Waiting for the Big One
As we are writing this, we are awaiting the arrival of Hurricane Isaias, which is the earliest-ever ninth named storm of a hurricane season. Although Isaias was a weak Category 1 hurricane when it...
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Sign-Ups for Back-to-School Giveaway Now Underway The Salvation Army is teaming up with Garden Neighborhood Charities—the philanthropic arm of the TD Garden—and the City of Boston to host its Ninth...
View ArticleAFT Massachusetts Calls for Remote Start to School This Fall
On Friday, the American Federation of Teachers (ATF) Massachusetts Executive Board, made up of elected representatives of the 23,000 AFT members statewide, voted to call for a remote start to school...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Beacon Hill Civic Association Committees Every spring, the Beacon Hill Civic Association publishes its Annual Report covering committee accomplishments during the past year. We’ll be sharing the...
View ArticleAmerica Is Circling The Drain
On January 30 — what seems like a lifetime ago — the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was a world-wide pandemic. On that same fateful date, the United States’ Centers for Disease...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 08-13-2020
Beacon Hill Beat Breaking and Entering – Motor Vehicle 08/07/20 – A male suspect was arrested on Bowdoin Street for breaking and entering into a 2013 Chrysler Town and Country van at around 2:53 a.m....
View ArticleMassDevelopment Announces $310,000 Funding for Real Estate Technical Assistance
MassDevelopment is pleased to announce the availability of up to $310,000 in funding through its Real Estate Technical Assistance program. Through a combination of in-house expertise and contracts...
View ArticleBaker-Polito Administration Launches Online Platform to Enhance Food System...
The Baker-Polito Administration announced the launch of MassGrown Exchange, an online platform designed to facilitate business-to-business connections within the local food system for products and...
View ArticleEdward M. Kennedy Institute Launches Virtual Youth Advisory Council amid...
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United State Senate announced today the launch of its reimagined Youth Advisory Council as a virtual advocacy project focused on empowering youth voices in...
View ArticleMarkey Election Campaign Twitter Surpasses 100k Followers
On Monday, Sen. Ed Markey’s campaign announced that the campaign account surpassed 100,000 Twitter followers, outpaced Joe Kennedy’s campaign on the platform, and released a long-awaited video of...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Architectural Commission
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission will hold its monthly public hearing on Thursday, August 20, at 5 p.m. Attention: This hearing will only be held virtually and NOT in person. You can...
View ArticleWest End Museum News and Notes
MGH Historic Preservation Public Meeting On Wednesday August 19, the BPDA will be hosting a virtual meeting to discuss historic preservation and the MGH expansion that threatens the Winchell School...
View ArticleJuly Revenue Collections for State Total $4.456 Billion
Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder announced that July revenue collections totaled $4.456 billion, $2.43 billion or 120 prcent more than the actual collections in...
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Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Beacon Hill Civic Association Committees Every spring, the Beacon Hill Civic Association publishes its Annual Report covering committee accomplishments during the past year. We’ll be sharing the...
View ArticleOp-Ed: Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins Statement on Bail and the Bail Fund
By DA Rachael Rollins (The following statement is in regard to the release of a convicted sex offender and rapist in Dorchester through the efforts of the Massachusetts Bail Fund in July. The DA’s...
View ArticleNew Stimulus Bill Is Desperately Needed
As we all have learned by now, the so-called Executive Order (if any of it is even legal) recently issued by President Donald Trump two weeks ago amounts to all talk and no action. It does not stop...
View ArticleSave the U.S. Post Office
The unprecedented efforts to undermine the operations of the U.S. Postal Service by President Donald Trump and the Republicans are not even a thinly-veiled attempt to make sure that mail-in voting in...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 08-20-2020
Beacon Hill Beat Breaking and Entering – Motor Vehicle 08/08/20 – A victim reported that her Honda Pilot was broken into on Winchester Street at around 5 a.m. She said her wallet, with her bank/credit...
View ArticleState Announces Funding Round for Brownfields Redevelopment
The Baker-Polito Administration and MassDevelopment have announced a new round of available funding from the Brownfields Redevelopment Fund to support the environmental assessment and cleanup of...
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Enrollment Open for Beacon Hill/Back Bay Girl Scout Troop 65321 Girl Scout Troop 65321, covering the Beacon Hill and Back Bay neighborhoods, is accepting enrollment for new scouts entering...
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