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A graffitied vacant storefront in Allston. The Boston City Council proposed a vacancy tax for empty storefronts during a hearing on Friday. PHOTO BY GEORGE LEHMAN

Vacancy tax proposal aims to reduce empty storefronts across Boston, revitalize businesses

George Lehman November 21, 2024
Boston’s neighborhoods may soon see less vacant storefronts with a proposal for a new vacancy tax for empty storefronts in an effort to revitalize neighborhoods.
The Boston University Police Department. This week’s crime logs include a hit and run, theft and a suspicious person. HOLLY GUSTAVSEN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Campus Crime Logs: Oct. 20-26

Eli Pekelny October 28, 2024
This week's crime logs include a narcotic investigation, prisoner watch and suspicious person.
City Crime Logs: April 15–17

City Crime Logs: April 15–17

Eleanor Ho April 18, 2018
The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from April 15–17.

City Crime Logs: Jan. 26

Solange Hackshaw February 1, 2018

The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Jan. 26th.   Driving Miss Mary Jane: A Drug Transaction on Commonwealth Ave. While conducting a drug...

Allston Brighton Community Development Corporation hosts a public meeting Tuesday night on the Massachusetts turnpike at the Jackson Mann Community School and Council Inc. in Allston. PHOTO BY SYDNEY MAES/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Delays in Allston public transit construction receive community backlash

Jordan Kimmel December 6, 2017

Many Boston residents voiced dissatisfaction with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation’s Massachusetts Pike billion-dollar project on Tuesday night at a public meeting hosted by Allston...

City Crime Logs: Oct. 3

City Crime Logs: Oct. 3

JenRacoosin October 5, 2017

  The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Oct. 3. Emotionally disturbed person in Allston taken to hospital Officers responded to a radio...

The newly completed apartment-style housing at 1047 Commonwealth Ave. opened to students last week, despite lacking some accommodations such as cable television. PHOTO BY JOHNNY LIU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

EDITORIAL: Micro-units are not really our future

Editors March 1, 2017

Boston’s first micro-unit apartment come to Commonwealth Avenue and is now part of Boston University’s campus, though only for a short period of time. Due to the renovations to Myles Standish Hall...

City Crime Logs: Nov. 28 – 29

City Crime Logs: Nov. 28 – 29

Lexi Peery December 1, 2016

The following crime reports were taken from the Boston Police Department crime logs from Nov. 28 – 29. Elderly victim found dead in Brighton apartment Police responded to a call about a sudden...

Allston Village receives grant for mural project

Daily Free Press Admin March 3, 2014

Focusing on enhancing innovation in Boston’s neighborhoods including Allston Village Main Streets, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and the Boston Main Streets Foundation announced the seven awardees for the...

CITY CRIME LOGS: Nov. 6 to Nov. 12

Daily Free Press Admin November 13, 2013

The following reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton D-14 crime logs from Nov. 7 to Nov. 12. Man crashes car while drunk On Thursday at about 2:28 a.m., officers responded to an accident at the...

Area where BU bicyclist killed hectic, locals say

Daily Free Press Admin November 14, 2012

A Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority bus was involved in the accident that killed a Boston University bicyclist on Monday night near the corner of Harvard and Brighton Avenues, an intersection...

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