City Councilor At-Large Michelle Wu will host a roundtable discussion with small business owners Thurs., May 1 at the Brendan Behan Pub in Hyde Square. Wu invites local owners of small businesses to attend and discuss their experiences with the…
Month: April 2014
Boston Shines rescheduled
Boston Shines, the City of Boston’s annual cleanup event, has been postponed, according to Centre/South Main Street Executive Director Andy Zarro. The event, which was slated to take place tomorrow April 26, has been postponed until May 17 because of…
Pole yard site already occupied by zoo, businesses
By Rebeca Oliveira and John Ruch/Gazette Staff The American Legion Highway site where a City pole yard is moving—and where some residents would like to relocate the Arborway Yard bus facility—is already occupied by two private businesses and partly controlled…
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Casey project goes out to bid; delays possible
FOREST HILLS– The massive state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) project to demolish the Casey Overpass and replace it with an at-grade street network called the Casey Arborway went out to bid April 12. Closure of the Casey Overpass for demolition…
4-story building planned to replace Hyde Park Ave. storefront
FOREST HILLS—A developer is proposing to demolish a vacant martial arts studio at 38-42 Hyde Park Ave., at the Weld Hill Street intersection, and replace it with a four-story, mixed-use building. According to a Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council Zoning Committee…
Capitán de policía en JP: funciona la policía comunitaria
En 1995, Cuando Alfredo Andrés, el capitán de policía del distrito E-13, ingresó al Departamento de Policía de Boston, había una cultura de “los policías y ladrones”. Sin embargo, mientras escalaba los niveles y una filosofía de la policía comunitaria…
T: Despite hole, bus yard will not be redesigned
The MBTA will not revise the proposed design for a bus maintenance facility at 500 Arborway despite its recent decision to demolish an office building currently on that location. The design was planned around that building with the assumption it…
City to talk about vacant lots
The City will host a community meeting April 30 to garner feedback on developing vacant land located behind the Bromley-Heath housing development, according to a notice from the Department of Neighborhood Development (DND). The feedback from the meeting will help…
Wake Up The Earth Festival returns May 3
The 35th annual Wake Up the Earth Festival, organized by Spontaneous Celebrations, is scheduled for May 3 on the Southwest Corridor Park near the Stony Brook T Station. Three parades, originating at Egleston Square, the Loring-Greenough House at 12 South…