Chris Douglass, owner of the Ashmont Grill restaurant, was
honored by the Boston Main Street program last week for his
entreprenurial efforts in Peabody Square. Douglass, center,
is flanked by Mayor Tom Menino and Charlotte Golar Richie,
director of the city's Dept. of Neighborhood Development,
which oversees the Main Streets program. Douglass and
Ashmont Grill are active participants in the St. Mark's Area
Main Street organization.
Mixed
opinions on who should replace O'Toole
Details about how
Kathleen O'Toole will be replaced as Boston's police
commissioner are hard to come by. But opinions about what
kind of leader is needed next are in ready
supply.
Reporter
on-line exclusive: O'Toole
appeals for 'calm' in her
wake
Police
appeal for public's help in stalling car
breaks
How do you stop criminals from breaking into your car and
stealing your beloved IPod? Boston Police have the answer to
this trick question.
Group
homes face stiff resistance in Lower
Mills
A group of Lower Mills
abutters say that a human service agency is trying to pull a
fast one over them in siting two residential facilities for
mentally and physically disabled adults in their
backyard.
Comment:
Freeland Street neighbors: We feel
disrespected
In
St. William's, church sale seen as a chance for
redemption
No one wanted to see it
close in the first place. But with the fate of St. William
now sealed, a meeting next week will be a first step in
determining the future of a big city block along Dot Ave. If
done right, community leaders say the Catholic church can
win some good will.
Activists
say Fairmount Line plans slow to get started
A coalition of
community groups who helped push an expansion plan along the
Fairmount commuter rail line say that the state isn't moving
fast enough to get the project on track.
Director
has ambitious plans for new Haitian
Center
Now settled into a new home in the Yawkey Center on
Columbia Road, the Haitian Multi-Service Center's new
executive director discusses the future of this longtime
Dorchester-based organization, that teams up with Catholic
Charities to service the needs of immigrants from
Haiti.
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