Mayor’s Garden Contest Registration Ends July 12
Mayor Martin J. Walsh is alerting Boston’s green thumbs that they have until Wednesday, July 12, to register for the 2017 Mayor’s Garden Contest presented by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department...
View ArticleMassBay Credit Union Hosts Successful May is for Moms Toiletry Drive
Mass Bay Credit Union held their first ever Toiletry Drive to benefit Rosie’s Place, a local women’s shelter. The charitable drive, which lasted through the end of May, will help benefit those women...
View ArticleMassBay Charitable Foundation Gives Out Scholarships
After reviewing dozens of exceptional candidate applications, The Mass Bay Credit Union Charitable Foundation has selected four graduating high school seniors to receive the 2017 College Scholarships....
View ArticleBPDA Board Approves New Residential Tower in Bay Village
By Beth Treffeisen After much debate between residents of the Bay Village, the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board approved the 199-foot, mix-use building at 212-222 Stuart Street with...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Civic Association Corner
By Suzanne Besser, BHCA President Community Service Officer talks about the homeless At a Beacon Hill Civic Association meeting last week, Kerri Wells, community service officer for Boston Police Area...
View ArticleDowntown View:Harbor Walk—Signs Needed
By Karen Cord Taylor Last Thursday, I took a walk along the harbor with four friends from downtown Boston and others from Iowa, Kentucky and Washington, DC, to assess how the 33-year-old HarborWalk is...
View ArticleBorder Brigade Brings Life to the Corners of the Public Garden
By Beth Treffeisen Everyone knows the Boston Public Garden for the Swan Boats, colorful roses, and palm trees that line George Washington Statue during the summer but few, if not most, pay no attention...
View ArticleCity Looks to Improve Mobility Around North Station
By Dan Murphy In the draft final report for its “action plan,” the city is making several short- and long-term recommendations for improving various modes of transportation around North Station. The...
View ArticleDCR Unveils Design Concepts for Proposed Esplanade Riverfront Pavillion
By Dan Murphy The Department of Conservation and Recreation unveiled three design concepts for the proposed Esplanade Riverfront Pavilion during a public meeting on Wednesday at the Massachusetts...
View ArticleInteractive Groundwater Well Caps Allow Residents to View Data from Their...
By Beth Treffeisen In effort to make the invisible more visible, a new app in the City is working to bring awareness and a better understanding to the groundwater levels in the downtown and historic...
View ArticleBHCHP Honors Anne Finucane, Mike Barnicle, BMC, and MGH
Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) recognized two individuals and two institutions that have made invaluable contributions to the organization’s mission. Bank of America Vice Chairman...
View ArticleBeacon Hill Civic Association Corner
BHCA elects 26 Beacon Hillers as directors At the recent annual meeting of the Beacon Hill Civic Association, 26 Beacon Hill residents were elected to serve on the board, including six who are serving...
View ArticleDowntown View:One Immigrant’s Story
By Karen Cord-Taylor In 1990 eight-year-old Victoria Glazomitsky stepped off a plane at Kennedy Airport with her mother and father, her paternal grandmother and grandfather and her three-year-old...
View ArticleCompassionate Organics Wins Small Battle with Boston City Council
By Beth Treffeisen The Boston City Council voted to send a letter of non-opposition in the first step to allow Compassionate Organics to operate a medical dispensary at 331 Newbury Street in the Back...
View ArticleLegislators Delay Bill on Changing Shadow Law
By Beth Treffeisen In an unexpected turn of events, state lawmakers put on hold for two weeks a bill that will give a one-time exemption to the developers Millennium Partners to build a 775-foot high...
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Donna Summer Roller Disco Party
Cary Sherman from the South End fires off some bubbles in line for the skating rink, during the Donna Summer Disco Party, on Friday June 23.
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21st Annual Rose Garden Party
Chronical-ing the Weather: Shayna Seymour of ‘Chronicle’ and Mike Wankum of WCVB’s Weather Team enjoy the Mayor’s 21st Annual Rose Garden Party at the Kelleher Rose Garden in the Back Bay Fens on...
View ArticleAn Investment in Our Future
Governor Charlie Baker’s recent announcement that his administration will ask the legislature for a five-year, $500 million life sciences initiative that will extend the state’s decade-long commitment...
View ArticleMarkey is 100 Percent Correct for Reproach of Kellyanne Conway
It is fair to say that the world as Americans have known it in the post-World War II era has been turned upside-down — and not in a good way — since the election of Donald Trump as President of the...
View ArticlePolice Briefs 07-11-2017
Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Assault and Battery 06/30/17 – At around 9:58 p.m., a male suspect was asked to leave a Beacon Street establishment as he was bothering a group of female...
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