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stephenbrophy — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 17:17:15 +0000

Switcheroo: BPS Lets Arts Academy Stay, Moves Fenway High Bowing to angry students and parents from Boston Latin Academy, the marginally less-prestigious cousin of Boston Latin School, Boston School Superintendant Carol R. Johnson dropped her plan to move the Latin Academy into shuttered Hyde Park High School. That move would have set off a chain [...]

EPA News: International Award Recognizes Successful Ongoing Work to Clean the Charles River

Mandy D. Kapica — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:24:25 +0000

News Release U.S. Environmental Protection Agency New England Regional Office International Award Recognizes Successful Ongoing Work to Clean the Charles River (Boston) – The river in Boston’s backyard, once derided as a lost cause to pollution and visits to a doctor’s office if you fell in, was recently awarded an international prize for cleanup efforts [...]

Tai Chi Classes extended at Symphony Park

stephenbrophy — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:50:46 +0000

Free Tai Chi classes, funded by Mission Hill Fenway Neighborhood Trust with the support of Berklee and the Mews Condominium Trust, will be extended for 2 additional weeks. Thanks to the Friends of Symphony Park and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, the additional classes will be held at 9 a.m. on August 18th and [...]

First Smoothie King in Massachusetts Brings Unique Taste to Newbury Street

stephenbrophy — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:34:31 +0000

Grand Opening of New Smoothie King Lifestyle Center Will Offer Sampling and Special Raffle for a Pair of Tickets to Watch Boston’s Favorite Baseball Team Smoothie King, the originator of the nutritional, fruit-based smoothie is opening its new lifestyle center on Newbury Street in Boston on Saturday, April 30. The new store will be the [...]

Neighborhood Newslines – April 2011

stephenbrophy — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 15:25:14 +0000

Red Sox Unveil Final Fenway Park Improvements On March 16, the Red Sox held a community meeting in the Absolut Clubhouse, next to Fenway Park, to update its neighbors about changes in the ballpark. Larry Cankro, Beth Krudys, and Paul Hanlon represented the team, with Hanlon handling the bulk of the presentation. “This was the [...]

News Notes – March 8

stephenbrophy — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 15:09:56 +0000

President’s visit leads to parking ban Tuesday in the Fenway by Sara Brown/Boston.com – March 7, 2011 After year of natural disasters, universities in Boston prepare for their own by Alexandros Letsas/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 8, 2011 The 2011 Boston Urban Symposium, hosted by Boston University’s City Planning and Urban Affairs Programs, addressed [...]

News Notes – March 2

stephenbrophy — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 19:49:59 +0000

Death rate was high for some Beth Israel Deaconess heart patients By Liz Kowalczyk, Globe Staff – March 2, 2011 Massachusetts public health officials are monitoring the heart program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center after discovering the hospital had a high death rate in 2009 for patients who had emergency cardiac catheterizations. An analysis [...]

Let’s Move! In the Right Direction for Kids

valarieseabrook — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:46:51 +0000

Posted by Under Secretary Kevin Concannon, USDA Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services on February 11, 2011 It has been one year since First Lady Michelle Obama kicked off her Let’s Move! initiative with the goal to solve the problem of childhood obesity within a generation. The anniversary calls for a time to reflect on its [...]

News Notes – February 3

stephenbrophy — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 16:59:24 +0000

University evacuates 3 students from Egypt By Colin Young/The Huntington News – 2/03/11 Three students enrolled in the university‘s study abroad program in Cairo, Egypt returned to Boston last night after spending more than a week in the politically unstable country. Danielle Kluger, a middler criminal justice major who was one of three Northeastern students [...]

PHEN In partnership with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

valarieseabrook — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:52:47 +0000

Live Webcasts A New PHEN Strategy for Nationwide Education and Awareness Outreach PHEN In partnership with the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute will host monthly live webcasts as a part of its ‘Rally Against Prostate Cancer.’ The webcasts are a major breakthrough for PHEN efforts towards eliminating the African American prostate cancer disparity, and educating all men [...]

News Notes – December 24

stephenbrophy — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 15:36:18 +0000

Beth Israel erred in 3 spinal operations – Vertebrae mix-ups spur new procedures By Liz Kowalczyk – Globe Staff / December 24, 2010 Surgeons at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center operated on the wrong location on three patients who underwent spine surgery since September, despite taking recommended steps to prevent such errors, prompting federal and [...]

News Notes – December 23

stephenbrophy — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 15:12:41 +0000

Hearing sets stage to sentence Wilkerson – Businessman says he gave her $6,500 By Jonathan Saltzman – Globe Staff / December 23, 2010 A Dorchester businessman testified yesterday that former state senator Dianne Wilkerson pressured him to pay her several thousand dollars from 2002 to 2006 to help relieve her financial problems and that he [...]

News Notes – December 22

stephenbrophy — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 14:39:39 +0000

City to ask more from nonprofits – Study breaks down contribution costs By Andrew Ryan – Globe Staff / December 22, 2010 After two years of study and discussion, a mayoral task force has finalized a formula to calculate how much tax-exempt nonprofits should pay for police, fire, and other basic city services. Now comes [...]

News Notes – December 2

stephenbrophy — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 15:52:47 +0000

Amid outcry, council expels Turner – Talk of race, justice fills chamber By Andrew Ryan and Travis Andersen – Globe Staff / December 2, 2010 The Boston City Council voted overwhelmingly yesterday to throw Chuck Turner out of office because of his bribery conviction, an unprecedented rebuke after a racially charged hearing that elicited tears [...]

News Notes – December 1

stephenbrophy — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 14:29:01 +0000

Berklee retunes plans for dorms By Thomas Grillo/Boston Herald – December 1, 2010 Berklee College of Music is moving ahead with plans for a 16-story, mixed-use building at 168 Massachusetts Ave. that would house a 350-student dorm, increasing the school’s on-campus housing capacity to 1,200. The school hopes to start construction on the $65 million, [...]