The Week in Review: City Council Election, Chocolates and a Silent Auction For a Good Cause

District 7 residents came one step further toward regaining representation on the City Council this week with the preliminary election on Tuesday. Candidates Tito Jackson and Cornell Mills will face off in a Special Election March 15. That story and more are below (just click the link to see the full story):

Chocolate maven Lee Napoli, owner of on Dartmouth Street found herself particularly frantic preparing for this year’s Valentine's Day holiday. “It happens all at once,” she said during a break from her hectic weekend. “The Christmas season, the orders are spread out over six weeks. This is a completely different ballgame."

  A resident of the Cathedral apartment complex was arrested Saturday night after police say he stabbed an acquaintance over a drug deal gone bad.

Tito Jackson and Cornell Mills will face off in a Special Municipal Election on March 15 after winning the most votes in Tuesday’s preliminary election to fill the vacant District 7 City Council seat.

A plan to sell two wings of the Huntington Avenue YMCA and turn them into housing for Northeastern University has nearly 1,000 people confused and fighting for answers. 

This Thursday, the Blackstone/Franklin Square Neighborhood Association (BFSNA) is holding a silent auction at , 700 Harrison Ave. BFSNA prides itself on promoting higher education in the South End, and the auction is devised to raise funds for the College Book-Computer Scholarship. The money is designated to assist South End high school seniors heading to college in the fall with the “hidden expenses” above and beyond their tuition.