Lintels: The Silent Killer
Old building materials, new insulation standards and consistently wet summers can spell trouble for many of Boston's historic homes, contractors and experts said, so property owners need to be on the lookout now for warning signs..

Crossen Is New A1 Police Liaison
"Officer Crossen is an inspired choice to be the new community service officer serving Downtown Crossing and the Financial District neighborhoods," Michael Nichols, president of the Downtown Boston Business Improvement District, said in a statement.

Developer Loving Public Art Big Time
These bright, colorful, and often abstract pieces are situated across WS Development’s 22 blocks of Seaport properties that span along Seaport Boulevard. between Fort Point Channel and B Street, extending as far south as Summer Street..

AND THE WINNERS ARE…
Parker James, Randall Albright, George Lewis and Pam Beale accepted the Paul Prindle Award on behalf of the Charlesgate Alliance.Frances Duffy received the Mary Natalie Award. Special awards went to Sue Prindle in recognition of her long service to the group and the Boston Public Library.

Neighborhood Groups Merge
The Downtown Boston Residents Association (DBRA) and Midtown Park Plaza Neighborhood Association (MPPNA) are coming together with the aim of combining their membership bases into an even stronger, unified voice and further streamlining their public advocacy.

Affordable Housing Has Wu’s Attention
Mayor Michelle Wu outlined her perspective on the Downtown at a September 19 meeting of the newly christened Downtown Boston Neighborhood Association (DBNA), alongside a host of city councilors and state representatives all concerned about Boston’s ongoing cost of living crisis.

Mugar Now Has Esplanade Statue
An archivist for DCR provided a 1954 plan for the Music Oval by landscape architects Arthur and Sydney Shurcliff, showing sites available for memorial statues. Two sites identified on that plan were provided as possible locations for the statue of Mugar, DCR Communications Director Ilyse Wolberg said.

Making Patients Sleep The Mass General Way
In 1846, the fledgling hospital was home to the first publicly demonstrated use of ether, an anesthetic that finally allowed doctors to perform surgery with minimal pain. That procedure proved a turning point in the history of medicine, kicking off almost two centuries of change.

Samuels Bringing Library to Fenway
The updated plans for 1400 Boylston Street come in the form of a Draft Project Impact Report (DPIR) filed on Tuesday by development firm Samuels and Associates. 5,000 square feet formerly meant for a vague “cultural pavilion” is now reserved for a long-awaited public library.

Opposition Website Has Gone Live
That seems to be the branding opponents are trying to stick the proposed overnight shelter with, reserving a website domain that lays out their concerns and predicts that the ‘safe sleeping area’ will become both a permanent shelter and a new hub for the illicit drug trade.

Library Closure Is Dismaying Residents
FOSEL was founded in 2007 by Marleen Nienhuis, a longtime South End resident who was concerned about the state of the library and advocated for consistent improvements to the building and its neighboring park.

Local Schools
An independent, co-educational day school that combines high academic and behavioral standards with a rigorous and classic curriculum.

Educating the Next Bill Gates
Zuflacht said the Learning Project also has an in-house curriculum for the ethical use of technology that has been taught for over a decade. “It really starts at understanding internet safety,” she said. The school also informs students about social media, viruses, cyberbullying, and the fact that not everything on the internet is true.