While Mayor Michelle Wu opting to extend the outdoor dining through the month of December undoubtedly gave the city’s restaurants a much-needed boost amid the still-ongoing pandemic, one accomplished restauranteur also sees it as a promising sign for the future…
Author: Dan Murphy
City Considering Making Changes to Five Intersections Around Public Garden
After making changes to walk signals and creating separated bike lanes on the streets around the Public Garden last year via its multi-phase Connect Downtown project, the city is now considering making permanent design changes at five intersections near the…
Charlesgate West Plans Shared With Community
The community got a look at the latest design for a housing development with ground-floor retail proposed for 2 Charlesgate West in the Fenway during a virtual meeting sponsored by the Boston Planning and Development Agency on Dec. 15. …
Temporary Rink Installed at Frog Pond to Allow for Skating This Winter
When it looked as though there would be no skating at the Frog Pond on the Boston Common this winter for the second consecutive season – this time, due to a mechanical issue with the rink’s colling mechanism – the…
Virtual Meeting Held to Discuss Ongoing Crisis at Mass. And Cass
The South End, Newmarket, Roxbury Working Group on Addiction, Recovery, and Homelessness held a virtual meeting Monday, Dec. 13, to discuss the ongoing public health crisis at Mass. and Cass, including Boston Medical Center’s plan to bring new homelessness/addiction services…
At Boston Premier Dentistry, Patients Are Like Family
What sets Boston Premier Dentistry, PC (formerly Ficociello and Ficociello D.D.S, PC) apart from the competition, according to Dr. Kourosh Asha, DMD, the owner of and one of the practitioners at the longstanding downtown dental office, is the warm, familial…
Pour House Could Reopen by January
The Pour House could reopen at its former home of 34 years at 907 Boylston St. under new management “hopefully within the month of January,” representatives for the applicant told the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay License and Building…
D4 Sees 15-Percent Drop in Part One Crime From Last Year
Leading up to Thanksgiving, District 4 had seen a 15-percent drop in Part One crime from last year, according to Boston Police. Between Jan. 1 and Nov. 21 of this year, 2,363 incidents of Part One crime had been reported…
Mothers Out Front Brings Its Renewable-Energy Message to the State House
Around 30 representatives from the downtown neighborhoods for Mothers Out Front – a national, grass-roots group of mothers, grandmothers, and other caregivers advocating for a transition off of fossil fuels to renewable energy in an effort to combat climate change…
Rats Rampant in Bay Village, South End, According to Study
Bay Village and the South End are, respectively, the second- and third-most rodent-infested neighborhoods this year in the city, ranking only behind the top-ranked downtown neighborhood, while the Back Bay came in fifth on the list, according to a recent…