t recall some of the City’s old-time mayors and the state’s previous…
What Would Martin Luther King Jr. Think?
When one considers that it has been almost 49 years since Martin Luther King was assassinated, it is easy to understand why so many of our fellow Americans today have so little understanding of who he was and what he…
First Night Boston
Katy Mulroy led a giant dragon around the steps of the Boston Public Library during the Peoples Parade at First Night on New Year’s Eve in Copley Square. The new configuration proved popular with those who braved the rain and…
Cathedral Dominates
HIGH ALTITUDES: Cathedral’s Trevor Lynch drives to the net in first quarter action of the Panther’s 63-41 victory over St. John’s in the second round of the BABC Holiday Classic on Wednesday, Dec. 28. Cathedral High played host this…
New Boston Flower Exchange Ownership Ready for Two-Tiered Community Process
By Seth Daniel In a nod to community-first thinking in his home neighborhood, the Abbey Group’s Bill Keravuori appeared at the South End Forum on Tuesday night, Jan. 3, to begin what was described as the first of many prolonged…