Boston First Night
First Night 2016 entertainment, ice sculptures, and other special attractions will take place in 3 areas in the heart of the city: Copley Square, Boston Common, and Boston Harbor. All official First...
View ArticleDowntown View:The Clover Club
Dear Reader, I am taking a break from this column since this holiday deadline is earlier than usual. I’ve retrieved a column from December, 2009, that you might enjoy revisiting. I don’t know if women...
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Christmas Eve Fire a Nightmare for Beacon Hill Family
A Beacon Hill couple’s Christmas turned into a nightmare last Wednesday when their apartment caught fire, killing two of the dogs that were inside. According to the Boston Fire Department, firefighters...
View ArticleEnjoy the New Year Safely
“If this is the last, let’s make it a blast!” all too often is the thought of party-goers on New Year’s Eve as we usher out the old year and ring in the new. But New Year’s Eve is a day just like any...
View ArticleBoston Officials Raise Age to Buy Tobacco Products
Mayor Martin J. Walsh recently announced that the Boston Board of Health voted to approve amendments to the City of Boston’s tobacco regulations which raise the minimum legal age for purchasing tobacco...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 01-05-2016
Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Vandalism 12/26/15 – A victim reported that she parked her 2008 Honda Civic on Fayette Street on Dec. 19, and when she returned six days late, its front...
View ArticleMassachusetts State Police Data from 2015
Massachusetts State Police have investigated 64 homicides across the state in 2015. State troopers, who investigate homicides in the vast majority of Massachusetts communities with the assistance of...
View ArticleDevelopers Plan 75 Condos at Old Suffolk University Buildings
Two years ago Suffolk University put the Frank J. Donahue Building at 41 Temple St. and the Archer Building at 20 Derne St. up for sale as part of its consolidation plans and to reduce its impact on...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Seminars Set to Host Spring Kickoff on January 11
By Suzanne Besser There promises to be lots of lively and thought provoking discussions going on in the 22 courses offered this winter and spring by the Beacon Hill Seminars, the community’s popular...
View ArticleDowntown View:Curiouser and Curiouser
City Hall Plaza is maligned, disparaged, abhorred and then used whenever we have a citywide celebration—think World Series. The place has been poorly maintained for almost 50 years while serving as a...
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2015, A Year in Review
By Dan Murphy On Jan. 11, around 40 volunteers gathered to remove the traditional holiday garlands and bows from around 1,100 lamp-posts throughout Beacon Hill. On Jan. 13, Mayor Martin J. Walsh...
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Ready to Ring in ‘16
Workers put the finishing touches on the ice sculptures in Copley Square on Thursday morning in preparation for the 40th annual First Night celebration.
View ArticleDelicious Winter Wvents at the Boston Public Market Set for January 20
Presented as a joint initiative by the Trustees of Reservations, the Beacon Hill Civic Association Green Committee, and the Conservation Committee of the Beacon Hill Garden Club, you’re invited to...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Gala on February 6
Plans are underway for the 44th Annual Beacon Hill Gala and the Gala After Hours Party to be held on February 6th at the Four Seasons Hotel. The Beacon Hill Civic Association After Hours Committee is...
View ArticleBritish Diplomacy at Beacon Hill Women’s Forum
Tonight, the Beacon Hill Women’s Forum (BHWF) presents “The British are Coming!” with diplomate Susie Kitchen. Ms. Kitchen, who has seen a great deal of the world, currently is Britain’s Consul...
View ArticleDowntown View:Is Traffic Bad?
Millennium will soon finish its tower, and new people will move in. Avalon Bay’s residential tower adjacent to the Tip O’Neill building has topped off. A hotel and residential building is rising on...
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Public Broadcasting Vet Named MAAH Executive Director
By Dan Murphy A longtime veteran of Boston public broadcasting was recently named executive director of the Museum of African American History, Boston and Nantucket (MAAH). Raised outside of...
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Lana Barakat and her December Thieves
By Suzanne Besser Like the boutique she owns at 88 Charles Street, Lana Barakat is at once classic and edgy, sophisticated and artsy, bold and trendy. Her warm smile and passion for artistry envelopes...
View ArticleFrom Classrooms to Residences
by Suzanne Besser Residents and neighbors of Temple Street had their first look at plans for the mega-redevelopment project proposed for their short one-block street when they met with its developers...
View ArticleZakim Named to Council Committees
By John Lynds Newly sworn in Boston City Council President Michelle Wu has appointed City Councillor Josh Zakim to chair the Committee on Housing and Community Development as well as vice-chair of the...
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