Register To ParticipateTalk on Great Molasses Flood
The public is invited to hear author Stephen Puleo talk about the Great Molasses Flood of 1919 on Thursday, May 1, 7 p.m., at the Brighton Branch Library. Puleo will relate the story, told in his latest book, about one of Boston’s greatest catastrophes of the 20th century when a 50-foot-tall steel tank filled with [...]
Bird watch in Ringer Park
Friends of Ringer Park invite the public to join Jane, the guide from the Brookline Bird Club, on a walk through Ringer Park, Sunday, May 4, at 7 a.m. Walkers will meet at the Greylock St. entrance and should bring binoculars and a bird field guide if they can. For more information, visit www.ringerpark.org.
Business networking Wednesday, April 30
Don’t forget:
The second Allston Open Networking Events will take place at Sports Depot at 353 Cambridge St. on Wednesday, April 30, from 6-8 p.m. The purpose of the program is for business people in Allston and the surrounding neighborhoods and towns to network with each other in a casual setting. This is an Allston [...]
Help with the Boston Shines cleanup effort
Here’s just a couple of the groups that are meeting that you can join:
Spring Fling cleanup in Ringer Park
Join us for our Spring Fling Cleanup of Ringer Park in Allston on Saturday, April 26, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Registration check-in is in back of the Jackson Mann School/softball field area.
All PCBG/RPPG volunteer guests must check-in [...]
Sneak a peek at this week’s print edition
Walk for hunger still needs walkers
Project Bread is asking local towns to increase their fundraising efforts as it prepares for this year’s special 40th Walk for Hunger, on Sunday, May 4. In 2007, walkers from Allston-Brighton raised $90,000 of the total $3.4 million to help hungry families throughout Massachusetts. With 450,000 people struggling to put food on the table, the [...]
Elman at Jerry Williams celebration
Brighton resident Steve Elman, author of the new book about Jerry Williams, “Burning Up the Air: Jerry Williams, Talk Radio and the Life in Between,” will be a guest speaker at a free public event marking the 50th anniversary of talk radio in New England. Elman will join guest speaker Howie Carr, WRKO radio talk [...]
All marathon all the time
Our brand spanking new Marathon site is up and running. Take a look.
The sweet sound of tow trucks
Street cleaning begins today on Chestnut Hill Driveway and all I hear are horns blaring as cars are being towed and ticketed. “I hate doing this,” a State Police officer told one of my neighbors who saved his car in the nick of time. Ahhhh… springtime.
Landlords criticized for trash violations
City Councilor Michael Ross says the landlords who are challenging a city regulation he championed have often been cited for trash violations, the Boston Herald reports.
The regulation in question would limit the number of undergraduate students living together in a single housing unit to four.
Joining the landlords in the lawsuit is Boston College student Jessica [...]
Robbery, stabbing
Around 10:30 p.m. last night, D-14 police responded to Kingsley Street for a person stabbed. A victim told police he was robbed while walking on Western Ave., according to reports. A second victim who had allegedly been stabbed and robbed by one of the two suspects was found. Two suspects were arrested, with D-14 and [...]
Undergrad housing lawsuit filed
The lawsuit challenging a new Boston ordinance limiting the number of undergraduates who can live together to four has finally been filed. Here’s the Boston Herald story. The plaintiffs are four landlords, Michael Rosenberg, Anthony Dimeo, Lazarus Pavlidis, and Lloyd Rosenthal as well as Boston College student Jessica Luccio.
Related TAB coverage:
Undergrad housing law to face [...]
Run the marathon in 10 minutes
For more on the marathon go here.
Community picnic coming up
An invitation from the Parents and Community Build Group:
The Parents & Community Build Group, Inc., in partnership with the Allston-Brighton Neighborhood Assembly, is sponsoring an Allston-Brighton community picnic on Saturday, April 19, from 11a.m. - 4 p.m., at Ringer Park in Allston.
Join in for a pot luck picnic - desserts and snacks provided. There will [...]
Public safety alert
The following just in from D-14 police:
In that past two weeks there have been five street robberies of residents in the Commonwealth Ave area, from Washington Street to Chestnut Hill Ave. and specifically the Wallingford / Leamington Street area.
The crimes are taking place in the early hours of the evening and target individuals walking [...]
Finn in Singin’ in the Rain
The Footlight Club, 7A Eliot St., Jamaica Plain, presents “Singin’ in the Rain,” a fresh take on the musical classic based on the MGM film, with Brighton resident Matthew Finn as Don Lockwood.
The score includes a medley of favorites such as “Make ’em Laugh,” “Lucky Star,” “Good Mornin’” and “Singin’ in the Rain.”
The play [...]
Man loitering outside school
This is scary! (From this week’s police log)
Man in fedora at Jackson Mann
Administrators from the Jackson Mann School at 500 Cambridge St., Brighton, contacted police after they noticed a 5-foot 8, black Hispanic male in his mid-40s, wearing a fedora and a long wool coat lurking outside the school on the mornings of April 3 [...]
