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Emily T. Schwartz
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Conference Center, Hotel on Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus To Officially Open to Public in January
The Atlas Hotel and Treehouse Conference Center at Harvard’s Enterprise Research Campus will formally open in January, confirming Harvard’s vision for entrepreneurship and STEM research amid its continuous expansion into Allston.
Allston Residents and Officials Condemn Election Day Immigration Raid at Car Wash
Allston residents and elected officials rallied in support of nine Guatemalan and Salvadoran people who were detained by immigration enforcement officers on Tuesday morning.
Boston City Council Candidates Are Floating Ideas to Address Allston’s Stalled Community Center
With elections for the Boston City Council less than a week away, a long-running sore spot for Allston-Brighton residents has returned to the public eye through several candidates’ campaign platforms: the still unaddressed future of the neighborhood’s condemned community center.
Allston-Brighton Community Services Report Shrinking Attendance As Immigrants Stay Home
Ever since ICE presence increased in Allston-Brighton this spring, service providers and farmers market vendors said they have seen fewer Spanish and Portuguese-speaking students and patrons.
Boston, Naming Developer, Moves to Next Stage of Replacing Demolished Sound Museum
The city of Boston has selected a developer and consultant to manage the long-awaited replacement of the Sound Museum, a popular musicians’ rehearsal space in Brighton demolished two years ago to be developed into biotech labs.
Allston-Brighton City Council Candidates Go Head to Head, but Present Similar Progressive Policies at Election Forum
At the first election forum for Allston Brighton’s two city council candidates on Monday night, incumbent Elizabeth A. “Liz” Breadon and her challenger, Pilar Ortiz, proved their policy stances to be more similar than different.
Allston Residents ‘Disappointed’ by Discontinuation of Harvard Recreation Memberships
The Harvard Ed Portal discontinued its offering of memberships to recreational facilities across its Cambridge and Allston campuses this month, ending a community benefit that had granted hundreds of Allston-Brighton residents cheap access to the University’s gyms, climbing wall, and pool.
Immigrant Services Expand Support to Adjust to ICE Threats in Allston-Brighton
As the Trump administration conducts a nationwide deportation campaign against undocumented immigrants, long-standing support infrastructure for immigrants in Allston-Brighton is now adapting to a climate of fear after straining to support influxes of immigrants over the past few years.
