Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will be bringing the annual Children’s Winter Festival to Boston Common in partnership with the Highland Street Foundation during school vacation week on Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 10 a.m.…
Month: February 2019
Dr. King and Affordable Housing: A Quest for Economic Justice in Boston
I live in Boston and I have noticed that there has been a lot of construction lately, with lots of nice, tall apartment buildings going up everywhere, like the Seaport area, the downtown area and near North Station. Whenever I…
Illuminating the Historic Longfellow Bridge
The Longfellow Bridge was completed in 1906, and is today considered the most important historic bridge in the City of Boston, due to its prominent location over the Charles River, as well as its outstanding visual and architectural quality. Originally…
Local Historian Duane Lucia Appointed Executive Director of the West End Museum
Local historian, community activist, and arts enthusiast Duane Lucia has been appointed as executive director of The West End Museum. Lucia served in this role from 2012 into 2015, and briefly as President of the Museum Board of Directors. He…
Neighborhood Roundup
Boston Atheneæum commemorates Black History Month with documentary screening In commemoration of Black History Month, a new documentary about a Black New Jersey veteran sentenced to death in a Georgia town notorious for lynching entitled “Fair Game: Surviving A 1960 Georgia…
Police Briefs 02-07-2019
Beacon Hill Beat Larceny from a Motor Vehicle 01/23/19 – A victim reported he parked his 2014 Toyota RAV 4 on Anderson Street on Jan. 22 at around 8 p.m., but when he returned at about 11 a.m. the next…
Letters to the Editor
SAFEGUARDING THE TREES Dear Editor: Saturday morning a postal storage box appeared outside my home at the corner of Revere and Garden Streets. I was at the gym when the box was placed and surprised to find it when I…
Immigrants Are Our Future
It is an undeniable fact of history that all Americans other than Native Americans are descendants of immigrants. It also is undeniably true that immigrants have not always been welcome with open arms, starting most conspicuously with the Know-Nothing Party…