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Community Newslines
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 [...]
Arts Lines
Starting with the November 2100 issue, the Fenway News will be publishing a separate selection of short items about arts and cultural news in our neighborhoods. These were previously mixed in with the Community Newslines items. A Circuitous Path from Harvard Square to Hemenway Street On the first anniversary of its new 350-seat theater on [...]
The 34th Annual John Coltrane Memorial Concert
October 22, 2011 “Fall in New England means it’s time for the John Coltrane Memorial Concert, an annual event that features some of the world-class musicians that call Boston home. It makes for an exciting night of music, a New England cultural event not to be missed.” (Eric Jackson, WGBH) Coltrane’s Ashé III: 34th Annual [...]
Neighborhood Newslines
Apparently, liquor ISN’T quicker In the past several years, Hemenway Variety, at the corner of Westland Ave. and Hemenway St., has twice tried to obtain a liquor license but has been turned down because of objections by the neighborhood, the Boston Police Department, and others. Last month, the owners of the building complex at 91 [...]
Xi-Beta Commended at Kappa Sigma’s 68th Biennial Grand Conclave
LAS VEGAS, NV – Aug. 2011 – At the end of last month, thirty-two undergraduate and alumni Brothers of Xi-Beta ventured across the country to participate in Kappa Sigma’s 68th Biennial Grand Conclave. At the assembly, Xi-Beta was honored as one of the finest chapters in the entire fraternity for its service and commitment to [...]
PARKING RESTRICTIONS ON ST. BOTOLPH, GAINSBOROUGH STREETS TOMORROW
BOSTON – There will be restricted parking on two Fenway/South End streets next week, for Northeastern University’s 2011 Commencement Exercises. Northeastern’s graduate and continuing education programs hold commencement exercises on Friday, May 6, at Matthews Arena on St. Botolph Street. There will be no parking on St. Botolph Street from Massachusetts Avenue to Gainsborough Street [...]
Use Delay on YMCA Plan to Find Solution That Works for Everyone
By Stephen Brophy, Editor The saga of the YMCA’s future—will a high-rise dormitory replace its gymnasium?—has developed another twist. Last month the Boston Landmarks Commission ordered a 90-day delay in the plans, at the end of which the YMCA and Northeastern University are expected to prove they have considered all other options before getting the [...]
News Notes – March 24
NU to hold controversial forum By Erica Thompson/The Huntington News – 3/24/11 Chuck Turner, a five-term Boston City Councilor, will begin his three year jail sentence tomorrow for accepting a $1,000 bribe, but only after paying a visit to Northeastern. Turner will be one of four guest speakers tonight at the Northeastern School of Law’s [...]
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 [...]
News Notes – March 10
Obama connects in Hub – Cheers on school, raises $1m in two-stop visit By Michael Levenson and Peter Schworm – Globe Staff / March 9, 2011 President Obama got a whirlwind taste of Boston yesterday — minus the rush-hour traffic — as he raced from a Dorchester high school, where he praised students’ science experiments, [...]