-By Dan Murphy A 37-year-old Boston man was arrested for allegedly threatening a family, including a toddler, at knifepoint on the Dartmouth Street Footbridge Wednesday, State Police said. A victim contacted State Police barracks at about 11:20 a.m. and reported…
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Graphic Boomer Tell All Memoir – The Evening News with Walter Cronkite
The Evening News with Walter Cronkite evokes a time, the years 1967-1971, and the shift in ideals and experience through the closely observed eyes of Jack Krivitsky. He goes off to college in 1967 straddling two worlds: the upper middle…
Lord Stanley, Meet Captain Chara
One of our photographers grabbed this historic shot Thursday morning of Boston Bruins Captain Zdeno Chara exiting the charter plane at Logan Airport while hoisting the Stanley Cup into the air. A small group of fans were there to cheer…
Dorothy Weinstein (1908–2011)
By Sue Bridge Dorothy Weinstein died quietly at the age of 102 at her home at 48 Temple St., where she had lived for 58 years. Her two surviving sons, Arthur of Northridge, Calif., and Jordan of Arlington, her large…
Roadwork Underway in Temple St. Area
Temple Street residents are facing extensive roadwork as Veolia Energy replaces expansion joints there and on Cambridge and Staniford streets, according to a spokesperson for the Cambridge firm. The company will replace four expansion joints in its steam pipes, which…
Masked Gunman Robs Cambridge Trust Co. Twice in Past Month
-By Dan Murphy The Cambridge Trust Company at 65 Beacon St. was robbed by a masked gunman twice in the past month, police said. On June 2 at about 5 p.m., a male suspect, dressed in a mask and jumpsuit,…
From Nothing to Something – How BHV Made It Happen
By Karen Cord Taylor Entrepreneurship is trendy these days. It requires innovation. Everyone wants to be the person who takes an idea, gets it going, and comes out a winner. Downtown Boston has such a winner. Beacon Hill Village, celebrating…
BHCA Zoning and Licensing Committee Votes Not to Opposed Head-house Proposed for 33 Branch St.
By Dan Murphy The Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA) Zoning and Licensing Committee decided by a vote of 11-1-2 Wednesday not to oppose granting the zoning variances that would allow the owners of a single-family house at 33 Branch St.…
Joint Charles Street Committee to Launch Tree-guard Pilot Program
-By Dan Murphy The Joint Charles Street Committee is launching a pilot program to install new tree-guards on Charles Street. Two metal guards, which will measure 66 inches long, 36 inches wide and 18 inches high, will be installed outside…
Construction Workers Help Save Woman Pinned Beneath a Car on Charles Street
-By Dan Murphy A woman who was pinned beneath an unoccupied car on Charles Street Wednesday has alert construction workers working at a nearby site to thank for helping to rescue her. According to published reports, a BMW that was…