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Harvard Gardens and Red Bull Show Gratitude for MGH Nurses
In an effort to show support and gratitude on National Nurses Day, Harvard Gardens and RedBull provided a free grab-and-go lunch to the nurses at Mass General Hospital on Wednesday, May 6. A station...
View ArticleMemorial Day, 2020
This will be a Memorial Day unlike any that Americans have known. Ever since the official inception of the holiday on May 30, 1868, when the practice of decorating the graves of the fallen Union...
View ArticleHill House United Travel Soccer Teams Go Virtual
Hill House, Inc., an independent, nonprofit community center in downtown Boston has adapted its more than 100-plus enrichment and athletics programs into synchronous virtual learning opportunities,...
View ArticleJohn D. O’Bryant School Youth Group Wins Award at Virtual Kick Butts Day
This year, the annual Kick Butts Day event at the Massachusetts State House could not take place. However youth from The 84 Movement still wanted an event to celebrate their efforts to reduce the...
View ArticleSBA and Treasury Release Paycheck Protection Program
The U.S. Small Business Administration, in consultation with the U.S Department of the Treasury, released the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan Forgiveness Application and detailed instructions...
View ArticleFlaherty Holds Community Preservation Committee Hearing to Review $24.3...
Boston City Councilor At-Large Michael F. Flaherty recently held a hearing of the Boston City Council’s Community Preservation Committee, in his role as Chair of the committee, to review and recommend...
View ArticleNeighborhood Roundup
Face-Mask Drive for Rosie’s Place Hill House, located at 127 Mount Vernon St., is running a Face-Mask Drive for Rosie’s Place on Harrison Avenue. Participants can either make their own masks or...
View ArticleParks Parcel Priority Plan Survey Now Underway
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is encouraging park users and open space advocates to take part in the City of Boston’s new Parcel Priority Plan (PPP) using an online survey. The survey...
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Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
BHCA Annual Meeting Held The Beacon Hill Civic Association’s 98th Annual Meeting and Election of Officers and Directors was held on May 18th via Zoom. The meeting was called to order by Eve Waterfall,...
View ArticleGuest Op-ed: Filling out the U.S. Census Is an Effective and Safe Way to...
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Every 10 years, the Federal government conducts a Census, counting every person living in all 50 states, Washington D.C., and five U.S. territories. This is more than just a...
View ArticleAmericans Will Survive Without Bacon Double-cheeseburgers
The decision of the federal government to invoke the Defense Production Act to order meat-processing plants to reopen raises a number of issues about the use of the act for this purpose. First and...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 05-28-2020
Beacon Hill Beat Larceny – Shoplifting 05/16/20 – A Charles Street market reported an unknown male suspect entered the store at around 1:15 p.m. and stole three bottles of whiskey before fleeing on...
View ArticleNeighborhood Roundup
GoFundMe campaign brings food to frontline medical workers Gianni Frattaroli, general manager of Artu restaurant’s Beacon Hill and North End locations, urges readers to give to “Feed the Frontlines” –...
View ArticleAmtrak Continues to Advance Testing of New Acela Fleet
Amtrak’s new Acela fleet, scheduled to enter service on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) in 2021, continues to progress with its high-speed testing at Transportation Technology Center near Pueblo, Colo.,...
View ArticleArts Emerson Cancels Its Summer Engagement of Drumfolk
ArtsEmerson is cancelling its Summer Special engagement, Step Afrika!’s Drumfolk, which was scheduled to play the Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre July 22 – August 01, 2020. “The City of Boston has now...
View ArticleParks Parcel Priority Plan Survey Now Underway
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is encouraging park users and open space advocates to take part in the City of Boston’s new Parcel Priority Plan (PPP) using an online survey. The survey...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Civic Association Hold 98th Annual Meeting
Remarks by Robert A. Whitney, President Good evening and welcome to our first ever virtual Annual Meeting! I’m Rob Whitney, the President of the Beacon Hill Civic Association, and it is my great...
View ArticleMassachusetts Implements PEUC
The state announced May 21 that Massachusetts residents who are eligible for the federal CARES Act and qualify for having exhausted their regular unemployment compensation may now receive the new...
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A Memorial Day Tradition on the Common Endures
City of Boston Veteran ServicesVolunteers planted 1,000 American flags overnight to commemorate Memorial Day at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on the Boston Common. The annual tradition, which...
View ArticleGuest Op-Ed: The Boston Reopen Fund Is Helping Small Businesses Open Their...
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the health and safety of the people of Boston has been my top priority. As our city and our state begin a gradual reopening...
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