By Seth Daniel In Boston restaurant circles, outside of Valentine’s Day, February can be a hard month to make ends meet and keep plates moving. In fact, the week just before Valentine’s Day can be the dreariest of the year,…
Bay Village Architectural Commission Holds Advisory Review for 212 Stuart Street
By Beth Treffeisen In a packed room in the back corner of Boston City Hall, residents piled in to see a presentation from the architects behind the newly proposed building slated for 212 Stuart St. during the Bay Village Architectural…
MassDot Outlines Plans for Mass Ave Bridge Replacement
By Dan Murphy Before a group of neighbors at the Harvard Club of Boston on Monday, Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) officials outlined plans for the $7 million replacement of the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge over Commonwealth Avenue. “The point of…
Police Briefs 02-09-2017
Back Bay – Kenmore/Fenway – South End Police Log Jan. 30 650 Harrison Ave. – Missing Person – Located 794 Massachusetts Ave. – Sick/Injured/Medical – Person 585 Shawmut Ave. – Investigate Person 11 East Newton St. – Trespassing 10…
When the Hospital isn’t About Healing
The hospital used to be an unimposing place for me when I was younger. That all changes the older you get. As more and more things seem to go wrong with the pipes and plumbing of the human body due…
Congratulations,New England Patriots!
We join the entire New England region in congratulating the New England Patriots on winning Super Bowl LI in what many are calling the greatest triumph in Boston sports history. This historic moment reaffirmed that the New England Patriots under…
Patriots Parade 2017
Patriots Victory Parade, photos by Joseph Prezioso and Katy Rogers.
San Sebastian Festival Comes to Boston
Martin De Varci dances with fellow members of Aida Silva y Tipiqueando con Sabor, a Puerto Rican folk music group, while stilt-walker Nestor Carrillo chats with other dancers. The group was part of many performances at the San Sebastian Festival…
Boston Protests Immigration Order
Sarah Ijaz holds a sign of protest during a rally against U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order delaying for 90 days the entry of people coming from seven Muslim-majority countries. The rally in Boston took place in Copley Square at…
Boston City Council Setting the Stage to Combat Climate Change
By Beth Treffeisen At last week’s Boston City Council meeting, held on January 25, legislation was filed for a hearing to discuss dramatically increasing the share of renewable energy used to power Boston through a program called Community Choice Aggregation.…
South End Meets with Capuano, Will Focus in on Stopping Constant Early Morning Flights
By Seth Daniel While the South End has been mostly quiet in the fight against jet noise, increasingly the jets up above the neighborhood have not been so mum. With that perceived or real increase in jet noise, the South…
Boston City Council Passes Resolution in Support of the Equality Act
By Beth Treffeisen The Boston City Council passed a resolution in support of amending the Civil Rights Act to be more inclusive on the issue gender identity and sexual orientation. The proposed change that is sponsored by U.S. Representative David…