Effective Sept. 7, vehicles with Boston resident stickers will no longer be allowed to park in metered or two-hour parking spaces, thus ending a practice that the city put in place at the beginning of the pandemic. “Beginning September 7,…
Author: Dan Murphy
Old South Church Installation Depicts Inhumanity of Slavery
A large banner now hanging outside Old South Church depicts people packed as cargo into a ship juxtaposed against those of the faces and families of those who might be descended from former slaves, or what these people might’ve looked…
Esplanade 5K Returns on Aug. 29
The eagerly awaited Esplanade 5K, which was held virtually last year due to the pandemic, will return to the park as an in-person footrace on Sunday, Aug. 29, kicking off at the DCR Hatch Memorial Shell at 9 a.m. Runners…
India Day Festival Returning to Hatch Shell on Aug. 15
After a three-year absence, with the event going virtual last year due to the pandemic and moving to City Hall Plaza for two years in both 2018 and 2019, respectively, the India Association of Greater Boston’s long-running India Day Festival…
DeLuca’s Owner Agrees to Postpone Licensing Board Date to Work on Good Neighbor Agreement
DeLuca’s Market owner Virgil Aiello has agreed to postpone his scheduled hearing with the city’s Licensing Board as he works on hammering out a good-neighbor agreement with the Beacon Hill Civic Association regarding his plans to offer table service, including…
Landmarks Commission Gives Green Light for Demolition of Three Historic West End Buildings
The Boston Landmarks Commission voted during a virtual meeting held Aug. 10 to waive a 90-day demolition delay for three historic West End buildings that will be razed as part of Mass General Hospital’s planned expansion. MGH intends to demolish…
Helping Hand Rainbows Pottery Owner Pitches in to Help Neighbor at Charles St. Cleaners after Break-In
After Allie Carrol heard her neighbor at Charles Street Cleaners was burglarized over the weekend for the second time since Memorial Day, the owner of Rainbows Pottery Studio pitched in to help out a fellow Charles Street business in every…
Remodeled Garden at Library To Be Unveiled on August 18
In addition to holding its children’s programming during the month of August outdoors, weather permitting, on the grounds of the Old West Church next door, the Friends of the West End Branch Library will also unveil the library’s newly remodeled…
Beethoven’s Ninth in Free Concert at the DCR Hatch Shell
When the Handel and Haydn Society celebrates the return of the Boston arts scene with a free concert on Friday, Aug. 27, at 7 p.m. at the DCR Memorial Hatch Shell on the Esplanade, it will be as thrilling for…
Nichols House Museum Offers Guests Look Behind the Scenes
The Nichols House Museum will offer guests a look behind the scenes, including a glimpse into the domestic work that went into keeping the house operational during the Victorian era, as well as how staff today manages its preservation, during…