Proposal would demolish, replace Boston Arts Academy
Boston Arts Academy, long housed in a former postal office warehouse behind Fenway Park, would finally get a state of the art building under a proposal being filed with the state Thursday, a school district official said.John Hanlon, the chief of operations, said the plan to replace the high school building on Ipswich Street is long overdue. Advertisement “They are a state of the art program that is not in a state of the art building,” Hanlon said.The proposal calls for the blond-brick build..>> view originalJust call it #summah
They call it #summah.Forecasters at the National Weather Service are using that hash tag to describe conditions for the next two days when high temperature records may be broken during a wave of summer-like weather across parts of Massachusetts. Advertisement Temperatures on Wednesday will reach into the 80s, some 10 degrees warmer than Tuesday, amid an increase in humidity that will be noticeable, but not yet annoying, forecasters wrote. Boston could hit 86 degrees by day’s end, below the 9..>> view originalChris Cornell, lead singer of Soundgarden, dies at 52
Chris Cornell, a key figure in the 1990s grunge rock movement as the founder and frontman of Soundgarden and later Audioslave, died Wednesday night in Detroit sometime after playing a show at the Fox Theatre. He was 52.Brian Bumbery, a representative for Cornell, confirmed the rocker’s death to the Associated Press, calling it ‘‘sudden and unexpected.’’ He was in the middle of a national tour with Soundgarden which, on Friday, was scheduled to play in Columbus, Ohio. Advertisement Details ar..>> view originalA pile of problems for UMass project
The $233 million price tag for an “essential” construction project at the University of Massachusetts Boston needs to be hiked by $11 million to truck more asbestos-tainted soil off campus, a consultant said — the project’s third cost increase in as many years.Ralph Wallace, a construction consultant overseeing projects at the Columbia Point university, told directors of the UMass Building Authority yesterday that another $26 million is needed for the utility relocation project, with $11 millio..>> view originalSearch for missing Franklin man focuses on area near brook
FRANKLIN — Michael Doherty sent a text message to his brothers around 12:30 a.m. on Sunday. Just days after returning from Duke University for the summer, Doherty had decided to stay late at a friend’s party, and he wanted to know if he could get a ride home, his parents said. When he didn’t hear back, the 20-year-old apparently decided to walk through the woods in the rain. His family had been asleep, and it was morning before they realized he had never arrived. Advertisement Doherty’s moth..>> view originalBoston cops arrest three teens armed with guns
Boston police say they nabbed three gun-toting Hub teens in less than 24 hours, including one who was armed with a loaded Tec-9, during operations that prompted the Hub’s top cop to point out “the troubling nature of these incidents.”The arrests began in Dorchester Tuesday evening, where police say two teens with guns were nabbed less than two hours apart. The first arrest came about 5 p.m., when members of the department’s gang unit executing a search warrant on Adams Street say they found..>> view originalRobert Mueller made mark during Boston tenure
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, named to lead an investigation into alleged Trump campaign ties to Russia, previously served as U.S. attorney in Boston and is “hugely respected” in the Bay State, a former colleague says.“He is the quintessential straight shooter,” said Mintz Levin attorney Jeffrey S. Robbins, hired by Mueller as a federal prosecutor in the 1980s. “It’s impossible to think of a better choice if you are of the mind that the nation really requires at this profoundly dangerous ..>> view originalHigh school teacher dies days after being hit by car
CAMBRIDGE — A Massachusetts teacher who was hit by a car Sunday has died of her injuries.State police say 31-year-old Molly Doub died early Wednesday. She was hit Sunday while trying to cross a street in Cambridge. The International School of Boston says Doub was a high school math teacher. She joined the school two years ago after working in her home state of Connecticut.Police say she was hit by a car driven by a 56-year-old Boston man. It has not been determined if he will face criminal..>> view originalChris Young's RBI single in 13th caps Red Sox rally past Cardinals
ST. LOUIS — For the majority of the 13 innings they played last night, the Red Sox were one clutch hitter short.The David Ortiz-sized hole in the cleanup spot seemed even more noticeable for most of the evening at Busch Stadium, as Andrew Benintendi endured yet another disappointing game, driving in the game-tying run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning but finishing 0-for-5 to extend his hitless streak to 26 at-bats. He left four on base. But the bullpen persevered and John Farrell m..>> view originalThe Imagine Boston 2030 plan is almost done — here are some ...
Boston’s first citywide plan since the 1960s is just about done.Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Thursday is set to unveil the nearly-final version of the Imagine Boston 2030 plan, a pile of goals and maps and pictures that lays out how his administration – and thousands of Bostonians who weighed in with their ideas – wants the city to grow over the coming years. Advertisement It builds on a preview laid out last year that envisioned dense new neighborhoods in tucked-away corners of Boston, better t..>> view original
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