Office of Economic Empowerment Launches Digital Financial Resources Amid...
The Massachusetts State Treasurer’s Office of Economic Empowerment has launched a new digital tool for residents in Massachusetts experiencing financial changes due to the COVID-19 outbreak. With the...
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Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
BHCA Updates Because of current conditions, the BHCA will host a virtual Annual Meeting on May 18th to which members will be invited. We will be sending joining instructions the day before the...
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Doors of Beacon Hill
All around Beacon Hill, residents are placing signs on their doors thanking those who are still working and delivering to those staying home.
View ArticleOnline Holy Week Schedule from Cardinal Sean O’Malley
The Most Reverend Robert Reed, Auxiliary Bishop of Boston and President of CatholicTV said, “It’s unprecedented to be unable to celebrate the holiest week of the year in our parishes, but through the...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Architectural Commission
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission will hold a public hearing on April, 16 at 5 p.m. This hearing will only be held virtually and NOT in person. You can participate in this hearing by going to...
View ArticleBaker Says More ICU Beds Are Needed; COVID Death Rate in Mass. is Lower than...
Gov. Charlie Baker announced good and bad news on Thursday requiring the anticipated surge of COVID-19 cases in the coming 20 days – with the good news being there are ample Acute beds and the state’s...
View ArticleState, Non-Profit to Deploy 1,000 Case Workers to Trace Contacts of COVID-19...
Working with a non-profit partner, Gov. Charlie Baker late last week called for 1,000 case workers to deploy throughout the state to track the people who had been in contact with patients who are...
View ArticleCity Paws: Reservations for Summer and Fall Travel
By Penny & Ed Cherubino The prospect of traveling seems like a distant promise right now. Yet here we are reminding you to think about reservations for traveling this summer, fall, and right into...
View ArticleNeighborhood Roundup
Hill House Kiddie Kamp Open for Enrollment Hill House, Inc. located at 127 Mount Vernon St., is currently enrolling for its Kiddie Kamp, which is specifically for kids aged 3-5 and the perfect...
View ArticleCouncilor Bok Calls on Property Owners with Vacancies to Immediately Rent to...
Councilor Kenzie Bok filed a resolution this week calling on any Boston property owner with residential vacancies to immediately rent to families with Housing Choice Vouchers. Over the past week,...
View ArticleSJC Issuesorder Restricting Court Appearances to Emergency Matters Until May 4
In light of the ongoing and urgent public health concerns regarding the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) on April 1 issued an orderthat continues to restrict the...
View ArticleTrial Court Launches Help Line to Assist Court Users
The Trial Court announced this week the establishment of a Help Line that began on April 2 that the public can call to ask general questions about their civil and criminal cases and help them...
View ArticleHouse Passes Legislation to Prevent Residential And Commercial Evictions and...
On April 2, House Speaker Bob DeLeo and Rep. Joseph McGonagle, along with their colleagues in the House of Representatives, passed legislation to set a moratorium on most residential and commercial...
View ArticleGuest Op-Ed: We Are a Resilient City of Resilient People
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh The coronavirus is unlike anything we’ve experienced in living memory, and it’s testing our city in a way that it’s never been tested before. It has required a major,...
View ArticleSo Let’s Talk About The Weather
The weather this April has been full of irony. We had mild months for January, February, and March, with above-average temperatures (among the warmest on record) and few storms of any consequence....
View ArticleA Light at the End Of the Tunnel?
The United States now is the official epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic. We have more deaths and more cases of disease than anywhere else in the world. However, this past weekend the experts began...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 04-16-2020
Beacon Hill Beat Larceny – Bicycle 04/05/20 – A victim reports he locked his bicycle (red and black; model unknown) to a bike rack at Cambridge and Joy streets at around 10 a.m., but when he returned...
View ArticleSpanish Language Unemployment Application Available from State
On Friday, April 10, the state launched a Spanish language online, mobile-friendly, unemployment benefits application for those who need to apply. The new, secure application for Spanish speakers is...
View ArticleCOVID-19 Text Alerts in Spanish Now Available
The state announced on Friday, April 10, that its COVID-19 text message alert system “AlertsMA” is now available in Spanish. This expansion of the text-alert system means that the same text alerts...
View ArticleBaker Provides Update on Hospital Surge Capacity
On April 9, the state provided an update on the Commonwealth’s hospital capacity and efforts to add more beds to the system to meet the expected surge in COVID-19 cases, identifying the need for...
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