The City Council Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing on Nov. 29 regarding corporate tax-break transparency in the city of Boston. With recent conversations around the location of Amazon second headquarters, tax break transparency is on the minds…
Car Breaks on the Rise in Back Bay During Holiday Season
With the holiday season now upon us, Back Bay car breaks are on the rise as thieves target vehicles with visible packages, said Officer Chris Shoulla of the Boston Police Department’s District 4. “Back Bay has always been one of…
USES Releases RFP for Tubman House
The United South End Settlements organizations (USES) has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) this week to the development community for its long-time headquarters at 566 Columbus Ave., known as the Harriet Tubman House. USES President and CEO Maicharia Weir…
News Briefs
LIBERTY COMPASSIONATES TO HAVE MEETING, UNION PARK WON’T OPPOSE The Union Park Neighborhood Association released the results of its neighbor survey and executive board vote this week to say it would not oppose the petition of Liberty Compassionates medical marijuana…
Holiday Happenings
2018 SoWa WINTER FESTIVAL EXTENDS FOR TWO WEEKENDS ‘Tis the season for the fourth annual SoWa Winter Festival. Now over two weekends, join SoWa for the biggest winter shopping village and holiday festival in Boston. You’ll find the perfect handmade…
Police Briefs 12-06-2018
D-4 POLICE NEWS Mall rat On Thursday, Nov. 29, at approximately 3:49 a.m., officers responded to a radio call for a person with a knife inside the Prudential Center at 800 Boylston St. On arrival, police met with a security…
Letter to the Editor
Following up on Editorial about Climate Change Dear Editor: There are other sources of carbon dioxide in addition to electric power generation. Heating buildings and heating domestic hot water are also significant sources of CO2. Nationwide, 46 percent of the…
Enjoy the Holidays — Safely
With the Christmas season in full swing, there will be the usual office, family, and neighborhood parties for all of us to partake and enjoy. By no means do we wish to cast negative thoughts or to be party-Scrooges, but…
Enjoy the Holiday Season
This is a wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories — even for the younger set — of Christmases-past. We choose…
Hundreds Attend Tree Lighting at Faneuil Hall
Christmas Tree lightings have had a rough time of it this year with the huge amounts of rain that have fallen on the Hub. This week, the annual Copley Square Tree Lighting was cancelled due to rain. However, Faneuil Hall…
‘An Emerald Evening’ at the MFA
Olmsted Award of Excellence honoree Janet Atkins and Emerald Necklace Conservancy Board Chair Ben Taylor admire Atkins’s award during “An Emerald Evening for Emerald Necklace Conservancy” earlier this month.
School on South End’s Edge Fighting Discarded Needles, Homeless Encampments
When the colorful fall leaves fall on most schoolyards in Boston, it’s a unique and happy time to play outside, but at Orchard Gardens K-8 on the edge of the South End, the falling leaves present a grave danger and…