West Roxbury

Irish Social Club of West Roxbury closes abruptly

Iresd — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:12:10 +0000

http://westroxbury.patch.com/articles/irish-social-club-closes-abruptly

http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/west_roxbury/2011/04/after_65_years_irish_social_cl.html

The last dance was this past Sunday, no notice about the closing or about the financial situation was given to members. If the building does need to be sold couldn't there be some match up with the YMCA or Roche Center. It seems hard to believe that area Irish Step Dancing schools wouldn't have been interesting in renting the space for classes.

Lynch: If it walks like an elephant, and talks like an elephant...

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 21:32:45 +0000

This is the mailing that has Stephen Lynch in a tizzy.

click on image for expanded view or view the PDF in Scribd

MA9 "Come to Jesus"

Anonymous — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 06:39:10 +0000

Mac D'Alessandro: How have Stephen Lynch's bad votes hurt our community?

Anonymous — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:46:07 +0000

You can have your say about how Stephen Lynch's bad votes hurt our community here: http://www.stephenlynchsbadvotes.com/

News by neighborhood for week ending 06/13/2010

JohnAKeith — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 04:04:20 +0000

News by neighborhood being discussed on Universal Hub, this past week.

http://gmaps.kaeding.name/saved/boston_06132010

Later, Mrs. Mallard moved to West Roxbury, where she had fewer problems crossing the street

adamg — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:31:26 +0000

Channel 5 posts photos of a duck and her ducklings crossing the street at Centre and Alaric today.

Summer is coming. Time to sign up for Football

dmk — Mon, 18 May 2009 19:55:05 +0000

Summer is coming. Time for football – signups.

The local Pop Warner Football leagues are already in process of signing up youth for the fall season in their respective neighborhoods. Pop Warner has programs for youth football players and cheerleaders in multiple age categories. The Pop Warner program in West Roxbury recently changed its name to the “Parkway Falcons” and is now accommodating youth in West Roxbury, Roslindale, and Jamaica Plain.

Why the Charles doesn't seem to flood as much as other rivers

adamg — Tue, 16 May 2006 02:00:17 +0000

Natural flood control in action this afternoon along the Charles River near Milliennium Park in West Roxbury.

Part of the reason you're not hearing much about flooding along the Charles is simply because a lot more rain fell up near the Merrimack than around the Charles. But part of it might also have to do with a decision made by the Army Corps of Engineers in the 1970s.

Until the '70s, the federal and state governments used classic engineering techniques to try to reduce flooding in the Charles - they built a dam at the mouth and some mega-pumps to pump water from the river into the harbor. And the Corps came up with a $100-million proposal to build levees and flood-control dams along the middle Charles. But the Corps abandoned that plan in favor of something more unusual: It began buying up or acquiring easements to some 8,100 acres of low-lying riverbank land from the Medfield/Millis line to the Dedham/Boston line - and then just let the land sit there.

The idea was that the various parcels of land would act as giant natural sponges during floods, absorbing vast amounts of water quickly, then releasing it slowly as the river receded. And it seems to work. During heavy rain (or the spring thaw), the Medfield/Millis border becomes a large lake - but since nobody lives on the Corps land, nobody has to be evacuated, either. You can see similar flood control in action from the top of Millennium Park in West Roxbury - or even across from the northbound side of Rte. 128 just past Great Plain Avenue.

Acquiring the land cost $10 million - or 10% of what the government had originally expected to spend on manmade structures.