December Thieves Places First in Storefront Decorating Competition
By Dan Murphy December Thieves was awarded first place Thursday in the annual Charles Street Storefront Decorating Competition. “The contest really shows the diversity of the street and brings...
View ArticleWinthrop Square Project Draws Large Crowd Over Shadows
By Beth Treffeisen A packed courtroom at the Suffolk Law School laid the stage for the first public meeting held for the proposed tower at 115 Winthrop Square by the Boston Planning and Development...
View ArticleAppalachian Mountain Club to Leave Beacon Hill After a Century on Joy Street
By Seth Daniel The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) announced last week it had purchased a new organizational headquarters in Charlestown and will move from its long time Beacon Hill headquarters after...
View ArticleBHCA Community Corner
ANNUAL APPEAL As in the years past, December is when the Beacon Hill Civic Association turns to the community to ask for its support of the work being done to enhance the quality of life for all...
View ArticleZakim Gets Street Parking Permits an Upgrade
By Beth Treffeisen Street parking in neighborhoods like Beacon Hill just got some extra needed relief with the passage of the updated version of the City’s street occupancy permit program this past...
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This Is Not Ghostbusters
Gas leak impersonator Chris Owens leads a team of Beacon Hillers who tagged trees injured by the methane gas
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Christmas Tree Lightning on Beacon Hill
State Rep. Jay Livingstone and Santa counted down for the Beacon Hill tree lighting on Thursday, Dec. 8, on Charles Street. Hundreds of families gathered with neighbors and Santa Claus to ring in the...
View ArticleSuffolk University Building Upgrades Are Put on Hold
By Beth Treffeisen The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission (BHAC) decided to continue the application for 45 Temple Street, that will transform the former institutional buildings into residential...
View ArticleNew Kenmore Square Sign Marks the Start to the Longest Continuous Road in the...
By Beth Treffeisen Bridging together two coastal communities, Boston, Massachusetts and Newport, Oregon, are two mileage signs that mark each end of Route 20, the longest continuous road in the...
View ArticleCity Issues the Do’s and Don’ts of New Marijuana Laws Now in Effect
With new marijuana legalization laws now in effect today in Massachusetts, Mayor Martin Walsh issued a primer for what is legal and what still is illegal in regards to marijuana in Boston. The state...
View ArticleSpruce Street Nursery School Celebrates 20 Years
By Beth Treffeisen Outside carts that usually transport excited toddlers to the nearby Boston Common laid barren as the calm atmosphere overtook the inside of Spruce Street Nursery School in downtown...
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Annual Appeal Please consider the Beacon Hill Civic Association when you plan your end-of-the-year giving. Your support of the Annual Appeal provides vital funding for our ongoing operations,...
View ArticleDowntown View:My People
By Karen Cord Taylor Karen is taking a break so she can manage the busy holiday season. Here is a column that attracted many comments. It is from 2016. It’s when I ride the crowded subway that I feel...
View ArticleRinging in A Christmas Eve Tradition
By Dan Murphy A Beacon Hill tradition was born 92 years ago when Margaret Nichols Shurcliff first led a group of handbell-ringers on Christmas Eve, caroling and regaling neighbors with their jingling...
View ArticleHoliday Events to Attend Across Boston Listed
Old South Church 645 Boylston Street Christmas Eve 5:00p.m. Family Worship Join us as we sing carols and tell together the Christmas story. Children are invited to participate in a...
View ArticleBag Ban on Hold
By Beth Treffeisen Those flimsy plastic bags that can be found stuck in the drain gutter, fluttering from a tree, and clogging pristine waterways such as the Charles River may soon be a thing of a...
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A Winter Wonderland
Beacon Hill residents took advantage of the snow that fell on Saturday. The fun was short lived as the Boston Common snow melted by Sunday.
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Elementary Winter Concert
Aiyana Cruz, second grade student at the Kingsley Montesorri School, gives a clap at the Winter Concert.
View ArticleObituaries 01-03-2017
Deborah Brewster Berg dies at age 51 Deborah Brewster Berg age 51, died suddenly in her home in Largo, Florida Christmas week. Deborah was born in Boston on June 19, 1965 and grew up in Duxbury, Beacon...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 01-03-2017
From Boston Police Area A-1 Larceny – Shoplifting 12/24/16 – A Charles Street market reported a male suspect entered the cellar from the rear entrance at around 5:49 p.m., and stole bottles of...
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