By Beth Treffeisen Along an alleyway behind Beacon Street in the Back Bay, a hundred-year-old tree sticks out of a brick garage, standing out among the asphalt and cars that line the small street that runs parallel to Storrow Drive.…
Month: December 2017
Police Briefs 12-21-2017
Back Bay- Kenmore/Fenway – South End Police Log Dec. 11 1260 Boylston St — Larceny All Others 400 Tremont St — Larceny Shoplifting 26 Trotter Ct — Towed Motor Vehicle 77 Chandler St — Towed Motor Vehicle 134 Union Park…
Families and Children Need Not Apply in the “New Boston”
The school start times announced a few weeks ago are just the latest indignity tossed at parents of schoolchildren in Boston over the last 20 years. One of my favorite quotes came from the Sun where I read about a…
Enjoy the Holidays — Safely
Christmas this year is part of a three-day weekend, which means that for many of us, we will be indulging in the “Christmas spirt” early and often. By no means do we wish to cast negative thoughts, but we would…
Enjoy the Holiday Season
This is a wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories — even for the younger set — of Christmases-past. We choose…
West Fenway Christmas Tree Lighting
SANTA BABY! Elizabeth Bertolozzi, president of the Fenway Garden Society, Colleen Fitzpatrick, from the Fenway CDC, and Kristen Mobilia have some fun alongside Santa Claus on Dec. 6 at the West Fens Tree Lighting celebration. Accompanying Santa Claus were Wally…
Caroling at Hayes Park
Singing very merrily were Maureen and Claire Corcoran with their, respectively, grandson/son Robin Murphy (11), during the annual Hayes Park Christmas Caroling event in the South End on Sunday, Dec. 10. Scores of friends and neighbors gathered for the long-standing…
Elementary School Parents in South End Angered by School Time Changes
By Seth Daniel Hundreds of families with school-aged children in the Hurley K-8 and the Blackstone Innovation School in the South End are giving Boston Public Schools (BPS) an emphatic ‘F’ after the district announced its highly anticipated new school…
BPHC Gives Green Light for NEIDL to Study Level 4 Pathogens
By Seth Daniel In the near future, Albany Street will not only be host to more emerging development, but also more serious emerging diseases such as Ebola and Marburg. Few things have consistently been more provocative for such a long…
PIC Grants Permit to Back Bay Pipeline Extension
By Beth Treffeisen The Public Improvements Commission (PIC) approved the construction of a 4,100-foot natural gas main in the Back Bay at a hearing on Dec. 7, despite outrage amongst residents who claim National Grid is skirting a public process.…