For the last 18 months, the city has run a pilot program on parking regulations regarding street cleaning in Charlestown. The new regulations for street cleaning replace the current fine of $40, plus having your car towed, with only a…
Month: April 2016
Advent School Benefit
Serafin Sanchez, Danielle Bing, Roburt Lightbody. are shown at the Advent School Spring Gala.
Dust Off the Tux and Dancing Shoes:Green and White Ball Set for April 29
The Friends of the Public Garden and Taj Boston will host the annual Green and White Ball on Friday, April 29, in the Taj Boston ballroom. This black tie and fabulously fashionable event will feature a cocktail reception, followed by…
City Files ENF for 36 Sidewalk Ramps
By Stephen Quigley The long legal battle between the Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA) and the City of Boston over handicapped sidewalk ramps on Beacon Hill as proposed by Boston Inspectional Services Department (ISD) took a new twist when the…
IAG Meeting on Temple St Project
By Dan Murphy The public is invited to 74 Joy St. for the first Impact Advisory Group (IAG) meeting on the proposed residential redevelopment of the Hiriam J. Archer and Frank J. Donahue buildings on Temple St., Wednesday, April 20,…
Downtown View:Leslie Adams Goes Shopping
By Karen Cord Taylor Downtown Boston residents have embraced the Boston Public Market. It arrived along the Greenway at the right time. Food-lovers were tired of the agriculture-industrial complex and wanted their food to be real, local, maybe organic. They…
Boston Strong
That is the slogan, a rallying cry, that came out of the senseless bombings of the Boston Marathon in 2013. While the culprits and their associates are either dead or in jail, their actions still live on for the familes…
150th Anniversary of Christian Science Church Points to a Future of Good
By Cheryl Petersen One hundred-fifty years ago, a woman living in Swampscott, Mass., had an ah-ha moment. She couldn’t describe the epiphany, but it resulted in an instant recovery from an injury caused a few days earlier that had left…
Mass General Hospital for Children Celebrates 16th Annual ‘Aspire Gala’ to Support Autism Programs
Mass General Hospital for Children recently celebrated the 16th annual Aspire Spring Gala, raising more than $2.3 million to support Aspire, a highly successful, therapeutically-based program of the Lurie Center for Autism that helps children, teens and adults with high…
Marathon Daffodils will Line Boylston St for Marathon Race
Marathon Daffodils is pleased to announce that for the third year, they will be displaying thousands of daffodils in businesses along Boylston Street, Boston’s busy Marathon Finish Line area for the 2016 BAA Boston Marathon. Marathon Daffodils is an annual…