The Week in Review: Bruins Visit the South End

This week was all about the Bruins. After winning the Stanley Cup on Wednesday, the team returned to Boston and dined at Stella to the delight of South End neighbors. In non-sports news, the South End Community Health Center announced its expansion to Shawmut Avenue and Christian Science Plaza renovations were opened up for public comment. Those stories and more are below (just click the link to see the full story):

Questions about height, and who would lease building space, were top concerns for residents during the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s public hearing Thursday on plans to revitalize the iconic Christian Science Plaza.

Community members and legislators met at the State House last Wednesday to discuss House Bill 502, known as the "Transgender Rights Bill," a controversial piece of legislation surrounding transgender discrimination.

Four months after being inducted Athletic Hall of Fame, varsity basketball coach Carnell Suttles and his longtime assistant Larry Washington were sacked earlier this month — prompting some alumni to call the school’s dismissal of five black coaches in the last year racially motivated.

A South End man is among three young people being charged in relation to the murder of a young woman celebrating her 18th birthday with friends in 2009.

The second floor of the majestic former municipal building at the corner of Shawmut and West Brookline Street will soon be home to a school-based health clinic offering much-needed services to students next door at Blackstone Elementary.

For years you’ve walked past the brick wall at 36 Rutland. You’ve heard the sounds of laughing children and glimpsed the courtyard beyond the brick, but you likely assumed it was just another neighborhood park or maybe a day care center.

The second floor landing of the South End Branch Library just got a lot more colorful, thanks to an art installation created and donated by a group of Beverly high school students to celebrate nature in the city.

Stella was full to capacity Thursday night thanks to a visit from the Stanley Cup Champion Boston Bruins, who held a private party with friends and family at Washington Street restaurant. Crowds gathered along the sidewalk to cheer on the players, many of whom were practically unrecognizable without their playoff facial hair. Lord Stanley's cup was the first to arrive, carried by Shawn Thornton.