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Local News :: Allston
PUBLISHED ON 1/8/2009 11:51:22 PM The University apparently used a shell company to acquire property currently occupied by the Brookline Machine Company.
PUBLISHED ON 12/2/2008 1:07:58 AM Allston residents had mixed reactions to the results presented at the task force meeting last night for a community survey indicating that education was a top priority articulated by neighborhood residents.
Portal, part of $25-million community benefits package, provides educational services PUBLISHED ON 11/24/2008 12:10:22 AM As a small child chased another with neon pink “gluep” slathered over his hands, parents and Harvard administrators mingled at the celebration of the Harvard Allston Education Portal on Friday.
PUBLISHED ON 11/13/2008 1:00:27 AM Allston residents provided detailed feedback regarding the city’s development designs for the neighborhood at a community-wide planning meeting last night.
Residents criticized Harvard's plans for new roads in the neighborhood PUBLISHED ON 10/27/2008 10:57:58 PM Uncertainties abounded and voices were raised as residents grilled city and Harvard planners about the specifics of the University’s plans for development at a tense meeting of the Harvard Allston Task Force last night.
PUBLISHED ON 10/8/2008 2:19:45 AM Allston residents responded with cautious approval to proposals presented by the City of Boston to revitalize Barry’s Corner and Holton Street Corridor, two key tracts of land in Allston that have stood underdeveloped for decades, at last night’s North-Allston Brighton Community-Wide Plan meeting.
PUBLISHED ON 9/4/2008 4:42:54 PM After the city of Boston issued its 50-page scoping determination last month for Harvard’s forecasted development in Allston for the next half-century, some residents say the document raises concerns about the University’s ability to adequately incorporate the city’s suggestions over the next few months.
Residents say that they are concerned about future accidents from construction as Harvard builds massive new campus PUBLISHED ON 8/13/2008 5:09:25 PM A toxic chemical was inadvertently released into the air during a Harvard construction project earlier this month, prompting Allston residents at a special meeting called by the University Monday night to express concern over future health risks as construction continues.
PUBLISHED ON 7/30/2008 10:46:08 AM Although summer break began in June, some Allston-Brighton students have found themselves back in the classroom, learning about science from undergraduate mentors at the Harvard Allston Education Portal.
PUBLISHED ON 6/23/2008 7:30:16 PM Now that Harvard recently stopped using calcium chloride to reduce construction-related dust on Allston streets after residents expressed concerns that the compound could potentially harm neighborhood pets and contaminate the water supply, some say the incident was indicative of the University’s failure to keep the community adequately informed of its expansion plans.
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