March Top Ten: Homicide Investigation, Attempted Bank Robbery, Whole Foods
The numbers are in, and these are the most popular South End stories according to you and your neighbors in the month of March: 1. Man Found Dead on West Canton Street – A man was found dead on West Canton Street in the South End on March 23, according to the Boston Police Department. Homicide detectives are now investigating the man’s death. 2. Police: Attempted Robbery at Washington Street Bank Failed When Teller Couldn’t Read Note – After handing the teller a note that she couldn’t read, a bank robbery suspect told her she was “stupid,” and left. 3. South End Answers: When Will the Whole Foods Open? – Reader J. Nicole asked via Twitter, “When are we getting a Whole Foods and a Pinkberry? Life’s essential elements.” Find out the answer here. 4. Two of ‘Boston’s Finest’ Give Inside Scoop on the Show – Boston Police officers featured on the show dish about working with Donnie Wahlberg, and that one has never heard of New Kids on the Block. 5. South End Man’s Remains Found in Charles River – State Police detectives identified the remains of a man found in the Charles River on March 14 as a 32-year-old South End man. 6. TV Show Filming in South End Next Week – ABC’s new drama “Hatfields & McCoys,” shot on Waltham, Harrison and Washington Street in March. 7. Boston Man Charged with Kidnapping Near South End – A man allegedly kept a female victim in his residence against her will over the weekend. 8. South End’s Genuine Interactive Named One of Boston’s Fastest Growing Businesses – The South End’s Genuine Interactive has been recognized as one of the fastest growing private companies in Massachusetts by the by the Boston Business Journal. 9. Week in Review: Celebrities, Kidnapping, Whole Foods – March 18 to March 22, 2013 was a busy week in the South End. 10. Where to Eat During Restaurant Week in the South End – Boston Restaurant week was held from March 17 to 22, and March 24-29, 2013. SOUTH END PATCH: Facebook | Twitter | E-mail Updates South End Patch
Things to Know in the South End Today, March 28: ‘A New Brain’ Opens at the BCA
1. Weather: The National Weather Service is predicting a rainy day in the morning with a high near 49 degrees. 2. Musical at BCA: Now through April 5th, you can catch “A New Brain” at the BCA Plaza Theatre (539 Tremont St.) Centered on a near-death experience of a songwriter, the musical explores perspectives on the fleeting nature of time, life, and love, and the inspiring power of art to heal and transform. Tickets are $ 27.50, show times vary. See here for more information. 3. Create a Toy: Coming up on Friday at Tadpole, (58 Clarendon St.), myRealToy presents a special design workshop to bring your child’s imagination to life. Bring in a drawing of your child’s and watch it turned into a real plush toy. See some examples of finished toys! See more information here. 4. Two Upcoming Easter Egg Hunts: There is not one, but two upcoming Easter Egg hunts this weekend, one at the South End Library and one atTitus Sparrow Park. The Ringgold Park hunt was cancelled for this year. 5. Running the Marathon? Share Your Story: If you’re planning to run 26.2 straight miles, chances are you’ve got a good reason to do it. Share your own story by uploading your photo and more about yourself and your charity. Things you can do every day on South End Patch: Share your news with the rest of the community. Click here to add an announcement. Add your events to our events calendar. Click here to sign up for breaking news updates. Want up-to-the-minute news? Click here to follow us on Facebook or Twitter. Share your thoughts on your community in a blog. Click here to get started. South End Patch
Things to Know in the South End Today, March 27: Community Meeting on South End Health
1. Weather: The National Weather Service is predicting a mostly sunny day with a high near 51 degrees. 2. South End Health: The South End Healthy Boston Coalition (SEHB) and the Boston Public Health Commission are hosting a community health forum from 6:30-8 p.m. Blackstone Community Center, (50 W Brookline St.) They’ll be sharing Health of Boston, South End Quality of Life results, hearing from District 4 Police Officers about community initiatives, and conducting an interactive forces of change session. See here for more information. 3. Two Upcoming Easter Egg Hunts: There is not one, but two upcoming Easter Egg hunts this weekend, one at the South End Library and one at Titus Sparrow Park. The Ringgold Park hunt was cancelled for this year. 4. Street Sweeping On for This Week: The city has not yet cancelled street sweeping for this week, so it is on! Make sure you move your cars during your street’s designated street sweeping time. 5. Running the Marathon? Share Your Story: If you’re planning to run 26.2 straight miles, chances are you’ve got a good reason to do it. Share your own story by uploading your photo and more about yourself and your charity. Things you can do every day on South End Patch: Share your news with the rest of the community. Click here to add an announcement. Add your events to our events calendar. Click here to sign up for breaking news updates. Want up-to-the-minute news? Click here to follow us on Facebook or Twitter. Share your thoughts on your community in a blog. Click here to get started. South End Patch
Things to Know in the South End Today, March 26: Meeting on ‘Parklets’
1. Weather: The National Weather Service is predicting a mostly sunny day with a high near 47 degrees. 2. Parklet Community Meeting: City representatives will be hosting a community meeting tonight to discuss the city’s parklet project, an initiative to turn parking spaces into mini-parks. The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. tonight in the D-4 Community Room at 650 Harrison Ave. One South End resident weighed in about the project back in August. Read his letter here. 3. Musical at BCA: Now through April 5th, you can catch “A New Brain” at the BCA Plaza Theatre (539 Tremont St.) Centered on a near-death experience of a songwriter, the musical explores perspectives on the fleeting nature of time, life, and love, and the inspiring power of art to heal and transform. Tickets are $ 27.50, show times vary. See here for more information. 4. Easter Brunch at the Beehive: If you’d like to celebrate easter with a nice brunch here in the South End, The Beehive Restaurant (541 Tremont St.) is offering a three course prix-fixe menu from 10 am. to 4 p.m. Options include eggs benedict with smoked salmon, ham or short Ribs and Easter classics such as roast leg of lamb and baked spiral ham for $ 33.95. See here for more information. 5. DCR art contest: The Department of Conservation and Recreation is seeking artists to paint wildlife and landscape scenes on 99 Iron Rangers, the narrow metal contribution containers located in parks across the state. Donations placed in the Iron Rangers directly benefit the state parks. Artists’ proposals must be submitted by April 26. Selected artists will be notified by May 1, and the work must be completed by Aug. 30. Submissions should be sent to Sharon Hoey, Department of Conservation and Recreation, Suite 600, 251 Causeway St., Boston, MA 02114. Things you can do every day on South End Patch: Share your news with the rest of the community. Click here to add an announcement. Add your events to our events calendar. Click here to sign up for breaking news updates. Want up-to-the-minute news? Click here to follow us on Facebook or Twitter. Share your thoughts on your community in a blog. Click here to get started. South End Patch
State House News Service Weekly Roundup: March Madness
The calendar says it’s spring, but Mother Nature remains unconvinced. House Speaker Robert DeLeo can sympathize. Nearly three full months into the year, and the Speaker seems no closer to making up his mind on taxes than he was in 2012 when he announced the transportation fix would be the first order of the business for the new Legislature. It still might be. House and Senate committees are still dormant, for the most part, and leaders are fixated on responding to Gov. Deval Patrick’s package of tax reforms. It’s usually at this point that Senate President Therese Murray tends to get antsy, and orders her Ways and Means chairman to advance something, anything, that senators can vote up or down – okay, up. That’s not the case, yet. “The committees still need time to have their hearings,” Murray said this week. So what about Sen. Stephen Brewer down on the second floor? He must be cooking up something right? Sex offender registry reform? “He’s cooking up the budget,” Murray said. Click here to subscribe to MASSterlist, a free morning newsletter by State House News Service that highlights political news from a wide array of newspapers and journals in Massachusetts and New England By most accounts, DeLeo has become a tortured leader. Monday morning meetings with his leadership team have turned into two-and-a-half hour long fence dancing sessions. Even simple questions like what committee is working on the transportation financing bill can’t be answered directly. DeLeo, by those around him, is said to be deeply conflicted, not just on how much revenue he can ask taxpayers to shoulder and from where it should come, but also what those votes will mean for his membership come election time next year. It’s impossible to separate the politics, a fact not missed by Charlie Baker slowly reinserting himself into the public sphere, or Bill Weld. DeLeo is equally unsure whether he wants to tackle the issue with a separate bill before the budget, in the budget, or in multiple steps, and is said to be increasingly peeved by Gov. Patrick’s rhetoric encouraging supporters to “get in the grill” of lawmakers who lack the “political courage” to vote for new revenue. Witness his radio interview Wednesday night when friend and host Dan Rea asked DeLeo from where he might pull new revenue considering he’s not enamored with the governor’s one-point hike in the income tax. DeLeo said he was entertaining Patrick’s proposed sales tax on candy and soda, but then kind of quickly shot it down, saying he was worried about government becoming Big Brother. Smart money in the building has been on the gas tax as the House vehicle of choice to […]
Things to Know in the South End Today, March 22: Art and Design at the BCA
1. Weather: The National Weather Service is predicting a partly sunny day with a high near 42 degrees. 2. Art Opening at BCA: Art & Design of the 20th & 21st Centuries combined with The Boston Print Fair opens at the Boston Center for The Arts (539 Tremont St.) March 21-24. AD20/21 features galleries specializing in modern to contemporary furniture, glass, ceramics and decorative arts alongside a wide array of modern to contemporary fine art. The Print Fair features dealers in American, European and Asian fine prints, drawings, photography and other works on paper. See here for more information. 3. Spingtime Wine Tasting: Stop by Formaggio Kitchen (268 Shawmut Ave.) between 2 and 4 p.m. on Saturday, March 23rd to sample an array of organic & biodynamic wines poured by David Mitchell from Mise Wine Co. They’ll help you choose a cheese to pair with your favorite. See here for more information. 4. Drew Bledsoe Clip: Former Patriots quarterback Drew Bledsoe was in town yesterday, not to reminisce about his days playing football, but to complain about the way Massachusetts handles its laws about wine shipping. Bledsoe now owns a winery in California, and says he can’t ship wine to his friends here in Massachusetts, including Tom Brady. See the clip here. 5. Nominate a Business: Mayor Menino’s annual Bike Friendly Business Awards are now open for nominations. These awards recognize companies that incorporate bike-friendly practices that encourage their employees or customers to ride their bikes. Gold, Silver and Bronze awards will be distributed at a special ceremony with Mayor Menino where the winner will receive a certificate and a “Bike Friendly Business” sticker to proudly display in their business. For the Bike Friendly Business Awards, please visit http://www.cityofboston.gov/bikes/bikebusiness/. Things you can do every day on South End Patch: Share your news with the rest of the community. Click here to add an announcement. Add your events to our events calendar. Click here to sign up for breaking news updates. Want up-to-the-minute news? Click here to follow us on Facebook or Twitter. Share your thoughts on your community in a blog. Click here to get started. South End Patch
Things to Know in the South End Today, March 21: Titus Sparrow Park Easter Egg Hunt Announced
1. Weather: The National Weather Service is predicting a mostly cloudy day with a high near 37 degrees. There’s a 30 percent chance of snow showers, mainly after 11 a.m. but little or no snow accumulation is expected. 2. Titus Sparrow Park Easter Egg Hunt is On: This year’s Easter Egg Hunt in Titus Sparrow Park is scheduled for Saturday, March 30 at 10 a.m. In addition to the hunt for candy- and toy-filled eggs, the celebration will also feature a visit from the Easter Bunny, a craft table, coffee and hot chocolate from Starbucks, and more. Special this year to the hunt are 100% biodegradable easter eggs! The event is free and open to all ages. See here for more information. 3. Ringgold Easter Egg Hunt is Off: The Ringgold Spring Egg Hunt is cancelled this year! The long-awaited renovation of the two playground areas is taking place this spring and since they cannot guarantee that it will be open, they are are unable to plan the annual spring egg hunt. The good news is, they plan to be back next year and better than ever with fall and spring children’s events – if you’d like to be involved in the planning, contact ringgoldpark@verizon.net! 4. Educator award: The nominations for the annual Boston Educators of the Year awards are now open and will be accepted until April 11. The awards recognize outstanding teachers, paraprofessionals, guidance counselors, school nurses and other educators who have made a unique contribution to their students, their classrooms, and their schools. Forms can be found here. Please submit nominations to BostonEducator@cityofboston.gov. 5. For Green Leaders: Greenovate deadline extended: Mayor Menino today has extended the deadline for nominations for the 2013 Mayor’s Greenovate Boston Awards and Bike Friendly Business Awards to midnight, March 29. These awards recognize local sustainability and environmental awareness leaders in four different categories – Green Business, Green Residential, Sustainable Food Leadership and Bike Friendly Businesses. For more information or submit nomination forms, please visit the City of Boston’s website for the Greenovate Awards and the website for the Bike Friendly Businesses Awards. Things you can do every day on South End Patch: Share your news with the rest of the community. Click here to add an announcement. Add your events to our events calendar. Click here to sign up for breaking news updates. Want up-to-the-minute news? Click here to follow us on Facebook or Twitter. Share your thoughts on your community in a blog. Click here to get started. South End Patch
Things to Know in the South End Today, March 20: Lekker Home Celebrates 10 Years
1. Weather: The National Weather Service is predicting a sunny day with a high near 41 degrees. 2. Lekker Home Celebrates 10 years: Holding your own as an independent, locally owned business isn’t easy these days, but the South End’s Lekker Home (1317 Washington St.) has made it a full decade! The store is celebrating with a 10-year Anniversary Event and Sale tonight from 6-9 p.m. Join for celebratory toasts, tastes and treats, and a private sale with special deals, door prizes and gifts. See here for more information. 3. City Councilor at South End Library: Stop by the South End Branch Library (685 Tremont St.) today at 4 p.m. for a special story hour for children. City Councilor At-Large Ayanna Pressley will be reading to children in honor of Women’s History Month. See here for more information. 4. Calling all Entrepreneurs: Pack up your business plan and bring it to the Boston Center for Adult Education (122 Arlington St.) to join business consultant Kim L. Clark and a group of hopeful entrepreneurs for round robin discussions You’ll receive a critique of your business model; smart advice on marketing/PR/social media strategies; insights into sales distribution channels that make sense for you and your customers; and advice on financing options in today’s cruel economy. The workshop starts at 5:30 and will cost you $ 120. See here for more information. 5.Art at OWK: United South End Artists, Inc. and OKW Fine Clothing & Gallery are combining to present the 4th annual Small Works Show at OKW Fine Clothing & Gallery in the South End. The exhibit will feature original paintings, photography and sculpture produced by member artists of United South End Artists, Inc., and will run through April 4. See here for more information. Things you can do every day on South End Patch: Share your news with the rest of the community. Click here to add an announcement. Add your events to our events calendar. Click here to sign up for breaking news updates. Want up-to-the-minute news? Click here to follow us on Facebook or Twitter. Share your thoughts on your community in a blog. Click here to get started. South End Patch