St. Botolph-er Fest

The Back Bay Sun 10/21 6:36P The Boston Sun Staff

The St. Boltolph Quartet: Tom Hofmann Nikki Naghavi, Nate Taylor, and Oliver Chang provided some music to match the pleasant Autumn day for the St. Boltolph-er Fest hosted by the St. Botolph Street...

Salon Monet Receives Certificate of Appreciation

The Back Bay Sun 10/21 6:35P John Lynds

Founder/Owner of the renowned Salon Monet Shellee Mendes overcame enormous odds to become Newbury Street’s only female African-American hair salon owner. Mendes was raised in Boston public housing...

City Council Holds Hearing Regarding Preservation Restriction Agreement for Howell Matson House at...

The Back Bay Sun 10/21 6:35P Lauren Bennett

The City Council Committee on Planning, Development, and Transportation held a hearing on October 19 regarding a Preservation Restriction Agreement for 41 Melrose St. in Bay Village, known as the Howell Matson House. While Councilor Michelle Wu...

Proposed Boston Commemoration Commission Moves Ahead

The Back Bay Sun 10/21 6:34P Dan Murphy

While the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolution coming in 2026 and the 400th anniversary of the founding of Boston in 2030 will undoubtedly attract much fanfare, City Councilor Kenzie Bok is proposing the creation of the...

NABB’s Halloween Celebration Returns Oct. 31

The Back Bay Sun 10/21 6:33P Dan Murphy

The city will close Marlborough Street between Berkeley and Fairfield streets to traffic Sunday, Oct. 31, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. for the return of the Neighborhood of the Back Bay’s Halloween Celebration. And since this year’s event comes on a...

First-Ever LGBTQ+ 5K in State Coming Sunday, Oct. 31, to the Common

The Back Bay Sun 10/21 6:33P The Boston Sun Staff

Boston Theater Company (BTC), the organization that produced “Finish Line: A Documentary Play About the 2013 Boston Marathon,” and the Artist Athletic Association (AAA) have announced the first-ever 5K road race in Massachusetts, Road of Rainbows,...

Edwards Endorsed by UAW Region 9A, Iron Workers Local 7, and Mass. State Council of Machinists

The Back Bay Sun 10/21 6:32P The Boston Sun Staff

Lydia Edwards has been endorsed in the special election to State Senate by: the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, UAW Region 9A; International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing...

Police Arrest Boston Man After Seven-Hour Standoff in the South End

The Back Bay Sun 10/21 6:32P John Lynds

It was a wild day in the South End Tuesday with streets shut down, Emerson College students told to avoid the area and a large police presence as authorities dealt with an hours-long standoff with an armed suspect. Police eventually peacefully...

City of Boston Announces Increased Accessibility of Voting Ahead of November 2 Election

The Back Bay Sun 10/21 6:32P The Boston Sun Staff

The City of Boston Election Department on October 15 announced steps to increase accessibility of voting ahead of the November 2 general election. Additionally, City of Boston ballot drop boxes are now available, and early voting will run...

News Briefs

The Back Bay Sun 10/21 6:31P The Boston Sun Staff

BPDA Board Approves Midtown Hotel Redevelopment Project The Boston Planning & Development Agency approved the planned redevelopment of the former Midway Hotel into a 10-story apartment building. Newtown-based National Development intends to enter...

Guest Op-Ed: Don’t Let Acting Mayor Kim Janey Erase Boston’s Italian Americans

The Back Bay Sun 10/21 6:23P The Boston Sun Staff

By Denise Furnari and Justice Chair Diane Modica Acting Boston Mayor Kim Janey has unilaterally decided to change Columbus Day in Boston to Indigenous Peoples Day and will announce it today October 6, 2021 at 2:30 PM at Boston City Hall. We need...

Seniors Step Out

Beacon Hill Times 10/21 5:40P Suzanne Besser

When Beacon Hill Village members heard that the Commonwealth’s Executive Office of Elder Affairs (EOEA) was challenging seniors to walk or run throughout September, they did just what they always do:...

Garden Street Residents To Row in This Weekend’s Head of the Charles Event

Beacon Hill Times 10/21 5:39P Dan Murphy

Two residents of Garden Street will be among those rowing in this weekend’s Head of the Charles Regatta. Kirsten Thiim, age 23, will be participating in the competition, which is the world’s largest...

Neighborhood to Help Resettle Afghan Evacuees

Beacon Hill Times 10/21 5:38P Beacon Hill Times Staff

Special to the Times The first evacuees from Afghanistan—the people and families on the tarmac at Kabul Airport just weeks ago—began arriving in the Boston area last week. Beacon Hill residents have...

‘Get in the Spirit’ Fall Campaign Finds a Helper

Beacon Hill Times 10/21 5:37P Beacon Hill Times Staff

Special to Times The Beacon Hill “Get in the Spirit” October fundraiser for The Jimmy Fund owes a deep debt of gratitude to the 67 businesses who, despite challenges of their own, have stepped up to support one of New England’s cherished...