By Karen Cord Taylor You have a taxicab company, or maybe you drive a cab. You paid a lot of money for the medallion that allows you to operate that cab. People trying to hail your cab have no idea…
Summer in the City
By Phineas J. Stone Boston turns into an entirely different place once June 1 hits, and really the warm up for that comes in late May. The early morning sunrise, pleasant temperatures, the return of the birds and the overall…
News Briefs
MOVIES AT THE PRU RETURN The free Family Film Festival series is returning this summer to Prudential Center and the list of great family movies is below. Saturdays starting July 2 through August 27, beginning with fun kid activities at…
Police Briefs 06-02-2016
BACK BAY – KENMORE/FENWAY – SOUTH END POLICE LOG May 23 Brookline Avenue/Yawkey Way – Assault Simple – Battery 900 Boylston St, – Vandalism 1462 Washington St. – Assault Simple – Battery 650 Harrison Ave. – Property – Found 82…
Rock n’ Roll Yoga at the Verb Hotel in Fenway
by Marianne Salza Poolside at The Verb Hotel, a group of women stretched in a low lunge pose, reaching up towards the green wall of Fenway Park during the first Rock n’ Roll Yoga class of the summer on May…
Methadone Mile Neighbors Look for Security
By Seth Daniel Earlier this month at a neighborhood function in the South End, two mayors came face-to-face for a handshake. One of them was Mayor Martin Walsh – the mayor of Boston. The other was George Stergios – the…
Newbury St To Close To Car Traffic for a Day
By Seth Daniel Everyone has been taught to look both ways before crossing the street, but this summer – at least for one day and maybe more – that may not be necessary. Imagine shopping on Newbury…
Flower Exchange Purchased by the Abbey Group of Boston
Several sources confirmed this week that the Abbey Group intends to purchase the large, key parcel of land on Albany Street known as the Flower Exchange and will move to develop it with biotech companies in the fashion of Cambridge’s…
Police Briefs 05-26-2016
BACK ABY KENMORE/FENWAY SOUTH END POLICE LOG May 16 Harcourt/Saint Botolph streets – Robbery – Street 75 Westland Ave. – Robbery – Street 300 Shawmut Ave. – Verbal Dispute 555 Massachusetts Ave. – Vandalism 1395 Washington St. – License Premise…
TV Dinners and the Vietnam War
By Phineas J. Stone As Memorial Day approaches, I am often confronted by the faces of the young men who went away to war and never returned. I can put myself in their shoes certainly. Their faces are so fresh…
We Need to Rethink Language Immersion in Schools
By Senator Sal DiDomenico One of the most important priorities for our Commonwealth’s schools is to ensure that our students have the tools to succeed – both academically and vocationally – in today’s rapidly globalizing economy. And yet, far too…
Enjoy the Weekend — Safely
We saw a statistic the other day that seemed baffling: The death toll on our nation’s roads and highways once again is on the rise. Last year, there were 38,000 highway fatalities in America. That’s about 100 Americans killed every…