Dartmouth St. Closure Gets Negative Grade
The experiment has garnered heavy pushback from civic groups and commuters for increasing the strain on streets already stretched to capacity.

BFD Makes Father Unni Chief Chaplain
“I am proud to appoint Father John Unni as chief chaplain of the BFD. The retirement of Father Dan Mahoney is a sad day for the BFD,” said BFD Commissioner John Dempsey “Father Unni has been the assistant chaplain since 2017 and has proven his worth.

Bridging a Great Divide
Fenway developer Samuels & Associates celebrated the completion of the first platform to be erected over the Mass Turnpike in over four decades last week.

4 Projects Honored For Preservation
The Boston Preservation Alliance (BPA) has released its annual preservation awards, highlighting several projects in the city center as well as a shifting focus away from exclusively brick-and-mortar considerations..

Parker House’s History: Scrod to Ho Chi Minh
“I like to say that it was not invented by the Parker House, but that it was perfected,” said Susan Wilson, the Parker House’s official historian.

Cars, Cars, Cars
The Downtown Business Improvement District hosted a gathering of vintage cars last Saturday..

CRIME & PUNISHMENT
A white male wearing a dark blue T-shirt, white shorts and white sneakers entered the store from the Prudential Center Mall and grabbed a green Gucci purse with three other pieces inside of it along with a sealed cardboard package which contained a ring.

Covid Rates Are Still High
According to city data, Boston is on the mend from its May Covid surge, but many neighborhoods are still seeing elevated infection rates and low rates of testing.

An Artistic Stroll
The weather was perfect on Sunday, June 5 for the annual Beacon Hill Art Walk which attracted a record number of browsers and buyers to the Hill’s back Streets..

55 Bus Route Is Still in Flux
The 55 bus once ran from early morning to almost midnight, making trips from the West Fens to the Common.

Life Sciences To Replace Star
“Over the years, Samuels & Associates has slowly and methodically implemented the neighborhood’s vision of creating a sense of place and having Boylston Street serve as the ‘main street’ of the Fenway.

Saving Affordable Housing
The Fenway Community Development Corporation celebrated saving 97 units of affordable housing last week at Newcastle Saranac Apartments in the South End..

Stakeholders Not Assured By New Drug Appointee
Mayor Michelle Wu has appointed Tania del Rio, an unsuccessful for Boston City Council, as the new director of the Coordinated Response Team addressing the Mass and Cass crisis.

Absolute Winners!
The Blackstone Franklin Square Neighborhood Association presented its annual scholarships on June 7 at Estragon restaurant.

Coffee with Wu
Mayor Michelle Wu dropped by the South End on June 10 to have coffee and donuts with residents..

Throwing a Party
State Representative Aaron Michlewitz knows how to throw a party and a bag. Michlewitz, who represents Downtown, the North End and parts of the South End threw his 5th annual Cornhole Classic June 5 on the Greenway to raise money for the North End Music & Performing Arts Center and the Geraldine Marshall Scholarship Fund.

1929
The original, wooden Hatch Shell was built in 1928 as a temporary venue for the Pops with expectations of construction of a permanent structure in the near future. It was first used for a concert on July 4, 1929, with Arthur Fiedler conducting the Boston Pops Orchestra.