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By adamg - 9/7/23 - 9:46 am

The Dorchester Reporter reports that New Balance CEO and 2016 Trump backer Jim Davis, who pumped $1 million into a PAC that failed to keep Michelle Wu from getting elected mayor this week donated $150,000 to a super PAC that is trying to un-elect two of the City Council's progressive members: Kendra Lara in District 6 and Ricardo Arroyo in District 5. The group's ads in the Herald also support John FitzGerald, Frank Baker's choice, in District 3.

By adamg - 8/30/23 - 9:29 pm
Supermoon

Mary Ellen was among the people who went over to Millennium Park in West Roxbury for a viewing of tonight's supermoon. The clouds didn't deter the moon and the mosquitoes didn't deter its watchers.

By adamg - 8/24/23 - 1:48 pm

Rose's Bounty, which has a drive-up food pantry twice a month at the Stratford Street United Church, at the corner of Stratford Street and Anawan Avenue in West Roxbury, agreed last night to try to reduce the impact on neighbors from people coming for food pickups in numbers that remain higher than before the start of the pandemic. Read more.

By adamg - 8/15/23 - 9:21 pm
Rendering of proposed condo building on Baker Street

Rendering of the view from the roof of Lissa's Beauty Bar across the street, by Lucio Trabucco.

Baker Street Market owner Louis Dakoyannis tonight showed neighbors his proposal to replace the store at the corner of Baker and Vermont streets in West Roxbury with a four-story, 14-unit condo building that would also have ground-floor space for a new convenience store - but one about a third the size of his current market. Read more.

By adamg - 8/9/23 - 2:19 pm
King, Lara, Weber

King, Lara and Weber in Zoom forum.

The three candidates for the District 6 (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Mission Hill) City Council seat - incumbent Kendra Lara and challengers William King and Ben Weber - met last night in a Zoom forum sponsored by JP Progressives, Right to the City Vote and MassVOTE.

The top two finishers in the Sept. 12 preliminary will then meet in the Nov. 7 general election for the two-year seat.

Some of the issues: Read more.

By adamg - 8/3/23 - 11:24 am

Matthew Broude asks:

Does anyone know of any West Roxbury volunteer opportunities for organizations working to alleviate homelessness, poverty, or food insecurity? I’ve found a few by searching, but would love recommendations.

By adamg - 8/1/23 - 11:23 am

NBC Boston reports Boston election commissioners today rejected demands from Kendra Lara haters that it bump her off the fall ballot in District 6 (West Roxbury, Jamaica Plain, Mission Hill), concluding they'd failed to provide enough proof that she doesn't live in the district.

Lara said she was in a midst of a divorce when she ran for office and decided she’d rather use her maiden name than her married name – and got approval from the election office to do so.

By adamg - 7/30/23 - 5:19 pm
Charles River looking downstream from the Millennium Park canoe launch

The Charles River at the Millennium Park canoe launch today looked a bit different from the view on July 29, 2022: Read more.

By adamg - 7/27/23 - 10:09 pm
Rainbow over Harvard Square

Maria Daniels, in Harvard Square, was one of many people who looked up after the rain stopped this evening.

In Jamaica Plain, Handmaid saw the rainbows, too, but also a still angry cloud: Read more.

By adamg - 7/25/23 - 9:06 pm
5 m.p.h. speed sign at West Roxbury intersection

An annoyed citizen filed a 311 complaint about the 5 m.p.h. "illegal signage" somebody who is probably annoyed by speeders put up at one of the intersections of Laurie Avenue and Eastwood Circuit (yes, there are two) in West Roxbury.

By adamg - 7/23/23 - 1:37 pm
Berries on the shore of the Charles River

There are plenty of big things to see on a walk on the path along the Charles River at Millennium Park in West Roxbury: Big trees, big sky and a wide river (now that rainfall is back to normal). But look carefully and there are all sorts of interesting little things to see as well. Read more.

By adamg - 7/21/23 - 10:25 pm
Custom House in the torrent

Custom House in the torrent. Photo by Matt Frank. See it larger.

Sarah Wroblewski reports Boston got nearly two inches of rain out of tonight's storm, more than local storm drains and roads could handle in a short amount of time. Some trees came down after being hit by lightning. Read more.

By adamg - 7/17/23 - 12:20 pm

A motorist and a Boston Police officer collided head on on Centre Street in front of the post office around 11:30 a.m. Read more.

By adamg - 7/17/23 - 10:35 am
Abandoned boat at Millennium Park canoe launch

This abandoned motorboat sat at the Millennium Park canoe launch yesterday, soaking up rain with no motor and stripped of all its wiring and gauges.

By adamg - 7/12/23 - 9:52 pm
Man with a sign against the Centre Street road diet and Michelle Wu and a Don't Tread on Me flag

People for and against the city's plans to dramatically change the configuration of Centre Street in West Roxbury both got a chance to make their feelings known during a hot and humid rush hour. Read more.

By adamg - 7/9/23 - 3:24 pm
New mural honoring Thomas Gunning Kelley

The mural today. See it larger.

The Boston Ale House has painted over the part of its Hastings Street mural that long honored racist City Councilor Dapper O'Neil and his former employer James Michael Curley for a painting of Thomas Gunning Kelley, a longtime West Roxbury resident honored for his bravery in the Vietnam War. Read more.

By adamg - 7/9/23 - 11:30 am

A group of West Roxbury residents who say they support the city's plans to slow traffic on Centre Street will hold a "walk and roll" from the post office down to Holy Name Rotary at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more.

By adamg - 7/8/23 - 12:47 pm

City Councilor Kendra Lara (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury, Mission Hill) today apologized and sought forgiveness for her June 30 car crash, in which she veered off Centre Street in Jamaica Plain and into a house, after which police issued her a summons for driving an unregistered and uninsured car with a suspended license. Read more.

By adamg - 7/6/23 - 9:56 am
Catbird with a berry

Mary Ellen's been watching the birds chow down on berries along the Charles River in West Roxbury the past couple of days, such as this catbird.

A cedar waxwing also eats up: Read more.

By adamg - 6/25/23 - 8:58 pm
Black pig in Centre Street front yard

Julia Weeks and her mom were driving on Centre Street near the quarry in West Roxbury today when they spotted some pig. A pig in somebody's front yard. Taking a snooze, as one does when one's a pig in somebody's front yard on a hot, humid day in West Roxbury.

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