A New Street Cleaning Program
For the last 18 months, the city has run a pilot program on parking regulations regarding street cleaning in Charlestown. The new regulations for street cleaning replace the current fine of $40, plus...
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Getting the facts straight about urban renewal In last week’s article “Community Leaders Express Outrage at BRA’s 6-year Extension of Powers,” the Beacon Hill Times showed an incredible lack of sound...
View ArticleCorrection
The story on the handicapped ramps that ran in last week’s Beacon Hill Times contained incorrect information. The City of Boston has submitted their Environmental Notification Act to the Massachusetts...
View ArticleMFA,Boston Celebrates 40th Annual ‘Art In Bloom’
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), welcomes back one of Boston’s most celebrated signs of spring, the annual “Art in Bloom” festival of flowers. Now in its 40th year, the festival blossoms with...
View ArticleWilliam James College to Host a Public Forum to Address National Opioid Crisis
William James College, a leader in educating mental health professionals and the largest graduate psychology program in New England, hosted “Opioid Crisis: Thinking Outside the Box” on Tuesday, April...
View ArticleBrownies and Refugees: A Partnership Begins to take Root
By Suzanne Besser Although some have not yet reached the age of nine, seventeen compassionate Brownies have taken a step far beyond most adults by reaching out to the more than 450 refugees who...
View ArticleDowntown View:Finally the T Did Something Right. Almost.
By Karen Cord Taylor The new Government Center T station opened with cheers all around. It finished ahead of schedule despite complicated underground construction, trains that had to keep running while...
View ArticlePostal Worker Helps Police Thwart Package Thief
By Dan Murphy An observant postal worker led officers to a thief who was seen stealing delivery packages on Beacon Hill, Boston Police said. On April 7, at around 1 p.m., the mailman flagged down...
View ArticleEsplanade Association Outlines Year’s Goals at Annual Meeting
By Dan Murphy At the group’s 15th annual meeting at Hampshire House on Monday, April 11, representatives from the Esplanade Association outlined their major goals for 2016, including the restoration of...
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Boncore Wins Senate Election,Livingstone Carries Beacon Hill
Joseph Boncore By Cary Shuman Winthrop attorney Joseph Boncore won the Democratic nomination for the State Senate seat in the First Suffolk and Middlesex District that includes Beacon Hill. Boncore...
View ArticleStreet Cleaning
Well, Councillor Josh Zakim’s office received calls last week from several Beacon Hill residents following our editorial about the possibility of a change in the street sweeping program — similar to...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor
Do not change street sweeping program Dear Editor: I read with great interest the editorial of April 18 regarding the City’s considering the possibility of replacing towing with a possible $90 fine. I...
View ArticleWe Need A Transportation Transformation
By Michelle Wu, Boston City Council President As a new mom, I think often about the world that my one-year-old son will grow up in. Twenty years from now, what will Boston look...
View ArticleBoston is Going Fiber
By Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh This week I announced something that will change Boston’s future: working closely with the City over the next six years, Verizon will rewire the entire city with an...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 04-26-2016
BEACON HILL BEAT From Boston Police Area A-1 Larceny – Pickpocket 04/19/16 – A victim reported while she was dining in a Stuart Street restaurant at around 8:48 p.m., an unknown male suspect removed...
View ArticleGet Your Brooms:Annual Street Cleaning is this Weekend
As part of an annual effort to beautify the streets of Boston in time for the spring season, Mayor Martin J. Walsh has asked for Boston residents’ to participate in Boston Shines, a citywide initiative...
View ArticleDowntown View:1,200 New Street Trees
By Karen Cord Taylor The City of Boston started planting 1,200 trees along city streets in mid-April and will continue to do so until June. Every neighborhood gets them. Their hired contractor might...
View ArticlePublic Gets Another Look at New Plans for 33-61 Temple Street
By Dan Murphy The public got another look at the updated plans for what is slated to be the largest residential redevelopment project in Beacon Hill’s history on Thursday at a public meeting sponsored...
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Garden Club Adds Events to Annual Tour
In less than one month, the garden gates will open on Thursday May 19, when the Beacon Hill Garden Club will host its 87th annual tour of the Hidden Gardens. New this year is the addition of a special...
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Dropped Call:Architectural Commission Stops any Additional Antennas on Beacon...
By Stephen Quigley The wireless connection could be getting a little weaker in the Beacon Hill area following the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission’s (BHAC) unanimous vote to deny without prejudice...
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