September 28 MV Accident/leaving the scene – Victim reports 2008 VW Jetta was struck by an unknown motor vehicle at Beacon and Walnut St. Verbal Dispute – 19 Myrtle Ave. Motor Vehicle Accident/property damage – 51 Beacon St. September 29 Investigate Person – 161 Charles St. September 30 Motor Vehicle leaving scene/property damage –...
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BRA board approves MGH Museum & History Center
The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) board of directors unanimously approved the proposed $8.25 million Massachusetts General Hospital Museum & History Center last week. The 8,000 square-foot, two story building will feature a rooftop terrace and be located at the corner of Cambridge and North Grove streets, adjacent to the Resident Physician’s House. The space...
Road sign: Drivers texting ban goes into effect Sept. 30
State Rep. Marty Walz wishes to remind drivers that a new safe driving law banning text-messaging, prohibiting junior operators from using cell phones while driving, and instituting revised license renewal procedures for older drivers goes into effect on Sept. 30. Under the new law, any driver caught using a mobile electronic device to compose,...
The endless summer
Saturday the temperature hovered in the mid-80’s. It was so hot some people felt uncomfortable, so uncomfortable they wished it was already fall. Talk about thesis and anti-thesis. Sunday was warm again and then late in the day, the air lost its warmth, open windows came down, long sleeve shirts came out, and many...
Police Blotter 09-30-2010
Sept. 21 Towed Motor Vehicle – 70 Mt. Vernon St. Sept. 23 Towed Motor Vehicle – Mt. Vernon St. Towed Motor Vehicle – 45 Hancock St. Sept. 24 Assault & Battery/Unarmed Robbery – victim reports he was drinking with an unknown male on Pinckney St., when the male suspect punched him in the face...
Charter school will teach in Chinese
By Jacqueline G. Freeman For the first time in three years the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has accepted applications for new charter schools in Boston and if all goes as planned a charter school offering Chinese language immersion will be accepting students next year, according to Helen Chin Schlichte, one of the...
This term a Last Hurrah? Not very likely
Mayor Menino’s future has come front and center, again, following news last week that Chicago’s longtime Mayor Richard Daley announced he will not be seeking re-election. Daley has been mayor of Chicago since 1989 -21 years. Mayor Menino is going on 17 years and will be at 20 when the next election rolls around....
Police Beat 09-22-2010
SEPT. 15 Larcey – Victim reports her 21 speed bike was stolen from a locked sign post on W. Cedar St. Parking Violation – 126 Myrtle St. Assault & Battery – 37 Bowdoin St. SEPT. 16 Unarmed Robbery – Male victim reports while walking on Lomasney Way at Martha Rd. he was confronted by...
Natural playscape opens at Beacon Hill Nursery School
By Jacqueline G. Freeman This year, the first day of school at the Beacon Hill Nursery School was also the first day children could enjoy the newly completed natural playscape in the school’s back yard. The renovation was just as much a philosophical one as it was physical. “We have taken a city playground...