Kids 4 Coding, the Atlanta-based technology startup creating a tech-ready generation, expands its Boston offerings in 2017 with campus-based summer programs at both Newberry College in Brookline and the Sherrill Library in Cambridge. One week half- and full-day camps for…
Month: March 2017
Police Briefs 03-21-2017
Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Larceny from Motor Vehicle 03/08/17 – A victim reported that her 2006 Acura MDX was broken into at Beacon and Charles streets between 5 and 6:30 p.m. The left rear window was…
Obituaries 03-21-2017
Cynthia Sue Weaver Pyschologist, heavily involved in her community patron of the arts, cared deeply for family, animals and the less fortunate Cynthia Sue (Welch) Weaver of Boston and Chatham, NJ, died on March 3 at Bourne Manor, Cape Cod. She was…
Learning Project Students Honor ‘International Women’s Day’
At 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, the corner of Marlborough and Clarendon streets came alive with a crowd of elementary school students holding mini “picket signs,” each marked with something new that the children learned about women, stereotypes and…
Esplanade Association Welcomes New Marketing and Events Manager
By Dan Murphy Kelsey Pramik comes to her new role as the marketing and events manager of The Esplanade Association with a heartfelt appreciation for the city’s parklands that draws on her previous experience with the Charles River Conservancy. As…
DCR Begins Process to Revitalize Lee Pool on the Esplanade
By Dan Murphy The Department of Conservation and Recreation has initiated a planning and design process that reimagines the long-dormant Lee Pool complex on the Charles River Esplanade as a waterfront pavilion with adjacent parkland, as well as a LEED-certified…
Boston Police Agree to Continue to Wear Cameras for 6 Months
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans announced an agreement with the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association (BPPA) to extend the Body Worn Camera Pilot Program by an additional six months to ensure sufficient data is available for…
Downtown View:Finding Hope
By Karen Cord Taylor After the election, Nancy Schön was blue. When faced with sadness, what’s a sculptor to do? She fashions a piece that acknowledges her feelings, yet points toward hope. The mother dove has a tear in her…
Specialized Med Spa Opens in Newbury Street Location
By Marianne Salza There are plenty of med-spas in Boston that offer an array of services from Botox and fillers to laser treatments and body contouring; but friends, Alexa Nicholls Costa and Alexandra L. Rogers aspired to go further and…
More Longfellow Bridge Closures Announced
MassDOT will implement overnight double lane closures on Storrow Drive westbound in the vicinity of the Longfellow Bridge through Friday, March 17. The closures will be implemented from 11:00 PM each night to 5:00 AM the following morning. The closures…