Just a few days after saying they were excited to engage the public and elected officials in Charlestown on potential uses for newly-acquired property on Rutherford Avenue, developer Related Beal went ahead and filed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with…
Author: Seth Daniel
Supt. Cassellius Drops New Recommendations for Exam Schools; Committee Approves
It seems the new Exam School admissions process cannot have a public airing without some sort of dramatic hook – with Supt. Brenda Cassellius intervening on July 14 with a new recommendation that reverts back to assigning coveted seats without…
MassDOT Prioritizes Mystic Pedestrian/Bike Bridge for Federal Infrastructure Funding
The long-hoped-for Mystic River Pedestrian/Bike bridge that would connect a critical missing link for the Northern Strand Trail to Charlestown/Somerville has been prioritized as one of three projects by MassDOT to receive federal infrastructure funding. Last week, MassDOT releases the…
Zelma Lacey House Gets State Assistance to Keep Transition on Track
The state Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) announced last week that the Zelma Lacey House was one of 28 affordable housing projects in this year’s funding round to get tax credit financing – with proponents for the conversion…
Long-time Turn It Around Leader Leaves for New Position
When Charlestown’s Ginaya Greene-Murray applied to run the Turn It Around youth group in 2017, she wasn’t the typical candidate. Some on the hiring committee didn’t think she had the right experience, and admittedly, she didn’t have the typical youth…
Edwards Middle being assessed for temporary use by Horace Mann School for the Deaf
Boston Public Schools (BPS) is working closely with an architect to determine whether the former Edwards Middle School would be a good fit for temporary swing space to accommodate the Horace Mann School for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing…
BPDA to review interactive art exhibit in Shipyard Park
The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) Board will meet on Thursday, July 15, for its regular meeting, and will discuss two pieces of potential activation for Shipyard Park.The first and most exciting piece is an interactive art installation proposed…
Boston School Police quietly phased out from all BPS schools
Without arrest powers, they will be known as Office of Safety Services Though very few know, the long-standing Boston School Police have been phased out this month, losing their arrest powers and most other powers on July 1 due to…
State Rep. Jon Santiago Ends Mayoral Campaign
Though he had a gleaming resume for the job of mayor, South End State Rep. Jon Santiago’s campaign never took a strong foothold citywide and never caught the momentum needed to show strong in September, and as a result he…
Demand Pushes Hood to Move Forward on Garage Addition
In the master planning process with Hood Park in 2018, a six story tower on top of the six story signature parking garage on the campus was only thought to be a distant possibility in the plan, but with the…