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Farwell: Stretch the border to Grand.
With the influx of new housing in Wooster Square and downtown, will the city alter existing bus routes? What will development look like near the highway on Water Street? How will the former C. Cowles & Co. factory building be integrated into the neighborhood?
by | Mar 6, 2015 12:19 pm | Comments (6)
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Fair Haven’s newest walking-beat cops helped a woman gain the confidence to seek protection against her abuser — and then continued to follow up with her and her family.
Continue reading ‘“Patience” Leads To Domestic Violence Arrest’
by | Mar 4, 2015 1:38 pm | Comments (27)
A police investigation has concluded that the driver of a blue Audi was not at fault when her car struck and killed 81-year-old pedestrian Dolores Mariconde Dogolo in Wooster Square.
by | Feb 25, 2015 3:04 pm | Comments (12)
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Petra, left, with attorney James Segaloff at hearing.
Close to 300 new apartments planned for Wooster Square won’t significantly increase car traffic — and the project will actually bolster safety for bicycle riders and pedestrians, its engineer argued.
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LCI’s Mazzadra carries out two fighting roosters.
One rooster was missing an eye and comb.
City officials rescued eight roosters and about a dozen chickens from a house in Fair Haven Heights, after discovering signs of a cockfighting ring beneath a Grand Avenue bar.
Continue reading ‘Roosters Rescued; Cockfighting Den Busted’
by | Jan 23, 2015 1:21 pm | Comments (0)
(Updated 4:05 p.m.) A minor fire proved fatal early Friday for a man in his mid-fifties.
by | Jan 12, 2015 9:17 am | Comments (0)
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First-graders work with counting blocks at BTWA.
After an uphill battle to launch, Booker T. Washington Academy is settling into its building on Greene Street with plans to stay longer than planned. Leislani Nunez, meanwhile, has plans of her own — to stay at the school each day longer than her mom needs her to.
by | Dec 22, 2014 1:00 pm | Comments (0)
On the sixth night of Hanukkah, Rabbi Mendy Hecht lit the candles on a menorah to illuminate a small circle of Wooster Square neighbors.
by | Dec 18, 2014 9:20 am | Comments (0)
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Outing and Osorio.
The organization taught her about trauma, brought financial stability to her family, and saved her life. It also bakes a wickedly good plate of chocolate chip cookies.
by | Dec 10, 2014 9:33 am | Comments (6)
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Cavaliere and Furlow at Tuesday night’s meeting.
Westville’s Lyric Hall will now have permission to sell beer and wine at its shows, while a Grand Avenue restaurant may serve, too — minus the live entertainment.
That is the upshot of decisions made Tuesday night by the Board of Zoning Appeals.
Continue reading ‘Wine & Fun May Mix In Westville, Not On Grand’
by | Nov 20, 2014 4:00 pm | Comments (16)
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Caico with the rendering of the proposed building at 630 Chapel.
Construction can now begin on luxury apartments at the site of Wooster Square’s former Comcast buliding.
Continue reading ‘Wooster Square Apartments Get Green Light’
by | Nov 19, 2014 9:33 am | Comments (38)
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Neighbor Elsie Chapman with Hausladen, Mayor Harp.
Dogolo was killed crossing Ollive.
John Pescatore offered one cheap and easy fix to slow cars speeding down Olive Street: Place fluorescent delineator tubes down a short section to shrink two lanes into one, forcing drivers to yield to cars going the opposite way.
Continue reading ‘Quick Fixes Sought For “Calming” Fatal Road’
by | Nov 7, 2014 1:31 pm | Comments (23)
A Wooster Square church is looking to host free daily breakfasts for the transient and homeless — leading some neighbors to offer an amen, and others to object.
by | Nov 7, 2014 10:05 am | Comments (13)
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In a unanimous roll call vote, Board of Alders granted zoning relief to Wooster Square’s latest proposal for new apartments at its regular meeting Thursday night.
by | Nov 5, 2014 4:16 pm | Comments (0)
LEAP is back with swim classes for children ages 5 to 13. The classes start next week at the LEAP Community Center pool at 31 Jefferson St. Classes are twice a week: Monday/Wednesday or Tuesday/Thursday, with the option for a 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. start time. The 10-class session costs $100.
by | Nov 4, 2014 12:38 pm | Comments (41)
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(Updated) The attorney for the driver who killed 81-year-old pedestrian Dolores Mariconde Dogolo in Wooster Square seconded Tuesday an initial police assessment that she was not using a cell phone at the time of the collision.
by | Oct 30, 2014 1:55 pm | Comments (23)
Police are investigating an accident in which an 81-year-old woman was struck and killed by a driver Thursday morning.
by | Oct 16, 2014 8:50 am | Comments (0)
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The Historic District Commission will issue a certificate of appropriateness for the installation of four planters along the edge of small Russo Park to honor a late Wooster Square civic leader — as long as they’re made out of red brick.
by | Oct 13, 2014 11:00 am | Comments (14)
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One view of the planned development.
Wooster Square’s latest proposal for new apartments won its next-to-last needed government approval, after some criticism from a neighbor down the street.
by | Oct 7, 2014 2:09 pm | Comments (7)
New to the Wooster Square neighborhood, I decided to make a batch of cupcakes to bribe my roommates into friendship. I started the hunt for the right grocery store — which proved more complicated than I thought.
by | Oct 1, 2014 10:49 am | Comments (0)
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Sun filtered through stained-glass windows, bathing pews with white light as congregation members took their seats.
Continue reading ‘125 Years Later, St. Michael’s Seeks A Rebirth’
by | Sep 24, 2014 8:05 am | Comments (2)
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A rendering of the proposed Harvey’s Walk in Russo Park.
Harvey Koizim.
Neighbors might soon be able to take a stroll down a walkway honoring the memory of a Wooster Square champion.
Continue reading ‘“Harvey’s Walk” In Hands Of Historic Commission’
by | Sep 18, 2014 8:30 am | Comments (6)
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One view of the full-block plan.
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Waldman, one of the developers of the new proposed project at 87 Union St.
A month after a plan to build 200 new market-rate apartments won approval, a second plan to bring a second complex next door with another 285 apartments to the downtown edge of Wooster Square on the support of the City Plan Commission.
Continue reading ‘Wooster Square’s Transformation Takes Another Step Forward’
by | Aug 15, 2014 8:33 am | Comments (2)
Following are two letters about the impending move of New Light High School to the Wooster Square neighborhood. The first, written by Superintendent Garth Harries to neighborhood Alder Aaron Greenberg, responds to concerns raised by neighbors once they learned about the move. The second letter, by neighborhood activist Ruth Koizim, presses for more of a response.
Continue reading ‘“Rich In Buzzwords But Devoid Of Specifics”’
by | Aug 14, 2014 2:45 pm | Comments (6)
To the last-minute surprise of neighbors, Wooster Square will make room for two new schools this fall.