Thursday Standout Message: Enough Is Enough on Mass/Cass Yahaira Lopez has watched over the last few months as her mother, who lives on Washington Street in the South End, has just grown mentally exhausted from all of the quality of…
Author: Seth Daniel
What’s in a Name? Kennedy Name No Longer Enough to Best Veteran Sen. Markey
Markey Wins 24 of 29 Downtown Precincts Decisively Political pundits will be scratching their heads for weeks as they analyze the numbers and trends that propelled U.S. Senator Ed Markey – once labelled dead in the water – to a…
Alexandra Ball Neighbors Celebrate One Victory, Only to Find Another Defeat
Breaking her silence on the issue, Council President Kim Janey issued a letter last week to neighbors in the Alexandra Ball Neighborhood Association announcing that encampments on Melnea Cass Boulevard had been removed, but that good news was greeted with…
EBNA Sees Improvements in Peters Park Homeless Situation
The East Berkeley Neighborhood Association (EBNA) kicked off the fall civic season in the South End from behind a computer screen, with public meetings still being held online due to COVID-19 restrictions. At the top of the list for the…
Northeastern University Picks up Again on 26-Story Student Housing Tower
Northeastern University has picked things back up on the proposed 26-story student housing tower on Columbus Avenue in the South End, with the Boston Planning and Development Agency calling for a Sept. 22 meeting of the Northeastern Task Force. The…
Gov. Baker Deactivates the National Guard After a Few Days
After calling up the National Guard on Friday, Aug. 28, for up to 1,000 Guardsman to potentially help municipal leaders, Gov. Charlie Baker deactivated the National Guard on Monday. Baker said National Guard members were there to assist municipalities until…
Tubman House Sale Brings Out Protests, Triggers Vandalism: Court Case and Injunction Filed Last Week Quickly Dismissed
Protests broke out again on Aug. 20 over the sale of the Tubman House on Mass Avenue, and the mural on the building was defaced early Monday – only days after the project was approved to move ahead with demolition…
Shaping a City: After a Lifetime in the South End, the Hershfangs Leave the Neighborhood
Boxes of old photos, remembrances of friends long gone and paperwork that was once critical to changing the shape and culture of Boston and the South End have been leaving the long-time West Rutland Square home of Herb and Ann…
Election Commissioner Confident on Mail-In Voting, Election Process
So much skepticism and doubt nationally has veiled the mail-in voting and early voting initiatives brought about by COVID-19 restrictions, but ahead of the Sept. 1 State Primary, Boston Elections Commissioner Eneida Tavares said she is confident and the process…
Pine Street Officials Won’t Sign South End Only MOU Agreement
One week after a group of South End neighborhood leaders agreed upon and submitted a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to Pine Street Inn about conduct and protections at the Roundhouse Hotel – now a homeless shelter – Pine Street said…