Boston City Council News and Notes
Boston City Council brings in the new year at their first meeting held last Wednesday, January 11, with a number of refiles. The Council operates on a one-year legislative cycle within a two-year term,...
View ArticleCouncilor Jackson Announces Bid for Mayor; Calls for a More Equitable Growth...
By Seth Daniel When Councilor Tito Jackson took to the podium to announce his bid for mayor at the Haley House Cafe in Roxbury last Thursday, Jan. 12, he didn’t paint himself as a candidate for one...
View ArticleBHCA Community Corner
Annual Appeal The Annual Appeal provides vital funding for the association’s ongoing operations, sustaining the office staff and facilities, allowing its continued sponsorship of community events, and...
View ArticleDowntown View:Shadows vs Money
By Karen Cord Taylor Aren’t we Bostonians better than Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump? Millennium Partners beat out several other developers in a plan to demolish the city’s decrepit parking garage at...
View ArticleFriends and Colleagues Bid Farewell to ‘Bernie’ O’Rourke
By Dan Murphy On the eve of his retirement from a 39-year career with the Boston Police, Superintendent Bernard “Bernie” O’Rourke was feted by scores of friends and colleagues at Ned Devine’s Pub at...
View ArticleMassport:Winthrop Sq Tower is Too High
By Beth Treffeisen The proposed mixed use 775-foot high tower slated for 115 Winthrop Square, which is known for casting controversial new shadows on the public parks downtown, has received yet another...
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Beacon Hill Women’s Forum Dancing With the Stars
by Marianne Salza Kathy Hull, ballroom dancing gold medal winner. When Kathy Hull, a college philosophy and psychology professor, received a phone call one evening from a local dance studio inquiring...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 01-24-2017
Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Larceny from Motor Vehicle 01/13/17- The victim reported unknown person(s) broke into her 2015 Jeep Cherokee, which was parked on Charles Street, at around...
View ArticleOfficials Outline Legislation to Allow New Shadow from Winthrop Square Tower
By Beth Treffeisen If passed, the proposed 750 foot building slated for the Winthrop Square Garage could be the last to cast additional shadows on the Boston Common and Public Garden downtown. The...
View ArticleLocal Projects Highlighted in Walsh’s State of City Address:FOPG Urges...
By Beth Treffeisen In a packed Symphony Hall, Mayor Martin J. Walsh delivered his third State of the City Address before embarking on his re-election campaign. In his address, Walsh committed to...
View ArticleCheek Donates WWII Visual Materials to Athenaeum
Elizabeth E. Barker, Ph.D., Stanford Calderwood Director of the Boston Athenæum, announced the donation to the Athenæum of the collection of WWII visual materials of architectural photographer, author,...
View ArticleBlackstone’s Celebrates 35th Anniversary with Launch of ‘Meet the Maker’ Series
Blackstone’s of Beacon Hill, located at 46 Charles St., will kick off its 35th anniversary with the launch of the “Meet the Maker” event series on Tuesday, Jan. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. “Jessica Gusar of...
View ArticleTorit Montessori School Opens Elementary Campus
By Dan Murphy Torit Montessori School opened its elementary campus at the former site of Grampy’s gas station on Cambridge Street last month. The campus, which currently accommodates around 40...
View ArticleHanley and McGuire to be Honored at BHCA Gala
By Suzanne Besser Deb Hanley and Frank McGuire, whose years of volunteerism on behalf of this community have made it a better place for all, will be honored by more than 200 of their neighbors at the...
View ArticleDowntown View DC: The Bad and The Good
By Karen Cord Taylor Susan and I took the train to DC last Friday with lots of people and returned on Sunday. We stayed at Lois’s house. On Saturday we three went to the Women’s March on Washington. We...
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Court Rules Against Outdoor Signage at Red Hat Bldg
By Dan Murphy Outdoor signage on the Red Hat building at 9 Bowdoin St. facing Cambridge Street. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Appeals Court has issued a summary decision that further permanently...
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Residents Join in Boston Women’s March
By Beth Treffeisen Michelle Howell from Beacon Hill waves an American flag that reads ‘Don’t Tread on Me.’ Marchers bearing pink hats, colorful signs, and t-shirts stating ‘Nasty Women’ packed the...
View ArticleThe State of Our City
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh On January 17th, I had the honor of standing in front of the city I love and explaining all that we’ve accomplished together, and what we have to look forward to in the...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 01-31-2017
Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Assault and Battery 01/22/17 – A victim reported he was punched in the mouth at Charles Street South and Jefferson Street at around 2:48 a.m. The victim...
View ArticleConstruction Launch of Bulfinch Crossing Symbolizes New Era in Boston
Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, City officials, and members from National Real Estate Advisors and The HYM Investment Group, will swing sledgehammers to mark the launch of construction at Bulfinch...
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