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News Notes – February 23

stephenbrophy — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 14:00:13 +0000

From Universal Hub: Fire erupts on Gloucester Street at Newbury 632 – The Last Sermon (Khutbah, Khutbatul Wada’) of prophet Muhammad. 1455 – Traditional date for the publication of the Gutenberg Bible, the first Western book printed with movable type. More anniversaries.

News Notes – April 9 – Appomatox, 1865

stephenbrophy — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:33:52 +0000

Playing back her dramatic fire rescue – ‘I was just lucky, so lucky,’ she says By Milton J. Valencia – Globe Staff / April 9, 2010 They found her engulfed in black smoke, on her knees, her face against a door, as if she were gasping for any air she could get through an opening. [...]

Burning the Fens

Jonathan Kim — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 19:04:51 +0000

A handful of photos of the Fenway Fires. Photos credit of Dan Lucal.

News Notes – April 6

stephenbrophy — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:04:27 +0000

Large brush fire sweeps Fens area By Ursula Munn, Globe Correspondent – April 5, 2010 A brush fire that broke out in the Fens this evening was put out after a “good two-and-a-half hours of chasing it,” according to Stephen MacDonald, Boston Fire Department spokesman. About 50 firefighters battled the blaze, he said, which started [...]

Fenway History – Metropolitan Horse Railroad fire

Fenway News Staff — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:25:00 +0000

The New England Manufacturers and Mechanics Institute Building. Image from www.stcroixarchitecture.com/ By Elizabeth Gillis The fire wagon, pulled by horses, hurried up Huntington Avenue. The first wagon carried the firemen and perhaps there was another that carried the fire hose.When they arrived they saw what a desperate situation it was so a second fire alarm [...]

Murals Add Some Life to Peterborough’s Burned-out Block

Fenway News Staff — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:48:00 +0000

The mural-painting crew from the McKinley School pauses in front of their work on the storefront that housed El Pelon before the January 5 fire. Photo by Kerry Mooney BY KERRY MOONEYAfter the devastating fire on “restaurant row” on Peterborough Street this past January, several projects have been in the works to bring some life [...]

McKinley HS Students Commemorate Fire with Music

Fenway News Staff — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:24:00 +0000

By Steve Harnish Music, when boiled down to its essence, is about relationships; mostly, the performer’s relationship with the outside world. Love songs, protest songs, ballads, even genres as diverse as experimental jazz and children’s songs are all ultimately about relationships. Some on a grand scale; think of Woody Guthrie’s guitar painted with the words- [...]

Fire Victims to Expect Lengthy Rebuilding Process

Fenway News Staff — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 04:22:00 +0000

By Lori A. Frankian An anxious yet warm energy filled Church restaurant, the generous host of a Feb. 23 meeting organized by the Fenway CDC to update the neighborhood on the status of the restaurants destroyed by fire on Jan. 6. Approximately 135 people filled the Kilmarnock Street restaurant—City of Boston officials, restaurant owners, community [...]

Burned out: When Fenway's Restaurant Row went up in flames, neighbors lost more than their favorite eats

Fenway News Staff — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 04:27:00 +0000

By Maggie Cassidy – Globe Correspondent / March 15, 2009 When workers closed up shop at El Pelon Taqueria on the night of Jan. 5, there were virtually no signs that the restaurant had suffered a devastating fire just over a year earlier, in December 2007. Since reopening in February 2008, they had reincarnated their [...]

No Deaths, but Big Losses for Neighborhood in Restaurant Fires

Fenway News Staff — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:06:00 +0000

Boston firefighter in the pre-dawn aftermath of the Peterborough St. fire. Photo by Kerry Mooney. By Ruth Khowais (Steve Wolf and Stephen Brophy added reporting to this story.) Few signs remain of the once vibrant West Fenway restaurant scene. El Pelon, the popular taqueria always with a line out the door, is boarded-up and unrecognizable. [...]

Announcement: Cause Determined in Peterborough Street Fire

Fenway News Staff — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:41:00 +0000

A press release from the Boston Fire Department: The Boston Fire Investigation Unit has determined that the cause of the four-alarm fire in the block of businesses on Peterborough Street in the Fenway to be an unspecified electrical short circuit. This was based on interviews with the first arriving firefighters, physical evidence, burn patterns and [...]

Fire

Fenway News Staff — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 04:49:00 +0000

Destroyed storefront on Peterborough Street. Photo by Patrick O’Connor. By Ruth Khowais Few signs remain of the once vibrant west Fenway restaurant scene. El Pelon, the popular taqueria with always a line out the door, is boarded up and unrecognizable. At Thornton’s Fenway Grille white columns wrapped in scorched holiday wreaths are all that remain [...]

Announcement: Meetings Scheduled for Fenway Fire Victims

Fenway News Staff — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:06:00 +0000

A press release from the Office of the Mayor: City to Hold Informational Meetings for Business Owners, Employees of Recent Fenway Fire: Mayor Says City and State Officials to Discuss Available Resources, Job Training, and Next Steps Mayor Thomas M. Menino today said City officials would hold two meetings this week for the seven Fenway [...]