Director Of The Arts Commission, Karin Goodfellow, presents City Lights founder and executive director Duggan Hill with a proclamation of Duggan Hill Day from Mayor Martin Walsh. In Boston, Dec. 23 was Duggan Hill Day, commemorating the 30th annual City…
Month: December 2017
Top Stories of 2017
Time flies by fast, especially after attending public meeting after public meeting. The year of 2017 brought a lot of changes to our neighborhoods from concerns over new development projects to traffic qualms, to even just down-to-earth fun events with…
BPS Officials Cancel Plans to Change Starting Times
By Beth Treffeisen After widespread opposition from parents and a number of Boston City Councilors, the Boston School System has decided to desert their plans to change the opening and closing school times across the city next fall, according to…
More Outreach Needed for Opiate Working Group in South End
By Seth Daniel After concluding its first public meeting last month, the expansive Opiate Working Group in the South End has agreed that it needs to have more and better outreach to the overall community. The public meeting took…
Police Briefs 12-28-2017
HEAD CASE On Friday, Dec. 22, at around 3:30 a.m., officers responded to a radio call to investigate a person in the area of 535 Boylston St. On arrival, police observed the suspect attacking another officer in the vicinity of…
Bay Village Christmas Tree
Miles Heald (3) eyes the colorful Christmas tree in Bay Village with wonder this month in expectation for all the excitement to come with the holiday season.
Menorah Lighting at Copley
The Boston Chabad held a public Menorah lighting in the Back Bay’s Copley Square on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 17, to commemorate the Hanukkah celebration. The event had been rescheduled from Dec. 12 due to inclement weather. Hanukkah ended this week.
Ward 4 Holiday Party
Gubernatorial candidate Setti Warren, the current mayor of Newton, alongside State Rep. Jay Livingstone speaking to Back Bay resident Jacqueline Royce during the Ward 4 Democratic Committee’s holiday party at the South End Library on Tuesday, Dec. 19. Warren and…
Questions Continue to Stir about NatGrid Back Bay Pipeline
By Beth Treffeisen Seen from vantage points across the city, a large light up crane marks the start of construction of the future One Dalton development that will feature a luxury residential and hotel tower that will rise to 691…
South End Neighbors Show Initial Wariness Over Medical Marijuana Pitch
By Seth Daniel News traveled fast in the South End this week about a medical marijuana outfit that has begun pitching the idea of locating a facility in the 600th block of Tremont Street. Several neighborhood leaders told the Sun…