Roody Jean-Baptist, 18, a senior at Cathedral High, asks Jasmine Veerapen (11) to be his prom date at the end of the state Semi-Finals in Woburn High School last Wednesday night, March 15. The Cathedral girls won the game over…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Exchange South End Unveils Initial Ideas at South End Forum, Takes Show to the Road
By Seth Daniel If the Boston Flower Exchange project is going to be all about the community, they’ve certainly started in the right place. Looking to pre-empt the City’s official process with their own “feeling out” of the South End…
Reshaping the BPDA from the Inside Out:Women now Make up Majority of Agency Staff
By Beth Treffeisen The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) formerly the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) was formed in 1957. Throughout the years, this agency has decided in many ways what direction the City should go in by having a…
SoWa Saturday Proposal Still Hung up at City Hall
By Seth Daniel After a long and involved meeting with the Old Dover Neighborhood Association last month concerning the expansion of the SoWa Market to Saturdays, the eventual overwhelming neighborhood supports seemed to be the conclusion of the community discussion.…
Debate Over Proposed Tower in the Bay Village Continues
By Beth Treffeisen Looming over the minds of many in the Bay Village and surrounding neighborhoods, is a proposed 19-story building that is slated to fill in the gap of a current surface parking lot, between the Revere Hotel and…
News Briefs
TIME TO HAVE SOME FUN…AND TALK ‘Get Tapped’ will take place on Tuesday, March 28, from 6-10 p.m. at Banyan Bar + Refuge, 553 Tremont St. Tickets are $15 and that includes two drink tickets from kegs of Pabst, featured…
Lights,Orbs to Appear Over Blackstone/Franklin this Spring
By Seth Daniel Hovering orbs and lights in the sky might conjure up ideas of ‘X Files’ proportions, but the lights and orbs over Blackstone and Franklin Square parks won’t lend themselves so much to conspiracy theories this spring as…
Major Changes and Investment Coming to Delivery, Cathedral Office Soon
By Seth Daniel There’s a problem when South End resident Nancy Farrington doesn’t get her weekly copy of US magazine. It means that many other people who also like to read her weekly copy of the magazine also don’t get…
Panopticon Gallery to Close May 1 in Hotel Commonwealth
From Keith Johnson’s comparative aerial photographs composed in grid formations, and William Wegman’s whimsical pictures of his beloved Weimaraners, to the breathtaking black and white images of mountainous landscapes taken by cartographer Bradford Washburn, Panopticon Gallery has displayed the works…
Parks Department Announces Fenway Tree Removal Hearing
In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 87, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will hold a public hearing on Thursday, April 6, at 11 a.m. on a request to remove four public shade trees at 201 Brookline Avenue in…