By Jordan Frias Harrison Avenue artists have been opening up their studios to the public for a decade now and it is all thanks to Stephen Silver, founder of the South of Washington (SoWa) Artists Guild. He and co-founder Debby…
Batter Up:South End Baseball Makes Plans for 2016 Season
By Cary Shuman Mike Kudisch is pleased that Mother Nature has given Boston a mild winter so far. Last year, Kudisch and other youth baseball administrators across the city saw baseball fields fully covered in snow in March after a…
Council Votes for Detective Contract
By Seth Daniel The Boston City Council voted unanimously last week to approve an arbitration award for a 29 percent pay increase over six years for the Boston Police’s Benvolent Society of Detectives Benevolent Society. Councillors did not choose to…
Street Sweeping Program Gets Early Start in South End
By Jordan Frias The City’s street sweeping program began Tuesday, March 1, in the North End, the South End and on Beacon Hill with strict enforcement of the street sweeping schedule. The program, which begins citywide on April 1 for…
Design Options for Tremont St Side Of Common Garage Shown at Meeting
By Jordan Frias Design options for the Tremont Street side of the Boston Common were shared at a public briefing meeting on February 25. Gary Claiborne, project manager at Pressley Associates, the local landscape architect firm that was hired by…
Cartoons in the Front Room
By Seth Daniel I can picture it like it was yesterday. Lying stomach down on a braided rug – my head cradled in my palms – beside my cousins, or my neighborhood buddies, in what was called the ‘front room.’…
Back Bay Night Out Featured at Prudential on March 10
It’s time to welcome the spring season at this year’s Back Bay Night Out – an evening filled with the latest in fashion, food and more. In partnership with the Back Bay Association, the annual Back Bay Night Out gives…
Recommendations Made on City Employee Residency Requirement
By John Lynds Following a hearing last Friday the City Council’s Committee on Government Operations chaired by At-Large Councilor Michael Flaherty released its recommendations to the Council for a vote regarding changes to the city residency requirement for city employees.…
Clinton,Trump Primary Victories Viewed Locally with Interest
By Jordan Frias Voters in the South End, Back Bay and Fenway/Kenmore took to the polls on Tuesday, March 1, and chose their favorite candidate within the respective parties. Locally, ward committee chairs from the Democratic and Republican Parties said…
Sen Chang-Diaz Hosts District Hours
By Jordan Frias State Sen. Sonia Chang-Díaz hosted her first district hours of 2016 at the Villa Victoria on Feb. 26 to get a sense of what is on the mind of her South End constituents. Chang-Díaz represents the Second…
Police say Temperate Weather to Blame for Back Bay’s Spike in Part One Crime
By Dan Murphy The Back Bay has seen a 43-percent increase in violent and property crime so far this year, compared to 2015 – an upward trend that Boston police largely attribute to this winter’s much more temperate weather. “At…
Police Briefs 03-03-2016
Feb. 22 10 Hammond St. – Verbal Dispute 16 Westland Ave. – Verbal Dispute 81 Bay State Road – Larceny – Theft from Motor Vehicle – Non-Accessory 329 Beacon St. – Truancy/Runaway Northampton/Parmelee streets Motor Vehicle Accident- Leaving Scene –…