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Save the Date
Keep Fenway & Massachusetts Affordable! Join us for a Hearing on the Statewide Enabling Act TOMORROW, Tue June 28 at 10am, at the State House Thanks for your continuing support on the Burbank campaign! If you want to support affordable housing throughout the state of Massachusetts, please come to … A Hearing on [...]
The New District 7 Councilor Introduces Himself
Dear Friends, I represent District 7 on the Boston City Council. This area encompasses parts of the Fenway, the South End, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain and all of Roxbury. I reside in my childhood home in Grove Hall. These neighborhoods I represent are prepared for robust economic revival, educational enhancement, residential stability, and increased public safety. [...]
Tenants, Backers Crowd Council Hearing, but Kargman Won’t Budge
by Lori Frankian On March 14 City Councilors Michael P. Ross and Rob Consalvo convened a public hearing at the Susan Bailis Assisted Living Center on Mass Ave at St. Botolph Street. Prior to the hearing, a well-organized group of over 40 people marched from the Edgerly Road Playground in the East Fens down Mass [...]
Burbank Apartments Are the Tip of the Iceberg
by Senator Steven Tolman I have always enjoyed representing the Fenway. Since the Fenway became part of my district, I have watched Boylston Street bloom as a result of the Fenway CDC’s Urban Village plan, and new restaurants and cafes move into the neighborhood. The Fenway is a vibrant community where residents from different backgrounds [...]
Lawsuit Filed Today to Stop Discriminatory End to Affordable Housing Program in Boston’s Fenway Neighborhood
A civil rights case was filed today in the Boston Housing Court against William and Robert Kargman of Cambridge and Brookline and two Kargman owned companies. The complaint alleges that the Kargmans are about to terminate a housing subsidy program at their apartment complex, Burbank Apartments, in the Fenway neighborhood. The complaint states that low [...]
News Notes – March 17
BU alumnus among missing NYT journalists in Libya by Josh Cain/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 16, 2011 Four New York Times reporters covering the violence in Libya have gone missing, The Times reported on Wednesday on its website. Among them is Tyler Hicks, a Times war photographer and Boston University alumnus who graduated with [...]
City Council Hearing in Fenway – March 14
Your neighbors need your help to save affordable housing in the Fenway! March / Rally and Public Hearing to Keep Fenway Affordable! Monday, March 14th 2:45 pm MARCH – gather at Edgerly Rd. playground corner of Edgerly Rd. & Haviland St. 3:30 pm RALLY and 4:00 pm HEARING at Susan Bailis Assisted Living Community 352 [...]
Burbank Tenants Deliver Not-So-Sweet Valentine to Kargmans
By Stephen Brophy Struggling since last summer to keep the federal housing subsidies that make their units affordable, the Burbank Apartments Tenants Association (BATA) finally won a meeting with their landlords in late January. The tenants offered several proposals but got only a tepid response. After waiting three weeks they decided to pursue a more [...]
City Council To Hold Hearing in Fenway on Burbank Apartments
by City Councilor Mike Ross When I moved to Boston after graduating from college, one of the first neighborhoods I called home was the Fenway. My lodgings weren’t luxurious, but for around $500 a month, I had a small studio on Westland Ave. As a resident, I loved the diversity of the neighborhood—people of all [...]