Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
Notice Of Public Hearing The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission will hold a public hearing on September 21, at 5 p.m. ZOOM: HTTPS://ZOOM.US/J/97132528544 Subject of the hearing will be applications...
View ArticleBoston Residents To Participate in Boston Marathon Jimmy Fund Walk
In all, 229 residents from Boston will participate in the Boston Marathon® Jimmy Fund Walk presented by Hyundai on Sunday, October 1. Tina Gee, Paul Riddell, Jennifer Chan, Tina DeNofrio, Sarah Brown,...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Applications Open for the 2023 Beacon Hill Community Fund In 2019, the Beacon Hill Civic Association decided that a special purpose fund – the Beacon Hill Community Fund – should be created within the...
View ArticleEsplanade Association Named Official Charity of 128th Boston Marathon
The Esplanade Association (esplanade.org) has been selected to be a part of the 2024 Bank of America Boston Marathon Official Charity Program. Fifteen runners will have the opportunity to support the...
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A Sure Sign of Fall
Suzanne Besser captured this image on the morning of Sept. 8 as the Swan Boats were being removed from the Public Garden, concluding the 2023 season for this beloved Boston tradition. 2023 marked the...
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Out and About
Beacon Hill Village members, on September 8, took the Ferry to Hingham for a time of shopping and lunch at The Beth.
View ArticleUpstairs Downstairs Home Featured in New TV Series
Special to Times Laura Cousineau, owner of Upstairs Downstairs Home at 69 Charles Street was recently selected, interviewed and filmed for a new television program, “American Dream: Selling Boston.”...
View ArticleBHCA Zoning and Licensing Commission – 7 Chestnut Street Conversation To Be...
On Thursday, September 7, the Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA) Zoning and Licensing Commission held its monthly hearing to consider the proposed deck in the rear yard of 7 Chestnut Street, a...
View ArticleLocal Businesses “Hop to It” and Support Mass General for Children’s...
Beacon Hill Books & Cafe is just one of the many local businesses lending its support to Mass General for Children’s Storybook Ball this fall. For every donation received during the appeal at the...
View ArticleTLCC To Operate Tenant Space on Lovejoy Wharf
Special to the Times The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) have announced the selection of Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center (TLCC) to operate the program space located at 131 Beverly...
View ArticleOpening a Window to the Past by Researching Your Historic Home
By Diana Coldren If your walls could talk! What a story they would tell! Do you ever wonder who designed, built and lovingly maintained your historic home? Imagine all the celebrations, history, and...
View ArticleA. Alan Friedberg, Former Chairman and CEO of Loews Theaters, 91
Special to the Times A. Alan Friedberg, born Abraham Jaffe Friedberg, died at his home on Beacon Hill earlier this month, after a brief illness. He was 91. A native New Yorker, Mr. Friedberg attended...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
The BHCA Fall HillFest is this Sunday, September 24th, 12-4pm, on the flat of Mt. Vernon Street. Parking will not be allowed between 9am and 5pm for the safety of our attendees. Thank you to our...
View ArticleBoston Area Offers Wide Range of School Offerings for Kids of All Ages
A new academic year is just getting underway, but it’s already time for parents and guardians to start thinking about options for next year, and with the Boston area’s wide range of top-notch...
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Appreciation: Remembering Stephen Score
Special to the Times Stephen Score, 79, died on Saturday, Sept. 9, of sarcoma bone cancer. He was a husband, a father, and a mensch. He was an icon in the art and antiques trades, revered for his...
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Chestnuts, Friends Over Fifty Opens Up Again for Fall
Right to left are Chestnuts Friends Over Fifty board of directors members: Sally Harr, Wendy Oleksiak, Lisa Purcell, Martha McAllister, Monica Noether, Pat Carucci, and Beth Sanders. (Justine...
View ArticleCan Nuclear Power Save the Planet?
As it becomes increasingly clear that renewable sources of energy — wind, solar, hydropower, and hydrogen fuel cells — are not going to become available on a large scale anytime soon, the only real...
View ArticleAnarchy in Congress
Imagine if a foreign government or some terrorist group were to hack into the U.S. government’s computers and bring all of its operations to a halt. Everyone in the country would be outraged. That is...
View ArticleUnited Way, the Boston Foundation Award $570,000 From the Migrant Families...
United Way of Massachusetts Bay and The Boston Foundation announced the first of two rapid distributions of $570,000 to 12 community-based organizations from The Massachusetts Migrant Families Relief...
View ArticleMassDOT To Develop and Evaluate Options for Eventual Replacement of the Tobin...
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced that it has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to procure a transportation planning and engineering consultant team to develop...
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