West End Museum Hosts West End Heritage Honoree Night
Story by Marianne Salza The West End Museum (WEM) celebrated Richie Harnett, Cathleen Griffin, and the late Claudia and Stephen Edgell for their significant impact in the community during West End...
View ArticleOpening Night for Author Mark Duffield
Special to Times On Saturday night, Dec. 9, at 7 p.m. at the small Footlights Theater in Falmouth, Maine, the curtain was raised before a packed house for the first time on any stage, an adapted radio...
View ArticleNeighborhood Roundup
Tour Festive Nichols House Museum During December The Nichols House Museum at 55 Mt. Vernon St. is decorated for the holiday season during the month of December. Each of the museum’s rooms is bedecked...
View ArticleCentennial Fountain on the Charles River Esplanade Will Return to the...
Special to the Times To mark 30 years since the installation of the Centennial Fountain on the Charles River Esplanade, the Esplanade Association (EA) is pleased to announce that the fountain’s...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Holiday Decorating Thank You Thank you to everyone who joined our annual Garlands & Greens event at Hampshire House to kick off the Holiday Season! A very special thank you to our generous...
View ArticleBellringers Take to the Streets on Christmas Eve
A beloved holiday tradition returns to the neighborhood on Christmas Eve, with the annual performance by the Beacon Hill Bellringers, including caroling and the pealing of historic handbells, set to...
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Beacon Hill Womens Forum Holiday Party
Friends gathering for cocktails at the Hampshire House during the Beacon Hill Women’s Forum Holiday Party on December 12. Betty Murray and Lorie Conway, BHWF Programs Co-Director.
View ArticleHappy New Year
We often quote a verse from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ring Out Wild Bells” when we write our annual New Year’s editorial. But after re-reading the poem in its entirety, we are printing the whole thing,...
View ArticleHealey Proposes Regulations To Strengthen Resilience From Coastal and Inland...
Special to the Times The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) today issued draft regulations to strengthen wetlands and stormwater resilience by providing flood control and...
View ArticleLocal Talent Headed to City Hall Plaza for New Year’s Eve Celebration
Special to the Times First Night Boston is proud to announce its full schedule of performances for New Year’s Eve, which will fill City Hall Plaza and surrounding venues in the hours leading up to...
View ArticleWu and PowerCorpsBOS Celebrate Graduation Of Third Cohort
Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu celebrated the graduation of PowerCorpsBOS’ third cohort. PowerCorpsBOS is a green jobs program that creates workforce development opportunities for young...
View ArticleGreater Boston Bikeshare System Plans To Add 750 Ebikes to Growing Fleet
Special to the Times The cities of Boston, Cambridge, Somerville and Everett, the town of Brookline, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”) and Lyft today announced plans to integrate...
View ArticleMayor Wu Announces 2024 Civic Summit for Community Leaders, Members
Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu announced the Civic Summit, an event focused on uniting neighbors, civic leaders, and non-profit advocates in a dynamic forum featuring panels with local leaders...
View ArticleBoston Public Health Comm. Encourages Vaccination As Respiratory Virus Cases...
Special to the Times Recent data analyzed by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) shows low vaccination rates and an increase in cases of respiratory viral illness in Boston. BPHC recommends...
View ArticleNeighborhood Roundup
Coffee Hours for City’s Beacon Hill-Back Bay Neighborhood Liaison Maggie Van Scoy, the city’s neighborhood liaison for Beacon Hill and Back Bay, will hold Coffee Hours on Friday, Dec. 29, from 10 to...
View ArticleWu Announces First Night Public Safety Preparations
Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu joined City leadership to share the City’s preparations for First Night, Boston’s annual New Year’s Eve celebration. The free and family-friendly event is moving...
View ArticleBoston Arts Academy Foundation’s Champion Reception in March
The Boston Arts Academy Foundation, an independent 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit organization that raises essential funds to augment the Boston Arts Academy budget, has announced that Hector Piña and...
View ArticleUMass Announces Scholarships for Top 10 Percent of Community College Graduates
The University of Massachusetts announced that the top 10 percent of the Commonwealth’s future community college graduates will receive a minimum of $5,000 per year above federal and private financial...
View ArticleGreater Boston Bikeshare System Plans To Add 750 Ebikes to Growing Fleet
The cities of Boston, Cambridge, Somerville and Everett, the town of Brookline, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”) and Lyft today announced plans to integrate 750 next-generation...
View ArticleMore Than One-Third of Christmas Tree Home Fires Occur in January
More than one-third (34 percent) of U.S. home fires involving Christmas trees occur in January. With this post-holiday fire hazard in mind, the National Fire Protection Association® (NFPA®) strongly...
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