The yellow school bus parking lot on Cambridge Street has yet another controversial proposal being floated this week – withdrawing the contentious electronic billboard request at the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) on Tuesday, and now set to propose a…
Author: Seth Daniel
Tatte Bakery Brings Its Exciting Brand to Historic Warren Street
The well-known Boston brand Tatte Bakery has signed a lease to occupy the entire retail space of the newly renovated 40 Warren St. building – currently being built out by DLJ Partners. Toby Banta told the Patriot-Bridge late last week…
BPDA to Seek Permission to Put Out RFP for Power Plant Development
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) is seeking approval from its Board on Thursday, Sept. 12, to advertise a Request for Proposals (RFP) to develop Building 108 (Power Plant) in the Navy Yard. The building has been the focus…
02129 Alliance Calls for Neighbors to Let BPDA Know Preferences
Leaders of the alliance of neighbors and community groups calling for a planning process said this week that it is up to the neighborhood to define the process it wants – also dropping the Master Plan moniker and calling it…
Charlestown Youth Soccer Gets off to Big Start With Revolution, First Games
Charlestown Youth Soccer kicked off last Thursday, Sept. 5, with a fun clinic drawing some 400 kids to Barry Field (The Oilies) to participate with players from the New England Revolution. That was followed up by a weekend full of…
Taking Back the Public Square : Straight Pride Group Seeking to Promote Civil Dialogue on Social Issues, Free Speech
They’ve been labeled Nazis, fascist, racists, evil-doers, and about every other negative moniker one could hang on them, but the organizers behind last weekend’s Straight Pride Parade (a group known as Super Happy Fun America) said they are none of…
Charlestown Judge Refuses DA’s Request To Dismiss Cases Against Protesters
A Boston Municipal judge from Charlestown is at the center of the latest pushback against DA Rachael Rollins’s new rules for prosecution – as he denied her office’s request this week to dismiss several cases against counter-protesters arrested during the…
Harvard-Kent Elementary a Finalist for EdVesters School on the Move
The Harvard Kent Elementary School has been named one of three finalists citywide for the School on the Move Award, Principal Jason Gallagher said this week as the school prepared to open its doors Sept. 5. EdVesters invites schools to…
Dedicated Bus, Bike Lane Rolls Out on North Washington Street
The dedicated bus lane on North Washington Street has opened to buses, school buses and bicyclists this week, and estimates are that it could save those on the 92 and 93 buses up to three or four minutes per ride…
Market on Bunker Hill Street Requests Full Alcohol Package Store License
The Sanchez Market on Bunker Hill Street has petitioned to upgrade its beer and wine sales license to a full alcohol package store license, holding an abutters meeting on the issue last Thursday, Aug. 29. Angel Acosta, who also owns…