In the late 19th century, Boston’s largest open space was renamed Franklin Park, after a “founding father” who advanced science by flying a kite in Philadelphia. If Benjamin Franklin can be credited with inspiring the park’s spring festival, the name change was, above all, a ploy to help fund the public treasure by tapping his estate. Over the next two centuries, the mission
Taking on the title of Franklin Park “Defenders,” 20 citizens and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy (ENC) announced Tuesday they plan to move ahead with a lawsuit challenging the re-development of White Stadium in Franklin Park for part-time use by a women’s professional soccer team. The lawsuit, which includes long-time activists Louis Elisa and Dr. Jean Maguire, was dealt a
A bowling ball full of discontent rolled through the William Monroe Trotter School auditorium on Monday night at a chaotic meeting that – for at least one night - deflated the optimism of those hoping to bring a women’s professional soccer team to White Stadium. Fresh off a win in Suffolk Superior Court allowing the proponents of the soccer team’s plan to move forward at White