Entries from Bostonist tagged with 'brightontab'
February 15, 2008
--With this winter's especially foul weather, we have entered a new level of pothole hell. [Boston Globe] --Although some local figures might be gearing up to run against Mayor Menino, the mayor might be earning votes by working to help Hendry Street residents floored by the mortgage foreclosure crisis. [Boston Herald] --Despite all that planning, construction on the new Harvard Allston Science Complex has already pissed off Allston residents. Neighbors had been told construction......
Continue Reading "Bite Size News"February 2, 2008
--Cambridge was the scene of a violent attack on a homeless man. Early on January 29, the man was walking with his girlfriend in Central Square on Norfolk when three men attacked him, and one of them stabbed him in the back. [Cambridge Chronicle] --Although the incident happened in June, Dorchester is still reeling from an online video showing local Vietnamese American teens and young adults brutally beating a teenage boy and a teenage girl......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: Homeless Man Stabbed in Cambridge"January 30, 2008
--DA Dan Conley has announced a suspect in the murder of Jeffrey Santiago at King Arthur's Lounge in Chelsea--19-year-old Jesse Camacho. Conley has authorized a warrant and wants the public's help in finding him. Here's a description: Camacho goes by the street names of ‘Fat Jesse,’ ‘Baby Jay,’ and ‘Syke.’ He is described as a heavyset Latin male standing between 5’5” and 5’7” tall, weighing about 280 lbs. He is believed to be armed and......
Continue Reading "Boston Blotter: From the Frying Pan Into the Jail Cell"January 27, 2008
After much wrangling and justifiable concern, Boston has approved Harvard University's plans to build what the Allston-Brighton TAB calls a "$1 billion science complex." The complex was in doubt because the community wasn't happy with a benefits package that Harvard was going to give to the community. A massive science complex will bring plenty of change, not to mention traffic, and Allston wanted something in return. Here's what Harvard offered that met with the city's......
Continue Reading "City Approves Harvard Complex in Allston"January 19, 2008
Wrestling The Boston League of Women Wrestlers (BLOWW) will clobber each other tonight at Church. The Allston-Brighton TAB has a great profile of BLOWW that will give you an idea of what to expect. Let's just put it this way--don't go expecting to see Stacy Keibler. (For the record, Bostonist is rooting for Green Line Greta.) Midnight, $8. Music Editors, with Louis XIV and Hot Hot Heat, will be at the Orpheum, 7:30 pm. Get......
Continue Reading "Happening Tonight: It BLOWWs"September 3, 2007
Harvard is breaking through its upper crust and trying something daring – a nighttime football game! What a novel concept! But scheduling its first nighttime football game – also the first home game - has been more difficult than they thought. For starters, the original date fell on Yom Kippur. Second, residents of Allston are not happy with Harvard's plans. Residents of Allston are never happy with Harvard's plans. The Yom Kippur problem was fairly......
Continue Reading "Harvard Needs to Work on Its Night Moves"