Saturday, March 9, 2013
The private liberal arts school recently bought an Arlington Street building.
Neighborhood concerns are mounting over Fisher College's possible expansion plans in the Back Bay after the liberal arts college bought an Arlington Street building and sketches out plans to grow over the next decade. "Things have shifted from how do we work this out, to how do we stop them,"Peter Sherin, a director at the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay, told the Boston Herald. "And the next thing is how do we get them out." Some neighborhoods are challenging Fisher's plans to use Beacon Street building for classrooms or dorms, and a Boston Redevelopment Authority task force is planning to meet March 28 to discuss the issue, the Herald reports.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
The film was completed by Nicholas Dimancescu's family and colleagues.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
The following is edited from press releases sent in by Amanda Steele: Fisher College, at the corner of Back Bay and Beacon Hill, will host the U.S. film premiere of the feature documentary Decoding Dacia Thursday at 6 p.m. in memory of Nicholas Dimancescu, Fisher graduate of the class of 2007. Decoding Dacia, a 50-minute film produced by Kogainon Films, explores the legacy of the Dacian Kingdom from “past to present” through the lens of Rome’s invasion and conquest between 101 and 106 AD. Dimancescu launched the production of the documentary in January 2011, the third film in a series entitled “Romania at War.” In May 2011, while filming above Cioclovina Cave in the Carpathian Mountains, he died tragically in a fall from a high cliff. …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Here are five things going on in and around Boston today.
1. Weather: The National Weather Service predicts thunderstorms before noon with a high of 70 degrees. Chance of rain is 80 percent. The evening will be partly cloudy with a low of 62 degrees. 2. Boston Sports Clubs Offers Newcomers a Day to Sweat For Free: All Boston Sports Club locations will allow non-members looking to sweat it out to use their facilities throughout the day, celebrating their 38 years of fitness in the Boston area. 3. Workplace Fall Job Fair: You’re invited to meet employers at the Central Branch of the Boston Public Library in Copley at a free job fair today from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. 4. Digital Identity Discussion: Eric Stoller, higher education blogger and social media educator, will speak today at 12:30 p.m. at …
Friday, August 31, 2012
The small private institution on Beacon Street in Back Bay has found a way to alleviate student - and neighborhood - concerns about the dreaded Sept. 1st move in day.
September 1st in Boston is as infamous a day as Marathon Monday, except for all the wrong reasons. On the day when 70,000 students head back to school, you've got frustrated students, parents and neighbors, double parked cars, deadlocked traffic, and moving boxes all competing for space on the city's roads and sidewalks. Luckily for Back Bay residents, Fisher College on Beacon Street has found a way to streamline the move in process and alleviate neighborhood concerns. Instead of the "every-man-for-himself" strategy that occurs at many of the other Boston campuses, at Fisher, the college actually hires 20-30 professional movers to help their 800+ students unload their parents cars and get their minifridges, microwaves and TV sets up the …
Ann OHara
2:26 pm on Monday, March 11, 2013
I have lived next door to Fisher College for more than 20 years. Most of the neighborhood is simply asking for Fisher to be a good neighbor, which, unfortuately they have not been. They have repeatedly demonstrated a lack of concern and follow-through on issues that would be important to ANY neighborhood including: double parking of large buses/delivery trucks for extended periods of time which … more ›