Today’s weather makes you feel like just being outdoors as the 87th Annual Beacon Hill Garden Tour begins. This is a real opportunity for residents to visit these unique green spots in an inner city neighborhood where homeowners do an…
‘El Tiante’ for South End Baseball
Former Red Sox pitching great, Luis Tiant takes to the mound in the opening day ceremony for South End Baseball at Peters Park on Saturday.
Highway Advocacy Defined Activism for Kruckemeyer
By Seth Daniel When Ken Kruckemeyer waits on his bicycle at Columbus Avenue traffic lights, he is no longer alone. The long-time South End resident/activist and former project manager for the Southwest Corridor Park now sees dozens of bikers accompanying…
Not So Fast:Community,Council Put a Stop on Flower Exchange Project
By Seth Daniel The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) on Tuesday suddenly removed a planned vote from its meeting scheduled for today, May 12, regarding the voluminous Boston Flower Exchange property. And the situation has many in the South End furious.…
Council Calls on BRA for Urban Renewal Meeting
By Seth Daniel The Boston City Council is wasting no time in bringing the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) back onto the carpet to have an earlier than expected review of Urban Renewal activities and the promised two-year action plan –…
Plan Revealed for South End Library
By Seth Daniel The Friends of the South End Library revealed an ambitious five-phase plan to update the South End Library starting with a $100,000 spruce-up this year. Marleen Neinhuis of the Friends told the South End Forum on Tuesday…
The Pedigree of the Plate
By Phineas J. Stone As the sun emerged from the clouds last weekend for a brief time, I spotted someone coming down the street in a beautiful old Ford Mustang – the kind of vehicle that only comes out on…
Police Briefs 05-12-2016
D-4 Police News Cashing out On Wednesday, May 4, at around 2:41 p.m., police responded to a radio call for a robbery at Soodee, a women’s boutique at 170 Newbury St. There, they spoke with the store’s owner, who said…
Downtown View:Chain Store Sorrows
By Karen Cord Taylor Local businesses or chain stores. Which is best for Boston neighborhoods and such shopping attractions as Faneuil Hall Marketplace? The tension has resurfaced recently with a local merchant at Faneuil Hall threatened with eviction, two San…
Thank You to the Volunteers
Last Saturday was the last weekend for Mayor Martin Walsh’s Boton Shines campaign. Over the last three weekends various neighborhoods including Back Bay, South End, Kenmore and Fenway had took brooms and rubbish bags to the streets to clean-up winter’s…
South End Open Market
Lori Dziedzic feeds some grilled cheese to her pup, Jax, during the opening day of the South End Open Market at its new location on Harrison and Traveler Streets at Ink Block. The Open Market combines hundreds of vendors in…
Ellis Wine Group Helps Build Community
By Seth Daniel Smoothing over the rifts of city life, and the anonymity that often exists between neighbors, was something Bill Gregor set out to do in 2002 for the Ellis South End section of the neighborhood. And he decided…