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In Allston, BRA’s e-mails paint a disparaging picture

Internal Boston Redevelopment Authority e-mails that belittle Allston residents who question a controversial housing proposal have heightened worries among some in the neighborhood that the city undervalues their opinion on development matters. The ...

From ANDREAE DOWNS, Boston Globe,  24 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Harvard Business School,  Harvard University,  Thomas M. Menino

BC party on campus sparks complaints

Allston and Brighton residents sometimes complain about student noise from off-campus parties. But on Saturday, it was a Boston College-sanctioned, on-campus Homecoming Dance party that raised hackles. At least a dozen residents from up to nearly a ...

From ANDREAE DOWNS, Boston Globe,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Boston College,  Jack Dunn

Neighbors seek Harvard commitment for Charlesview housing plan

Frustration at the number of vacant properties owned by Harvard University in Allston dominated a Boston Redevelopment Authority meeting last night on the relocation of an affordable housing development. Although a number of people praised the reduced ...

From ANDREAE DOWNS, Boston Globe,  6 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Harvard University,  Thomas M. Menino

Pump house to go

A wooden structure on the Warren Street side of the Brookline Reservoir built to protect emergency pumps in the 1940s will be torn down this fall. Selectmen on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve the $22,000 demolition. Neighbors Anne Burns and Verne ...

From ANDREAE DOWNS, Boston Globe,  4 Oct 2009

More building on Boylston

The Route 9 (Boylston Street) corridor through town is in line for more updating. Not only are proposals developing for 111 Boylston and 2 Brookline Place, but now there are plans being circulated for the former Hearthstone Plaza, the concrete complex ...

From ANDREAE DOWNS, Boston Globe,  4 Oct 2009

Full slate for town meeting

The Nov. 17 Town Meeting warrant, recently published by the Board of Selectmen, includes a number of potentially contentious articles, including proposals to cut any funding for police surveillance cameras, and to fully fund the renovation of the ...

From ANDREAE DOWNS, Boston Globe,  4 Oct 2009

Chilling in 2010

Heating up: a campaign to cool the planet by cutting the community’s carbon emissions next year. The Climate Change Action Brookline campaign is set to launch Jan. 10, says Selectwoman Jesse Mermell, with dozens of businesses, community organizations, ...

From ANDREAE DOWNS, Boston Globe,  4 Oct 2009

Kindergartens bulge

School district administrators were surprised at the number of incoming kindergarten students this fall. Estimates in June and July of 550 5-year-olds were considered high for a system that had 440 students graduate from eighth grade in the spring, but ...

From ANDREAE DOWNS, Boston Globe,  27 Sep 2009

West Nile virus in Brookline

The West Nile virus was found in mosquitoes from two locations in Brookline this week, according to the Massachusetts Department of Health, bringing the tally of communities with confirmed cases to 18. The wet weather in early summer, followed by hot ...

From ANDREAE DOWNS, Boston Globe,  10 Sep 2009

Down times spur rise in calls for help

More people are seeking low-cost mental health services as the recession drags on, according to directors of clinics in the region. Requests for help are on the rise at the Brookline Community Mental Health Center, the Therapy Center in Brookline, and ...

From ANDREAE DOWNS, Boston Globe,  15 Jul 2009

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