By Cheryl Petersen One hundred-fifty years ago, a woman living in Swampscott, Mass., had an ah-ha moment. She couldn’t describe the epiphany, but it resulted in an instant recovery from an injury caused a few days earlier that had left…
The Boston Athenæum Exhibition Runs through September 4
The Boston Athenæum at 10½ Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108 is proud to present the exhibition, Collecting for the Boston Athenæum in the 21st Century: Prints & Photographs in the Athenæum’s Norma Jean Calderwood Gallery on view through Sunday, September…
Police Briefs 04-07-2016
March 28 236 Newbury St. – Larceny – Theft from Building 535 Newbury St. – Assault Simple – Battery 110 Huntington Ave. – Investigate Person 16 Queensberry St. – Motor Vehicle Accident – Other City Vehicle 132 Jersey St. –…
Downtown View:Heroic
By Karen Cord Taylor Mayor John Hynes was elected in 1949, John Collins in 1960. Collins brought in Ed Logue as the director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, established in 1957. These men faced a problem. Boston was in trouble.…
Boston Strong
That is the slogan, a rallying cry, that came out of the senseless bombings of the Boston Marathon in 2013. While the culprits and their associates are either dead or in jail, their actions still live on for the familes…
The Anime Boston 2016 Festival
The Back Bay was invaded last week. The Anime Boston 2016 festival at the Hynes Convention Center caused more than a few neighbors to do a double take as elaborately consumed characters made their way through he streets and byways…
Officials Announce Five Goals for Cultural Plan
By Seth Daniel The Boston Creates team held its final Town Hall meeting at Bunker Hill Community College on Monday night, March 28, and revealed five goals that will be used to form the upcoming Boston Cultural Plan – due…
Local Reaction to BRA Extension by City Council
By Jordan Frias and Dan Murphy The decision to allow the 14 urban renewal districts to extend for six more years by the City Council has caught the attention of several neighborhood associations who were not pleased with the outcome.…
Store Owners look Forward to Opening Day for Red Sox
By Jordan Frias A great year for the Red Sox means a great year for business, according to Bobby D’Angelo, owner of the Red Sox Team Store on Yawkey Way. D’Angelo is hoping to cash in on the retirement announcement…
Feds Raid Lenox Street,Shut down Cardinals Gang with 27 Charged
Boston Police and Federal agents boasted late last week, after a monumental raid on the Lenox Street Housing Development, that they’d cooled off one of the City’s 10 hottest spots for criminal activity. After more than a year of investigation,…
The Disappearing Passion
By Phineas J. Stone There have been so many changes in Boston, and frequently Mr. Boston here likes to point them out. Few are bigger, though, than the change around the observance of Easter. Simply put, it’s because there…
Police Briefs 03-31-2016
BACK BAY KENMORE/FENWAY SOUTH END POLICE LOG March 21 130 Pembroke St. – Robbery – Street East Newton/Father Francis J. Gilday streets – Motor Vehicle Accident – Property Damage; Violation of the Auto Laws- Operating Unregistered/Uninsured Car 141 Massachusetts Ave.…