The Week in Review: Bank Opens, CRU Wine Shop Closes

This week brought news of the South End Library Friends' fundraising efforts - the group is hoping to replace the library doors with handicapped accessible ones. Mt. Washington Bank officially opened its doors in the South End, and CRU Wine and Spirits closed after an FBI visit last week. Those stories and more are below (just click the link to see the full story):

The South End's newest bank is now open for business at the corner of East Berkeley and Washington streets. Mt. Washington Bank held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday morning with bank executives, community members and employees.

Whether in the city or out in the ‘burbs, parks are quite often lovely sanctuaries by day and covers for clandestine activities at night. Left unaddressed for too long, day and night begin to blur. These are just some of the issues being debated with regards to renovating the park space adjacent to the South End Library.

Hundreds of gory, blood-soaked undead lurched their way from South Station to the Boston Common spilling out into the rest of the neighborhood on Saturday as part of the annual Boston Zombie March.

A Boston man was arrested late Sunday night after allegedly pointing a gun at a Harrison Avenue resident outside her building.

Friends of the South End Library launched a large-scale fundraising campaign last week aimed at raising money to install handicapped accessible doors at the Tremont Street library.

Is crime getting worse in Boston? This weekend, some of the hundreds of teens hanging out at Carson Beach in South Boston ended up in a gang fight.” Just last week, there were mid-day in the South End. And, last weekend, Boston police say the owner of a restaurant in Charlestown was during a fight with a local teenager.

Lightening bolts lit up the Boston skyline during Wednesday night's storm. With a tornado watch in affect, the city was hit with heavy rain along with thunder and lightening and strong winds. Check out our photos from the storm here.

The South End's newest marketplace opened its doors this week with shelves stocked to the brim with fresh vegetables, bakery items, frozen foods and yes, bananas.

CRU Wine and Spirits was closed this week following FBI activity at the Washington Street shop last Friday. Wednesday morning, a handmade “closed” sign adorned the entrance to the liquor store, and the shelves inside the shop were cleared of merchandise. Calls to the store were not answered.