Month: November 2018

Holiday Happenings

2018 SoWa WINTER FESTIVAL EXTENDS FOR TWO WEEKENDS ‘Tis the season for the fourth annual SoWa Winter Festival. Now over two weekends, join SoWa for the biggest winter shopping village and holiday festival in Boston. You’ll find the perfect handmade…

News Briefs

WOMEN’S LUNCH PLACE AND MFA On Friday, Nov. 9, the Women’s Lunch Place unveiled two large painting created by local artist and SMFA at Tufts faculty member Nan Free-man. MFA director Matthew Teitelbaum and MFA Guardian Benefactor and longtime supporter…

Mixed-Use Development Planned for Parcel 12

Boston developer Samuels & Associates intends to transform air-rights Parcel 12, located at the “critical” intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Boylston and Newbury streets in the Back Bay, into a 545,000 square-foot, mixed-use development. In the Letter of Intent filed…

Me and My Oil Guy

Late fall and winter have never been the same for me since I switched over to natural gas heat. In year’s past, most of Boston heated their homes – whether the rowhouses, the bricks or the stately residences – with…

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor, Not being a member of the Blackstone/Franklin Neighborhood Association I did not attend the meeting that was reported as part of “The Pot Shop Campaign” in the Nov. 15 issue of the Boston Sun. I take serious issue…

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, tracing its roots back almost 400 years to the Pilgrims, long before there was even a thought of a United States of America. Thanksgiving is the ultimate family-centered holiday. It has no national-celebration connotations,…