The white powder seen last week dusting the Commonwealth Avenue Mall wasn’t evidence of the season’s first snowfall, but rather a sign of the steps that the Friends of the Public Garden continually takes to improve soil health. The Friends…
Month: October 2020
Judge Grants Harassment Order Against Mass/Cass Activist Domingos Darosa
The struggle against conditions on the Mass/Cass corridor has reached Gov. Charlie Baker’s driveway, and Baker’s wife, Lauren, won an unusual battle against one Mass/Cass activist on Monday when a state judge granted her request to bar Domingos DaRosa from…
Organ Donor: Abbott Has Spent a Life-Time Dedicated to Restoring, Fundraising for Cathedral Organ
When Leo Abbott moved to the South End’s Union Park neighborhood in 1984, he quickly took to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross and petitioned repeatedly to become the Music Director at the church. He would have no idea at…
‘An Emerald Evening In’ Raises More Than $75,000 for the Emerald Necklace Conservancy
The Emerald Necklace Conservancy (ENC) held its first ever “Emerald Evening In,” a virtual fundraiser to support the organization’s work in Boston’s Emerald Necklace parks. Hosted by Jared Bowen of GBH news, the event brought in more than 100 people…
Halloween Happenings
Back Bay Won’t Close Marlborough for Halloween NABB and the Friends of the Clarendon Street Playground work with the City Transportation Department and the District D-4 Police Department to close Marlborough Street to vehicular traffic, allowing safe trick-or-treating for children and…
New Excrement Team Gets the Call a Few Times Since Rollout
The City’s new contractor charged with removing human excrement from private property – a service called for in the South End for years and only implemented recently as part of the Mass/Cass 2.0 plan – has only seen sparing use…
BPS Suspends All In-Person Learning Every BPS Student Will Switch to ‘Remote’ Learning
A week after the Suffolk Superior Court rejected the Boston Teachers Union (BTU) request for an emergency injunction so teachers won’t be forced to teach in-person until the positive test rate in Boston goes below 4 percent, Boston Public School…
Parks Department Notes Several Neighborhood Locations as Great Urban Leaf Peeping
Just as the fall foliage prepares to hit its peak season in Boston, the Boston Parks Department chose several of the best places to observe colorful fall col-ors without leaving the City limits – and several open spaces in the…
COVID-19 Update for Back Bay: Positive Test-Rates Level off in the Area for Now
After a 40 percent increase in the COVID-19 positive test rate increased in the Back Bay and surrounding neighborhoods two weeks ago the numbers here have seemed to level off according to data released by the Boston Public Health Commission…
Boston Residents Have Until Oct. 24 to Register to Vote
While Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, is less than two weeks away, Boston residents still have until Saturday, Oct. 24, to register to cast their ballots. City residents can register to vote by that date at https://www.sec.state.ma.us/OVR/, or if unsure…