After facing sharp criticism from neighbors last week in the Worcester Square area on the Mass/Cass 2.0 plan, on Tuesday the City suddenly released a long-delayed online dashboard with statistics and benchmarks on things like recovery placements, needle exchanges and…
‘BioBlitz’ Aims to Identify and Record Biodiversity in Common, Commonwealth Avenue Mall and Public Garden
The Young Friends of the Public Garden is currently undertaking a “BioBlitz” with the intention of engaging the public to identify and record 2,500 observations of biodiversity and 400 different living species during a one-month period in the Boston Common,…
Walsh Gives COVID-19 Updates, Cassellius Discusses BPS Reopening
Mayor Walsh held a press conference on Friday, July 31, where he provided updates on the City’s COVID-19 efforts, as well as invited Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Brenda Cassellius to speak more about the status of the BPS reopening…
Boston Ward 4 Dems to Meet Virtually Aug. 18
The Boston Ward 4 Dems August meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 18, at 6 pm virtually. Join fellow Democrats from Back Bay, Fenway, and the South End for a discussion with City Councilors Michelle Wu, Kim Janey, and…
Major Interest Sparked for Mail-In Ballots Early in the Primary Election
City officials said this week they had received more than 26,500 applications from registered voters to procure a mail-in ballot for the Sept. 1 Primary Election – which faces a heated race for U.S. Senate race between Ed Markey and…
Families, Students Have Big Decision to Make on School in Coming Weeks
Families with children in the Boston Public Schools (BPS) will be facing a major decision in the coming days and weeks regarding whether they want to choose to participate in a hybrid, in-person learning model for the fall, or to…
Crite Park Designs Set to Be Unveiled in Person and Online This Month
Allan Rohan Crite Park was no more than a brick wall for decades until recent plans to overhaul it into another gem on Columbus Avenue surfaced last year and have gone into overdrive this spring and summer. Such a bland…
Officers Potentially Save Shooting Victim’s Life on Mass/Washington
Police officers from the D-4 Station are being credited with potentially saving the life of a shooting victim on Mass Ave and Washington Street Aug. 2 when they quickly applied a tourniquet to severe wounds he had from the gunshots.…
Restoration on Shaw 54th Memorial Moves Forward
As the ongoing restoration of the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial on the Boston Common progresses, the sculpture’s stonework is being disassembled bit by bit before the bronze sculpture can be removed as one piece and taken off…
SELDC Grants Mandatory Certificate of Exemption to Villa Victoria Center for the Arts
The South End Landmark District Commission (SELDC), against their wishes, granted a Certificate of Exemption on August 4 to raze the former church and parish house at 85 West Newton St., home of the Villa Victoria Center for the Arts.…
Two Homicides on Mass/Cass in One Week Define Recent Uptick in Violence
The Mass/Cass area has been hit with two homicides this week, one on Friday near the Southampton Shelter and a second on Tuesday morning in Clifford Park – both hot spots on the corridor that have seen an uptick in…
Back to School…at a Five-Star Hotel? Some Colleges Surprise Residents with Hotel Plans
Dan Murphy, Lauren Bennett and Seth Daniel Plans for college and university students have begun to settle into the neighborhoods this week, surprising some and causing all to pause and think about what such a massive amount of students in…