Karol Named COO of Watermill Group
Beacon Hill resident Julia Karol was recently appointed president and COO of the Watermill Group, a Lexington-based strategy-driven, private-investment firm. In her new role, Karol is responsible for...
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200 Holiday Decorators needed this weekend Come for as long or little as you can to help decorate 1100 gas lamps with garlands of green cedar and red bows. Holiday Decorating Days on Saturday,...
View ArticleDowntown View:Good Reads
By Karen Cord Taylor Every year about this time I recommend a few books about Boston or by Boston authors that might make good holiday gifts for your friends or relatives. Here are three for you to...
View ArticleNichols House Museum to Celebrate 20th Holiday House Tour Dec 11
By Suzanne Besser In 1995 three Beacon Hillers put their heads together to devise a creative fundraising scheme that would support the small house museum on Mt. Vernon Street that provides a unique...
View ArticleWinthrop Sq Project Meeting on December 5
By Beth Treffeisen The Boston Planning Development Agency (BPDA) will be holding a meeting regarding the controversial proposed building for 115 Winthrop Square in Downtown Boston on Monday December...
View Article‘Decorating Days’ Return Dec 3 and 4
By Dan Murphy As she has for the past 21 years, Ivy A. Turner will help lead this weekend’s volunteer effort to adorn 1,100 gas lamps throughout the neighborhood with garlands and bows. On Saturday,...
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Making Gingerbread Houses
Meghan Cleary and her son Gus, 3, worked to add decorations to their gingerbread house roof during the Hampshire House’s Gingerbread House Brunch on Sunday, Nov. 27. Gus carefully squeezed frosting on...
View ArticleDiane Bergeron,Michael Minogue and Mutual of America Honored at Nov 12 Gala
The Visiting Nurse Association of Boston honored Heroes in Health Care during the nonprofit’s 11th annual Gala on Saturday, Nov. 12, at the Mandarin Oriental, 776 Boylston St., Boston. The Gala was VNA...
View ArticleTaking “Time In” – The Healing Process of Massage is Similar to Meditation
By Zoe Arguello As we may already know that the burdens of life, the stresses of work and family, the emotional tension or aloneness that keep the body bound and its cells entrenched in feelings of...
View ArticleStudent Entrepreneur Experiences Crowdfunding Through Suffolk University Course
Suffolk University has introduced one of the nation’s first experiential courses on crowdfunding, where students are launching campaigns to fund their own start-up companies through Kickstarter and...
View ArticleHibernate All Winter Long with Beacon Hill’s Lala Rokh and Charles Street...
By Beth Treffeisen This winter, cozy up, stay indoors and order in from Beacon Hill’s Persian restaurant Lala Rokh and pair it with a nice bottle of wine from Charles Street Liquors. By ordering...
View ArticleWinter Wonderland Has Transformed City Hall Plaza
By Beth Treffeisen As the temperatures start to drop and the festive season comes to light, a new kind of experience will be brightening up the otherwise dim City Hall Plaza in the heart of downtown...
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Downtown Boston Gas Leak Tagging Event To raise awareness about the estimated 215 methane gas leaks located downtown, BHCA Green Committee members will join volunteers from all over Boston at noon on...
View ArticleDowntown View:Questions You’ve Wanted Answered
By Karen Cord Taylor The trash is picked up early on trash days. But the recycling trucks come by later—sometimes much later. This problem occurs most frequently in the North End and South End and on...
View Article‘Holiday Stroll’ Returns Thursday
One of the neighborhood’s most highly anticipated, seasonal events, the “Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll,” sponsored by the Beacon Hill Business Association, returns on Thursday. Between 6 and 9 p.m., both...
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Decorating Days
Mt. Vernon Street residents David Jones and Allison Ryder hung garlands and greens on more than 100 gas lamps on Sunday for the annual holiday decorating days.
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Skating Spectacular
Frog Pond Freddy was escorted out onto the ice in style last Thursday evening, Dec. 1, just prior to the Ice Skating Spectacular. The Skating Club of Boston transformed the Frog Pond into an ice...
View ArticleTrump and the Vote
We love how many of the national commentators and pundits always point out that while Donald Trump won the presidency, he didn’t get the popular vote. Well, it’s clear Donald Trump’s strategy was to...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 12-13-2016
Beacon Hill Beat Larceny 12/03/16 – At around 11 p.m., the chef of a Charles Street restaurant reported a waiter stole U.S. currency and a bottle of liquor before fleeing on foot. Breaking and...
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By Suzanne Besser Last Saturday, members and supporters of Mothers Out Front, a grassroots organization dedicated to addressing climate change, turned to the streets to raise awareness about the...
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