Max Amadeo and Trevor McCormack head home with their Christmas tree in hand last Saturday, Dec. 1, during the Hill House’s annual wreath and tree sale at the Firehouse.
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Hill House Tree & Wreath Sale
‘Hill House Tour’ Returns Dec 9
“The Beacon Hill Holiday House” tour returns on Sunday, Dec. 9, from noon to 4 p.m. For more than 20 years, the Nichols House Museum has organized and hosted the tour, which offers the public a rare opportunity to experience a select group of private...
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Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Holiday Decorating Thank you to all our friends and neighbors who have supported our campaign to decorate the gas lamps on Beacon Hill. You make this a special place to live and work. Thanks to Historic New England, City of Boston, Charles Street Liquors,...
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Holiday Happenings
‘Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll’ returns Dec. 6 The Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll presents the annual “Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll” on Thursday, Dec. 6, with many returning crowd-pleasers, including the...
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Former John Jeffries House to become ‘The Whitney’
The former John Jeffries House at 170 Charles St. will become “The Whitney” when it reopens as a boutique hotel this spring. Boston-based developer Related Beal, which purchased the...
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Local Author Delights Residents with Memories of Dining Out
For those interested in the history of eating out in Boston, local author James O’Connell’s new book, ‘Dining Out in Boston: A Culinary History,’ is for you. O’Connell gave...
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Beacon Hill Women’s Forum to Celebrate the Holidays on Dec 18
The Beacon Hill Women’s Forum (BHWF) will fête the holiday season with a cocktail party starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday , Dec. 18, at the Hampshire House. While...
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City Council Holds Hearing on Corporate Tax-Break Transparency
The City Council Committee on Ways and Means held a hearing on Nov. 29, regarding corporate tax break transparency in the City of Boston. With recent conversations around the...
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Neighborhood Roundup
‘Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll’ returns Dec. 6 The Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll presents the annual “Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll” on Thursday, Dec. 6, with many returning crowd-pleasers, including the...
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Police Briefs 12-04-2018
Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Aggravated Assault and Battery 11/26/18 – A victim reported as she was walking through the Public Garden in the area of...
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Enjoy the Holidays — Safely
With the Christmas season in full swing, there will be the usual office, family, and neighborhood parties for all of us to partake and enjoy. By no means do...
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Enjoy the Holiday Season
This is a wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories...
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Beacon Hill Garden Club:Creating Holiday Arrangements
Whether you are arranging a winter window box, a feature for your mantle, a decoration for your entryway or a table centerpiece, it is important to go overboard. That’s...
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VNA Care’s Heroes in Health Care Raises $250,000
VNA Care recently honored industry leaders while raising more than $250,000 at the 13th annual Heroes in Health Care Gala at the Mandarin Oriental, Boston. The Gala is VNA...
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Hostnetter Receives Charles Elliot Conservationist of the Year Award
The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) recently honored Amos B. Hostetter, Jr. with its prestigious Charles Eliot Conservationist of the Year Award at the nonprofit’s 127th Annual Meeting held...
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‘Holiday Stroll’ Returns Dec 6
One of the neighborhood’s most anticipated annual events, the “Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll” returns Thursday, Dec. 6. “The Beacon Hill Business Association is excited to present the Beacon Hill...
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Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Garlands & Greens Beacon Hill Holiday Decorating 2018-2019 got off to a great start last week at our Garlands & Greens cocktail party fundraiser at the Hampshire House. Many...
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Neighborhood Roundup
‘Messiah’ sing-along at Church on the Hill In 1818 the “Messiah” had its first full performance in Boston. Also, in that year, the Boston Society of the New Jerusalem/Church...
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Mass General Cancer Center Debuts CenterStage with Musical Guest Boyz II Men
On Monday, Dec. 3, the Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center will debut its new signature event, CenterStage, at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA). Co-chaired by Jack Connors, Jr.,...
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Council Holds Hearings Regarding New Trust Fund, Funding for Infrastructure
The City Council Committee on Ways and Means held a series of hearings on Monday afternoon, including one regarding the Make Boston Shine Trust Fund and one regarding the...
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Santa Goes to the Dogs for Holiday Pet Photos on Sunday
What better is there to get into the holiday spirit than to have your dog photographed with Santa Claus? In partnership with the Friends of the Public Garden and...
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Police Briefs 11-27-2018
Beacon Hill Beat Larceny from Motor Vehicle 11/04/18 – The victim reported she parked her 2017 Honda Civic on West Cedar Street at around 3 p.m. on Nov. 3,...
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Climate Change is Happening Now
The report released last Friday by 13 U.S. government agencies concurring in an assessment that the effects of climate change will result in a 10 percent decline in the...
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BHAC Denies Application To Equip Charles Street Streetlights with Cell Nodes
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission shot down a proposal to replace three Charles Street streetlights with new ones equipped with cell-phone nodes during its Nov. 15 hearing at City...
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