Month: March 2019
‘Love, Fenway’ Gala at Community Center
Coalition, Friends Dissatisfied With Uses Process for Selling Harriet Tubman House
Last fall, a group of longtime South End service providers – referred to loosely as the ‘Coalition’ – convened as they have over the decades in times of great change – to discuss feeling excluded from the United South End…
Taj Hotel Files Renovation Plans with BPDA; Public Meeting Set for Next Week
The Taj Hotel in the Back Bay is about to get a face lift. IREP Newbury Hotel, LLC, an affiliate of Highgate Hotels, find plans with the Boston Planning and Development Agency on March 11 to “fully renovate and revitalize…
Soundtrack to Saturday: WROL ‘Irish Saturday’ A Fixture for Boston’s Irish Community for Decades
Over kitchen table discussions, while doing the dishes, or quiet moments over tea – the ‘Irish Saturday’ soundtrack on WROL radio has reigned supreme in most Irish American households in Boston and beyond. Older residents remember a lifetime of putting…
City Watchdog Urges Caution in Employee Salaries, Contracts
With the City’s 2018 payroll growing by more than 8 percent over the previous year, one City watchdog is urging caution and a tightening of the reins as this year’s City Budget begins to move forward. “We offer words of…
Marlboro Market Employee Arrested for Allegedly Selling Pot
Less than a year after the longstanding business changed hands, an employee at the Marlboro Market located at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Marlboro Street has been cited for dispensing more than deli meats and sundry household items after…
Alexandra Hotel Project, Moves to ZBA, Landmark
After decades of underutilization and deterioration, the redevelopment of Boston’s most notorious run-down diamond in the rough is one step closer to reality. While some in the South End have found the 150-room, 14-story hotel redevelopment a God-send from out…
City Council Holds Hearing Regarding Wetlands Ordinance and Climate Change Adaptation
The City Council Committee on Government Operations held a hearing on March 18 regarding an ordinance protecting local wetlands and promoting climate change adaptation in the city. The councilors as well as the panel members and members of the public…
BBAC Approves DAS Nodes on Comm. Ave., Signs for Genealogical Society Exhibit
DAS nodes and museum exhibit signs were huge topics of conversation at the Back Bay Architectural Commission hearing on March 13. Applicant Ricardo Sous, Esq. proposed on behalf of ExteNet Systems, Inc. to install Distributed Antenna System (DAS) nodes in…