Walsh to Focus on Education in State of City Address
By John Lynds In a letter to parents last week, Boston Public Schools Superintendent Tommy Chang said the school department will face a $50 million deficit. The announcement by Chang has made education...
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BRA Approves Center Garage Project
National Real Estate Advisors (National) and The HYM Investment Group (HYM) won final approval for two towers on the site of the Government Center Garage, the first phases of a six-building, $1.5...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 01-26-2016
BEACON HILL BEAT From Boston Police Area A-1 Assault – Simple 01/16/2016 – At around 1:48 a.m., a male victim reported he was walking on Boylston Street at Charles Street South when an unknown male...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Gala – One of Many Neighborhood Traditions
by Suzanne Besser February 6, 2016, marks the 44th time the Beacon Hill Civic Association has invited neighbors to the Winter Gala, an elegant dinner and dance that each year attracts hundreds of...
View ArticleOn the State Senate Campaign Trail
Livingstone HealthyKids bill gets favorable report Rep. and State Senate candidate Jay Livingstone sponsored the ‘Healthy Kids’ bill that was reported out favorably by joint committee on children,...
View ArticleMassDOT Announces More Longfellow Bridge Closure
MassDOT’s contractor, White-Skanska-Consigli JV (WSC), will implement a series of bridge closures and Red Line weekend diversions during January 2016. WSC will close the Longfellow Bridge to all...
View ArticleWu Seeks Transparency,All-Encompassing Transportation Discussion
By Seth Daniel If there’s anything that Council President Michelle Wu hopes that Charlestown residents get out of her year in the top City Council seat, it would be better informed of Council business....
View ArticleZakim Seeking K-8 School in Downtown
City Councilor Josh Zakim hopes to facilitate opening a new public elementary school to serve the city’s downtown neighborhoods during the new legislative season. The District 8 representative said he...
View ArticleObituaries 02-02-2016
Bruce Kenneth Forbes Founder, President and CEO of ARCHIBUS Bruce Kenneth Forbes of Boston passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 23 with loving family by his side. He was the beloved husband of...
View ArticleDeleo Forms Commission on Daily Sports Fantasy
Anyone who has watched Channel Five’s “On the Record” Sunday morning show knows that Speaker of the House has a tremendous knowledge of Boston sports — as he often has demonstrated on the “Pop Quiz”...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 02-02-2016
From Boston Police Area A-1 Recovered – Stolen Motor Vehicle 01/23/16 – At around 4:27 p.m., officers responded to Charles Street South for a report of a stolen motor vehicle. On arrival, police found...
View ArticleWalsh to Appoint members to One in 3 Council
Story by Marianne Salza A new committee of young adults will soon be appointed to Mayor Marty Walsh’s ONEin3 Council. The motivated group of millennials (individuals born between the 1980s to the early...
View ArticleCommission to Look at Daily Fantasy Sports
By Seth Daniel Speaker Bob DeLeo said this week that he believes some regulations are needed for the Daily Fantasy Sports industry in Massachusetts, and will likely nominate a group to study the issue...
View ArticleQuincy School’s Lincoln Building Could Potentially House New Elementary School
By Dan Murphy When Simon Ho retired from his role as principal of the Josiah Quincy Elementary School last June, he expressed his desire that its Abraham Lincoln Building would again serve as an...
View ArticleSpecial Events Planned by Freedom Trail
African-American patriots played a vital role in the formation of our country and the start of the American Revolution in Boston. In honor of these heroes, the Freedom Trail® Foundation’s acclaimed...
View ArticleWard 5 Democrats to Caucus on Feb 20
Democrats in Boston’s Ward 5, which includes the neighborhoods of Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Bay Village, Fenway and portions of the South End and Chinatown, will caucus at the Community Church of Boston,...
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BHWF to Welcome CEO Cheryl Clarkson
On Tuesday, February 9, the Beacon Hill Women’s Forum (BHWF) will meet at the Hampshire House for “Here Comes the Sun: A Dangerous Love Affair,” an evening of socializing Cheryl Clarkson and...
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Where’s the Doorman?
A pheasant in front of the River House on Pinckney Street after the holidays thinking it was safe to be out.
View ArticleMBTA Needs Fixing Fast
MBTA service has become deplorable and the T budget continues to be inadequate to meet the needs of the public transit system. What else is new? One of the solutions that hopefully will make things...
View ArticleCity Sets New Affordable Housing Yearly Record
In the year 2015, Boston has set a new record for creating new units of affordable housing, permitted in a single year with the new number of 1,022 surpassing the old record of 862 and 2004. With 19...
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