The Boston Red Sox are looking to turn back the clock to 1977, the year the city honored then-recently-deceased longtime team owner Tom Yawkey by renaming the section of Jersey Street bordering Fenway Park's third base line in his name.
Current owner John Henry is now spearheading a petition to convince the city that the only way to move beyond Yawkey's complicated legacy is to strip his namesake from all road signs and markers and return the name of that portion of road to what it once was — Jersey Street.
The discovery of a vernal pool on a piece of land where school officials want to build solar panels is stymieing the project.
Vernal pools, also known as spring pools, are shallow depressions in the ground that typically have water for only a portion of the year. They can be a breeding ground for salamanders and frogs, and if the breeding ground is deemed significant than it can prevent construction.
