Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF,) is currently enrolling youth participants, age 6-17, for the annual BCYF Citywide Swim League. Every year, over 300 young swimmers participate in the BCYF Swim League. In addition to improving swimming skills, participants…
Author: The Boston Sun Staff
Fenway Center, Air Rights Project Could Begin in 2017 with Change
By Seth Daniel The first air-rights project over the Mass Pike in 30 years could begin as early as next spring, as the Fenway Center proposal that unites Beacon Street to Brookline Avenue over the Pike issued a Notice of…
#OFFTHEWALL to Launch at South End Open Market at Ink Block
The South End Open Market, now located at Ink Block, will bring #OFFTHEWALL, Boston’s first live graffiti art gallery and block party, to the Market on Sunday, Sept. 25. #OFFTHEWALL is set to take place from 11 a.m. to 4…
Old Dover Focuses in on Public Safety in Wake of Attack
By Seth Daniel After a brutal, daylight attack of a woman on Harrison Avenue in late July, the Old Dover Neighborhood Association called for a bolstering of its Safety and Security Committee at its first meeting of the season on…
Police Briefs 09-22-2016
BACK ABY KENMORE/FENWAY SOUTH END POLICE LOG Sept. 12 532 Commonwealth Ave. – Property – Lost 32 Cunard St. – Robbery – Street 15 Lansdowne St. – Disorderly Conduct 419 Massachusetts Ave. – Investigate Person 2 Lattimore Court – Assault…
Downtown View:How to Succeed in Downtown Boston
By Karen Cord Taylor You moved in a couple of weeks ago. Welcome. You’ll love it here. You can walk to everything—work, concerts, shopping, the dentist, the river, the harbor. It’s easy to meet new people because all the downtown…
Fall Is Here — Make the Most of It
Although those of us who are fortunate to live near the coast may choose the summer as our favorite time of year, fall is the top choice of many of our fellow New Englanders — and a close second for…
School Bells Ring at Blackstone School
Back to School Buddies: Jessy Feliz, Cameron Weinstein and Jayden Abrahms were ready to get back to classes last Thursday morning, Sept. 8, at the Blackstone Innovation School in the South End. The first day of school came for all…
Work on Peters Park Dog Run to Start This Week, More Park Improvements Contemplated
By Seth Daniel Peters Park is about ready to get some major upgrades in the Dog Run and in the rest of the park as well, according to members of the Friends of Peters Park. Neighbors announced at the Eight…
Marijuana Amendment Passes Zoning Commission, Limits Locations
By Seth Daniel An amendment to the City’s Zoning Code that would put in place a half-mile buffer zone on medical marijuana dispensaries, long championed by Councilor Michael Flaherty, passed unanimously last week at the City’s Zoning Commission. It is…