Trinity Financial and the Harvard Club of Boston submitted a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) late last week to officially introduce their project on Newbury Street in the Back Bay – a project…
Storywalk Series Comes to Fenway, Kenmore, South End
A family-friendly outdoor multilingual program that combines reading with the outdoors kicked off Monday and will go through May 10. The city’s second StoryWalk series will be held at Symphony Community Park, 39 Edgerly Road, Fenway-Kenmore and at the South…
City Budget Focuses on Climate Resiliency in Back Bay
Last week, acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey Mayor Kim Janey proposed her administration’s recommended $3.75 billion Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) operating budget and $3.2 billion Fiscal Year 2022-2026 (FY22-FY26) Capital Plan. Janey said the budget focuses on providing the resources…
Third Meeting Held for Copley Square Park Redesign Project
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is in the middle of a design process to provide some needed updates to Copley Square Park. A third public meeting regarding the Copley Square Park redesign project was held on April 14, where…
Boston Water Sewer Commission Offers Property Owners Credit to Replace Lead Pipes
Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) announced that it is doubling to $4,000 the credit for replacing lead pipes through its Lead Replacement Incentive Program. A recent review conducted by the Commission estimates that as many as 4,800 property owners…
Swan Boats Return on May 8
Mayor Kim Janey is pleased to announce that the popular Boston Swan Boats will open for the 2021 season at the Boston Public Garden lagoon on Saturday, May 8, at 10 a.m. For the first time in its history, this…
Researchers Concerned, Studying Nearsightedness in Children
Prior to the advent of remote schooling on electronic devices ushered in by COVID-19, doctors and researchers at the Children’s Vision Lab in the Back Bay’s New England College of Optometry (NECO) were concerned about how those devices might be…
Jon Spillane Announces Candidacy for City Councilor At-Large
A lifelong Bostonian with firsthand experience at City Hall and a proven commitment to affordable housing, Jon Spillane has announced his candidacy for City Councilor at-Large. Spillane, a 29-year-old Irving Street resident on Beacon Hill, has taken a leave a…
Back Bay Garden Club to Celebrate Arbor Week With Pop-Up Event
The Back Bay Garden Club and Speak for the Trees will be hosting a pop-up Zoom forum on invasive insects in the urban forest on Thursday, April 29. As part of the event, UMass Extension Entomologist Tawny Simisky will speak…
Shattuck Hospital to Start Construction This Summer, Residents Concerned About Parking Plan
The construction on the new Shattuck Hospital – formerly the Newton Pavilion – on East Newton Street in the South End could begin as early as July, with new green spaces and a smart new exterior, but a plan to…
YouthINK Offers Aspiring Teen Writers the Chance of a Lifetime
Through her newly launched, Boston-based nonprofit initiative, YouthINK, Christy Cashman is offering a trip to Ireland for some lucky teenaged writer to hone their craft in a most inspiring setting, Cashman’s own Kilkea Castle, located just outside County Kildare. “There’s…
Federal Judge Sides With School Committee on Temporary Exam School Admissions Policy: South End Parent of Two Children Seeking Admission Part of the Case
Federal Judge William Young late last week issued his decision on the challenge to this year’s altered Exam School Admission process, saying that the temporary admissions system did not discriminate by race against white and Asian students, but it should…