This Tuesday, the day after Labor Day, is primary election day across the state for both national and state offices. Although primary elections in Massachusetts generally are of little or no consequence because of the overwhelming Democratic voting enrollment and…
Swingin’ on the Charles
Jimmy Parikh dips Ali Cook during the Community Boating Inc.’s 11th annual Swingin’ on the Charles fundraiser on their dock last Saturday evening, Aug. 18. After a quick-moving storm passed by, dancers flocked to the floor for a night of…
Ward 4 Dems Ice Cream Social
DIG IN! Ezra and Andre Kamili having ice cream together during the annual Ward 4 Democratic Committee ice cream social, hosted by Councilor Michelle Wu. The afternoon event brought out several candidate for office and a lot of neighbors looking…
Hundreds of New Arrivals Compound City Effort to House Homeless
More than 800 new homeless arrivals into Boston have complicated the effort to try to house all chronically homeless people in the City by the end of this year. The City’s innovative effort to catalog and house the hundreds of…
Councilor O’Malley Holds Third Working Session Concerning Net-Zero Carbon
With construction projects popping up all over the city, working to reduce the city’s carbon footprint is an important factor for many. City Councilor and Chair of the Committee on Environment, Sustainability & Parks Matt O’Malley held a working session…
Fenway Neighborhood Preservation Survey Aims to Strike Balance Between Historic Preservation and Development
This summer, the Boston Preservation Alliance is undertaking the Fenway Neighborhood Preservation Survey, which intends to strike a balance between historic preservation and development. Emily Khan, a historic preservation intern for the nonprofit BPA, which strives to protect and improve…
Midtown Hotel Lease Nearing End, Property on the Market
The Midtown Hotel, formerly known as the Mid-Town Motor Inn, has been put on the market by the Christian Science Church as the hotel’s long-term lease comes to an end. The hotel is located across from the Christian Science Plaza…
JP Licks to Make a Colorful Path Back to Newbury Street
After five years off Newbury Street, J.P. Licks – the home-grown Boston ice cream empire – is returning to the city’s most luxe retail district with a storefront that will feature a new plane of lighting technology. J.P. Licks –…
City’s Effort to House Chronic Homeless Compounded by Hundreds of New Arrivals
More than 800 new homeless arrivals into Boston have complicated the effort to try to house all chronically homeless people in the City by the end of this year. The City’s innovative effort to catalog and house the hundreds of…
American Elm
A massive, old and rare American Elm Tree on the alley behind Upton Street is the focus of a rigorous fundraising campaign by the Union Park Neighborhood Association in the South End to save the 150-year old giant. Most American…
Play about Thalidomide Crisis of the 1960s to Come to South End
Coming soon to The Boston Center for the Arts South End Campus is “[Miss],” an award-winning 2017 play about the 1960s thalidomide crisis. The show is being brought to Boston by Hardly Working Productions, a production company based in Orlando,…
Police Briefs 08-23-2018
D-4 POLICE NEWS Drive my car On Monday, Aug. 13, at about 5:50 p.m., officers conducting a drug investigation in the vicinity of the Back Bay MBTA station observed a male suspect standing near the planters at the Dartmouth Street…