HIGHER ED: Blackstone/Franklin Square Association At-Large Board Member Toni Crothall and Founder Andrew Parthum pose with scholarship recipient Nicholas Antoine (center), who will be going to Mt. Ida College to study mortuary science. The scene came about last Thursday, Feb.…
New England Watercolor Society Signature Show
President of the New England Watercolor Society and Back Bay resident Wendy Hale with her piece “Online@Marcy’s.” She was inspired during a visit to a diner in Portland, Maine. The figures stood out, she could see so much about their…
Residents Call for a Ban on Investor Units:City Council Begins Work on Regulating Short-Term Rentals
Across the city, corporations are buying up residential units, converting them to short-term rentals through Airbnb and other similar online platforms to turn a quick profit and essentially making a residential unit into a de facto hotel room. As a…
Rose Rush: Flower Exchange Settles Into Its New Home on First Valentine’s Day
Anyone in Greater Boston who got a rose on Valentine’s Day yesterday likely had that rose pass through the New England Flower Exchange in Chelsea – the new home of the former Boston Flower Exchange that spent more than 50…
SoWa Market Looks to Lose Saturdays, Focus on Sunday Only
The SoWa Market brought excitement to Saturdays on Harrison Avenue last summer, but organizers said it just wasn’t enough excitement to go forward for a second year. SoWa’s Bradley St. Amand said the market operated on Saturdays and Sundays last…
CWRA Annual Meeting to Showcase Progress in Climate and Community Resilience
Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA) – the leading science and advocacy organization for the Charles River and its watershed – will highlight its programs and progress helping Massachusetts communities better withstand climate change at its annual meeting on March 8…
Proposed ‘Digital Urban Panels’ Meeting with Strong Opposition
A capacity crowd was on hand at the State Transportation Building on Thursday, Feb. 8, when the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) Office of Outdoor Advertising reviewed an application to install multiple “digital urban panels” at four MBTA stations. Boston-based…
New Director for WGMS Takes Artistic Look at the Neighborhood
The board for Washington Gateway Main Street (WGMS) announced that it has hired Liza Quinonez as its new acting director after the departure of former director Andrew Malloy. WGMS is one of the oldest Main Streets programs in the city,…
Fundraising Goals Surpass Expectations for Renovations to the South End Library
In the first ever private-public partnership between the private community and the Boston Public Library (BPL), the fundraising goal for the first phase of the South End Library renovations has surpassed expectations. At the annual meeting of the board and…
Police Briefs 02-15-2018
D-4 POLICE NEWS Hotel hell On Thursday, Feb. 8, at about 12:56 a.m., police responded to a radio call to investigate a person at the Sheraton Hotel at 39 Dalton St. Upon arrival, officers spoke to the female victim, who…
Smokes and Subs Delivered After 6
Raise your hand if you ever had to buy cigarettes for your parents at the packie when you were a kid? Ok. Now raise your hand if you ever called a taxi to deliver cigarettes and beer to your home…
Thinking Back in Time
As someone born and raised in the South End/Lower Roxbury neighborhood that encompassed St. Philip’s Parish down on Harrison Avenue, I love those old photos of long-ago South End back when it was grittier and less gentrified. A recent photo of one…