New Bridges to Hope in the Wake of Long Island
On October 8th of last year, I had to make a painful but necessary decision. The Long Island Bridge, after years of neglect, had to be shut down. The decaying 63-year-old structure posed imminent...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 05-19-2015
Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Assault and Battery 05/11/15 – At approximately 2:40 a.m., officer observed a male suspect punching a taxi driver in the face multiple times on Cambridge...
View ArticleLet Us Never Forget Their Sacrifice
Of all of our national holidays, Memorial Day is the most solemn. Memorial Day reminds us of the Supreme Sacrifice that has been made by so many of our fellow citizens to keep us a free people and...
View ArticleLiza Roman Retires:Helped Many Beacon Hill Nonprofits
Liza Roman has closed the books on Beacon Hill for the last time. For 33 years Roman, a resident of the Fenway who has owned a bookkeeping business since 1980, made her way to Beacon Hill to watch...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Circle Helps Charities
It’s a proven formula. Neighborhood tours with visits to private homes equal new funds for local charities. That’s the formula the Beacon Hill Circle for Charity has followed for 53 years to raise...
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Blessing of the Animals
On Sunday May 17, members of the local community joined King’s Chapel’s Assistant Minister Shawn Fiedler in the garden of King’s Chapel’s Parish House on Beacon Street for the annual “Blessing of the...
View ArticleObituaries 06-02-2015
Cornelia Diane Golding Patten Lifelong social activist, active in racial integration and urban housing causes; had private audience with Dalai Lama Cornelia Diane Golding Patten of Boston, known...
View ArticleImagine Boston in 2030
Last week, I announced Imagine Boston 2030, the first citywide planning process in 50 years. It will be a two-year planning process to create a roadmap for success leading up to Boston’s 400th...
View ArticleBarks & Bagels: A Dog Event
For years the Boston Common Frog Pond has been the place for ice skaters twirling, toddlers splashing, parents picnicking, yogis posing and families watching movies. And next week, for the first time,...
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Duckling Day
More than 1,000 people enjoyed a Mother’s Day full of feathers, frolicking and fun at the Friends of the Public Garden’s annual “Duckling Day” event, presented in partnership with the City of...
View ArticleNew Bridges to Hope in the Wake of Long Island
On October 8th of last year, I had to make a painful but necessary decision. The Long Island Bridge, after years of neglect, had to be shut down. The decaying 63-year-old structure posed imminent...
View ArticleRaining Awareness on Alzheimer’s Disease
June is Alzheimer’s and Brain awareness month, and Alzheimer’s disease is a subject that is very personal to me. My grandmother had Alzheimer’s and I saw firsthand the toll it takes on a family, and...
View ArticleLowe’s Romeo to Premiere Thursday
Award-winning filmmaker Lorna Lowe’s film Romeo, a documentary about a Cambridge man dedicated to rehabilitating male batterers, will premiere at the 17th Annual Roxbury International Film Festival...
View ArticleBHCA and BHV to Host Annual Evening on Esplanade
Beacon Hill residents are invited to a summer evening filled with camaraderie and gourmet food at the opening night of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra on Wednesday, July 15, at DCR’s Hatch Shell on the...
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TEA to Celebrate Restored Oval Lawn
The Hatch Shell Oval Lawn on the Charles River Esplanade. The Esplanade Association and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will celebrate the opening of the newly...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 06-23-2015
Breaking and Entering – Non-Residence 06/12/15 – At around 1:21 a.m., police responded to a Chestnut Street clothing store for a breaking and entering in progress. On arrival, witnesses reported a male...
View ArticleCity Required to Seek State’s Review Of ADA Sidewalk Ramp Construction
In August of 2014, the City of Boston began construction of a series of new disability access ramps on Beacon Street in the Beacon Hill Historic District, replacing historic brick sidewalks and...
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28 Pinckney Back On the Table
28 Pinckney Street. The little Pinckney Street building located at the rear of a 1830’s six-story brick townhouse at 63 Mt. Vernon Street took center stage again, this time at the Beacon Hill...
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Opening the New Lawn At Hatch Shell
Santander Bank CEO Roman Blanco, Commissioner Sanchez, Esplanade Association’s Executive Director Tani Marinovich, State Rep. Jay Livingstone and Secretary Matt Beaton. On Friday, June 19, the...
View ArticleBHAC Agenda
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, July 16 at 4:00 PM in Boston City Hall – Piemonte Room Subject of the hearing will be applications for Certificates of...
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