The design team unveiled drastically reconfigured plans for a mixed-use complex proposed for Massachusetts Transportation Department (MassDOT) air-rights Parcel 12, including a public plaza, during a Citizens Advisory Committee meeting on the project Tuesday at St. Cecilia’s Parish. “The architecture…
Author: Dan Murphy
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…
Representatives Unveil Plans for Back Bay Dispensary
Representatives for a medical cannabis dispensary currently operating on Milk Street outlined their plans to move to the current location of Mooncusser Fish House in the Back Bay while adding recreational, adult-use marijuana to the menu during a city-sponsored meeting…
Neighbors Learn of Plans to Replace Clemente Field Turf and Track
The neighborhood was apprised of Emmanuel College’s plans to replace the artificial turf and track at Roberto Clemente Field in the Back Bay Fens during a public meeting Monday at the school’s administrative building. John M. Perry, senior project manager…
BVNA Executive Committee Votes Not to Oppose All-Liquor License for Mooncusser
The Bay Village Neighborhood Association Executive Committee voted not to oppose Mooncusser Fish House’s application for an all-liquor license during its monthly meeting Monday night at the South Cove apartments. The committee voted not to oppose granting the license, which was…
USES to Sell Harriet Tubman: Consolidate Services on Rutland Street
The United South End Settlements (USES) is moving forward with plans to sell the Harriet Tubman House and consolidate its services under one roof on Rutland Street. USES launched Vision 125 – its “five-year strategic plan” – in the fall…
BVNA Executive Committee Votes Not to Oppose Addition to 4 Melrose St.Denies Requested Headhouse
The Bay Village Neighborhood Association Executive Committee voted not to oppose building a two-story addition to the one-family brownstone at 4 Melrose St. while denying the applicant’s request to construct a new headhouse on Monday night at the South Cove apartments.…
Neighbors Get Update on Plans for Parcel 12 Development
Members of the design team behind the planned Parcel 12 development unveiled their latest concept before an overflow crowd during a public meeting sponsored by the Boston Planning and Development Agency on Monday night at the Hynes Convention Center. David…
‘Common Ground’ Matriarch Brings New Story to South End
Joan Diver, the matriarch of one South End family profiled in J. Anthony Lukas’ 1986 Pulitzer Prize-winning account of court-ordered busing in Boston – “Common Ground: A Turbulent Decade in the Lives of Three American Families,” discussed and read from…
District D-4 Sees 1-Percent Drop in Part One Crime for ‘18
District D-4 saw a 1-pecent decrease in violent and property crimes in 2018, compared with the previous year. According to Boston Police, 3,584 incidents of Part One crime were reported between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31 in the district, which…