Crane River Cheese Club, a Cambridge Street specialty grocery store, has been granted a beer-and-wine license by the city’s Licensing Board, according to Tom Clemens, co-chair of the Beacon Hill Civic Association Zoning and Licensing Committee. The business, located at…
Rainbows Pottery Studio Leaving Charles Street for Newbury
After a number of successful years on Charles Street, Rainbows Pottery Studio is getting ready to depart Beacon Hill at the end of the month to move into a new storefront on Newbury Street in the Back Bay that offers…
Brooklyn Fugitive Charged in February Murder of 75-Year-Old West End Man
A prosecutor said on Tuesday, March 14, that a fugitive from Brooklyn entered the West End apartment of a 75-year-old man last month, slashed the man’s throat, ate his food, slept on his couch, and then left in the morning,…
Community Hears About City’s Latest Plans To Update West Fenway Zoning
The Boston Planning & Development Agency held its second virtual public meeting on Wednesday, March 8, to discuss proposed changes to zoning in the West Fenway.Between 2004 – when the city adopted Article 66, which established and codified a zoning…
COVID-19: Still a Major Threat for Seniors
President Biden declared recently that the COVID-19 pandemic officially will be over in May, but in our view, that is just wishful thinking.In January, the number of COVID-related deaths fell after a holiday spike, but nevertheless numbered about 2,100 among…
Safe Consumption Sites Are the Only Way To Stem the Tide of Drug Overdoses
The so-called War on Drugs, which began in the administration of Richard Nixon, has been ongoing in America for more than 50 years. Putting aside the fact that Nixon began his war on drugs primarily as a means for incarcerating…