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Air Rights CAC Meeting – Dec 1, 6pm – to Start Earlier than Planned
MassDOT Air Rights Parcels 12-15 CAC Members, After consulting with the CAC Co-chairs regarding our ambitious presentation agenda at our December 1st Working Session, we have decided to move the meeting start time up to 6:00pm. The meeting will be taking place at the St. Cecilia’s Parish Hall and conclude as scheduled at 8:30pm. If [...]
Restaurant Row Coming Back to Life
The first business to reopen in the popular Peterborough location that was devastated by a fire two years ago is El Pelon, which officially opened its doors to the public on Tuesday. Still to come – Thornton’s!
Fenway Students, Residents Add Their Voices to ‘The 99%’ at Dewey Square
We the people who have occupied Dewey Square, under the name Occupy Boston, have done so in order to maintain a place where all voices are welcome for the open discussion of ideas, grievances, and potential solutions to the problems apparent in our society. We are and will be holding general assemblies where proposals may [...]
Burbank Tenants Join 2,000 Protesters to ‘Take Back Our City’
By Conrad Ciszek On September 30, about 20 members of the Burbank Apartments Tenant Association (BATA) staged a picket at the downtown office of First Realty Management (FRM). These tenants and their supporters—including representatives of the Fenway Community Development Corporation, Massachusetts Alliance of HUD Tenants, High Point Families United, and the Boston Tenant Coalition—continue to [...]
Election News
by Steve Wolf The next few months promise big changes in the neighborhood’s political landscape, as boundaries of legislative districts shift and voters head to the polls for a special election to fill the seat of Steve Tolman, who resigned his state Senate seat last month to head the state AFL-CIO. Special Senate Election Tolman’s [...]
Fenway ‘Cultural District’ tag Gains Momentum
by Stephen Brophy There’s a movement afoot to turn the Fenway into a state-recognized “cultural district” after the state legislature voted in 2010 to allow designation of such entities in Boston. Last May the Boston City Council held a hearing on the benefits of establishing these districts. The Massachusetts Cultural Council supports the idea. Northeastern [...]
The River Was Whiskey – Review
by Letta Neely The River was Whiskey, written by Will Fancher and directed by Jim Petosa, has a multitude of plot points but no identifiable constellation. Set in the 1940’s, Evans—a WWII hero–is finally on the verge of beginning his own church after years of pontificating. However, a visitor from his past emerging from the [...]
Fighting to Reform City’s Affordable Housing Policy—Will You Help?
BY MONICA LISA JOHNSON Who cares about affordable housing in the Fenway? The market will bear what the market can bear, right? So what if we lose a few affordable units? We want to encourage development because it helps the economy and brings more services to our community. This used to be the way I [...]