By Seth Daniel Some might think working with glass is delicate business, but those folks haven’t tried carving ice. For the past 30 years, Steve Rose and his company, Ice Effects, have provided the ice sculptures for First Night –…
Month: January 2017
Daytime Closures of Sidewalks to Happen Along the Longfellow Bridge
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) will close the sidewalk along the Land Boulevard and Memorial Drive westbound in the vicinity of the Longfellow Bridge through Friday, January 6. The sidewalk will be closed from 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.…
Low-Wage Workers to Get New Year’s Raise, Minimum Wage to Rise from $10 to $11
On January 1, 2017, nearly 500,000 low-wage workers in Massachusetts will get their third consecutive annual pay increase when the state’s minimum wage rises from $10 to $11 an hour. The increase is the last of three $1 increases in…
Downtown Businesses Host Ice Sculptures for Boston’s First Night
By Beth Treffeisen With cold temperatures settling in, First Night revelers were able to take in the multiple variety of maritime legend ice sculptures scattered throughout downtown Boston. To continue the fun, throughout Boston’s Back Bay, local businesses hosted a…
Pharmacists Come to Lend a Hand on Methadone Mile, See the Problem First Hand
By Seth Daniel One of the most common routes to heroin addiction is through the use of prescription medication, often pills received by perfectly legal means at the local pharmacy from a registered pharmacist. It’s with that knowledge that several…
Doubles Action:University Club of Boston to Host Annual MFS Pro-Am Squash Doubles Tournament
By Beth Treffeisen For the 26th year in a row, the University Club on Stuart Street in Boston will be hosting the international Squash Doubles Tournament. Running from Wednesday, January 4 to Sunday January 8, the 2017 Massachusetts Financial Services…
Forum Bids Happy Retirement to DPW’s Frank O’Brien
By Seth Daniel The first public servant assigned to the South End Forum was honored at a Forum meeting on Tuesday night for his years of dedication to the community and to the Forum. Frank O’Brien of Public Works (PWD)…
Police Briefs 01-05-2017
BACK BAY KENMORE /FENWAY SOUTH END POLICE LOG Dec. 27 33 Monsignor Reynolds Way – Verbal Dispute 6 Marlborough St. – Assault – Aggravated – Battery; Assault Simple – Battery 393 Massachusetts Ave. – Warrant Arrest 580 Boylston St. –…
Let’s Face It, Boston Is A Winter City, So Let’s Enjoy It
By Phineas J. Stone That’s the feeling I had when I went to the new Boston Winter village on City Hall Plaza over the Christmas and New Year’s break. Boston is a winter city; let’s face it. Yet somehow we’ve…
Keeping Our Water Supply Safe
In 2014, the American Waterworks Association declared MWRA’s water to be the best in the nation. (In fact, it won both first and second place both for the City of Boston’s and the MWRA’s own sample.) This was not a…