As a new school term starts today, Sept. 6, Principal Jamel Adkins-Sharif will look around as the students file into the Blackstone Innovation School, and it will be a morning of movement. That movement aligns with the momentum that the…
Month: September 2018
Exchange South End Hits Snag with State Environmental Officials on Traffic
State environmental regulators have determined that the monumental Exchange South End project does not yet comply with their regulations, particularly in regard to traffic – setting the project back a bit and requiring a longer state review process. “I hereby…
News Briefs
YWCA TO BE BOUTIQUE HOTEL The old YWCA building at 40 Berkeley Street in the Ellis neighborhood has been proposed to become a 164-room hotel geared to the younger set who prefer lower rates and fewer amenities. Mount Vernon Company…
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From the Sept. 5 Conservation Commission meeting, City Hall: Notice of Intent from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) for the proposed exhumation, analysis and removal of 66 burials from the Quarantine Cemetery located on Gallops Island, Boston.…
Four South End Projects Approved by the South End Landmark District Commission
At the South End Landmark District Commission hearing on Sept. 4, four cases were heard as part of the design review process. The first was at 619 Massachusetts Avenue #1, where an architect represented the owners who could not make…
Students Invited to Apply for City’s Exam Schools
The Boston Public Schools (BPS) will offer the Independent School Entrance Examination (ISEE) for admission to the city’s three examination schools on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 8 a.m. Testing will take place at seven locations across the city. The deadline…
Applied Learning Center Unveiled at Cathedral High School
Cathedral High School in the South End revealed its brand new Applied Learning Center at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Sept. 4. Construction for the 15,000 square-foot center began in April 2017, and it will include programs in STEAM-based learning: science,…
Local Artist’s Esplanade Mural Extended for Another Year
Patterned Behavior, a 100-plus-foot-long vivid mural painted by local artist Silvia Lopez Chavez, will remain for another year on a stretch of the Charles River Esplanade west of the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge. Completed in Summer 2017, the mural has brightened…
Alleged Gunman Charged in Mass Ave Station Shooting
A man was arraigned Aug. 16 on charges he opened fire outside the Mass Ave MBTA station, critically injuring a 24-year-old man. Lushaun Gay, 27, was arraigned in Roxbury Municipal Court in connection with the Aug. 15 shooting at Mass…
MBTA Fenway Portal Project, 60 Kilmarnock St., Safety are Huge Concerns for ACNA
The MBTA Fenway Portal Project is an issue that is very important to the members of the Audubon Circle Neighborhood Association (ACNA), but perhaps the most important question still remains: where will the water go once it’s diverted into the…