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Summer Farm Walk at Land’s Sake – July 27
Each season, Land’s Sake offers a free walking tour of the farm which allows participants to go in depth into the current happenings in the fields and forests. This year’s walk is this Saturday, July 27 at 10 am. Begin by gathering together with a seasonal beverage inspired...
How These Boston Tech Companies are Growing and Connecting to the Community
Boston has a lot of firsts. Boston Commons was the first public park in the United States. Harvard was the first college not only in the country but in all of North America. In terms of scientific and technological advances, Boston became the home of the first subway system in the United States. Also, the telephone was invented while Alexander Graham Bell was living in Boston.
Kendrick Perkins ‘loses Boston Celtics legend status’ and ‘booed by fans’ as ESPN star is banned from ex-player policy
KENDRICK Perkins has lost his status within the Boston Celtics organization after trashing the team. Perkins was a Celtics legend, spending eight years with the team and winning a title in 2008, but it all came crashing down in recent years. Despite being a former player, Perkins was one of...
MBTA police seek suspect who allegedly ‘viciously’ beat homeless man
Anyone with information regarding the incident is asked to call 617-222-1050. MBTA Transit Police are looking for a suspect who allegedly beat an elderly homeless man earlier this month. Police are seeking Shaquille O. Manago, who reportedly attacked the victim around 3 a.m. on July 10 at Ashmont Station, according...
POSTPONED to 2025: Climb 4 Climate Inaugural Stair-Climbing Event
Update 6:30 pm: this event has been postponed until 2025. The Owl has received the following press release from Climb 4 Climate, a Weston-based non profit organization. The startup is hosting its inaugural fundraising event with a stair climb at Harvard Stadium on August 10. Participants will climb up the concrete seats, 30 rows high, and down the steps in all 37 sections of Harvard Stadium. And now the Owl just had a painful flashback of Wellesley Crüe (Crew), the so-called Iron Maiden team – does anyone remember these bands from the 80s, sigh- doing “stadiums” at Harvard for training. Ouchie ouchie.
Cruz Construction v. Beacon Communities in breach of implied contract suit
Yawu Miller is the former senior editor of the Bay State Banner. He has written for the Banner since 1988.... VIEW BIO. As their work on the 72-unit Camden Street housing development was drawing to a close in 2019, Cruz Construction staff were knee deep in pre-construction work on the larger 285-unit Lenox apartments.
Boston College Football: 40 Most Important Players of 2024, 23-20
Continuing our look at the most important Boston College football players for the 2024 season. The march to the 2024 season continues for Boston College football, and Bill O'Brien in just five weeks when they head to Tallahassee to face off with the Florida State Seminoles. To kick off our coverage, Mitch Wolfe and I will be looking at the Most Important Boston College Players in 2024. Over the next month we will be breaking down each player and discussing why they are critical for Boston College's success.
Boston Media Seeks Analysis from Winthrop’s Ed Cash Regarding Security at Trump rally
When the Boston media sought out expert analysis on the security efforts at the July 13 rally in Pennsylvania where there was an assassination attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump, they called on Winthrop resident Ed Cash. Cash has been the president of Frontier Security Strategies for...
The Boston Globe Being Upset We're Not About to Host the Olympics is the Stupidest Take in the History of Takes
As hard as it is to believe, this was once an actual thing. A video put together nine years ago by some of Boston's "community and business leaders" to secure the city as the site of the Olympics that are about to start in Paris. The case they were making...
Avelo Airlines has 2 new flights out of Manchester–Boston Regional Airport. See where
Travelers out of Manchester–Boston Regional Airport will now have two new destination options on Avelo Airlines. The airline announced 18 new routes this week, including two from Manchester. Here's what...
Diversity in the construction industry is lacking. This program means to change that.
Banner Business Sponsored by The Boston Foundation. When Vrajesh Patel first entered the construction industry five years ago, he didn’t believe he’d find a leadership role. “I did my homework, I saw the people that were here … that were white and male-dominated, and I did not see...
SEAS welcomes new faculty in Computer Science, Applied Math
The Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) is welcoming four new researchers in the fields of machine learning, artificial intelligence and data management to its ranks of faculty. Three of the four new faculty will also be Investigators with The Kempner Institute for the Study of Natural and Artificial Intelligence at Harvard University, which is housed at the Science and Engineering Complex.
Throwback: When the DNC was held in Boston
(WJAR) — With this year's historic Democratic National Convention set for next month, it was 20 years ago the DNC was close to home. Bill Rappleye was previewing the start of the convention in Boston on July 25th, 2004. John Kerry and John Edwards officially got the democratic nomination...
The latest push in the recovery of the Edgar Benjamin Healthcare Center? Christmas coming early
Even as summer temperatures beat down, for the about 70 residents of the Edgar Benjamin Healthcare Center on Mission Hill, Christmas is coming. The center is launching a fundraiser this week to bring new supplies and resources to the facility to support operations and care for patients. A list of...
Residents demand transparency from BPD, Wu around officer’s demotion
Hundreds of residents, community leaders and local elected officials gathered Wednesday night in the muggy basement of Roxbury’s Twelfth Baptist Church to demand the Boston Police Department and Mayor Michelle Wu provide transparency around the demotion of a veteran police officer. Eddy Chrispin was well known in Dorchester and...
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