Encore Boston Harbor is looking to put a little pizzazz in the Labor Day weekend with a full day of giveaways and fun on Sunday, Sept. 1, a day that will culminate with a drawing to give away a McLaren…
Author: Seth Daniel
‘I Had To Say It’ : Alzayer Brings Attention to Border Situation Using Ducklings
It took 117 feet of PVC piping, 100 feet of chicken wire, 22-guage wiring and a whole lot of passion – and compassion – for local artist Karyn Alzayer to make a huge Boston statement about the situation at the…
Encore Boston Harbor Ends Lower Broadway’s History of Being ‘Back Door to Boston’
The opening ceremonies on Sunday morning, June 23, quickly became a spotlight for Mayor Carlo DeMaria, who rejoiced in being able to tell the large crowds assembled to celebrate the opening that Lower Broadway is no longer Boston’s back door,…
Downtown Trash Contract Lands Back in Hands of Capitol Waste: City Officials Say Troubles of the past Will Be Corrected
Citing a much lower cost, and much better tools to ensure accountability, the Public Works Department (PWD) has awarded all five trash collection contracts to Capitol Waste – including the downtown neighborhoods where many troubles existed from 2009 to 2014…
Benjamin Zander: The Mystery of Music is Still Alive at 80
When Boston Philharmonic Orchestra (BPO) Conductor Benjamin Zander was just a boy, he would watch his father come home from a hard day’s work and sit at the piano and create a language that dazzled the young man – the…
City Watchdog Urges Caution in Employee Salaries, Contracts
With the City’s 2018 payroll growing by more than 8 percent over the previous year, one City watchdog is urging caution and a tightening of the reins as this year’s City Budget begins to move forward. “We offer words of…