STEPHEN S. YOUNG, BOARD chair of the Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA), announced last week that the City of Boston recently awarded two Beautify Boston Grants to projects on Beacon Hill. The Beautify Boston Grant Program was created by Mayor Thomas M. Menino to “support significant community initiated beautification and infrastructure projects that will...
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Monthly Archives: March 2013
DeLuca’s Granted Zoning Relief Eliefelief
DELUCA’S MARKET ON Charles Street moved another step closer to a grand reopening when the city’s Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA) voted unanimously on Feb. 13 to grant its request for variances. Applicant and proprietor Virgil Aiello had applied for zoning relief to allow the market use of a non-conforming, recently excavated portion of...
Expanded Street-sweeping Program Begins March 1
BEGINNING FRIDAY, MARCH 1, the city’s Public Works Department (DPW) will expand its street-sweeping program on Beacon Hill to include two additional months. The program typically ended on Nov. 30 and resumed April 1, but starting this year, sweeping begins March 1 and ends Dec. 31. Existing posted schedules, as well as parking restrictions...
Street Sweeping Starts This Friday
Well, we dodged another snow bullet over the weekend. And if the weatherman is accurate then we will be getting some rain on Wednesday. This is exactly what we need to get rid of those snow piles that take away the far too scarce parking spaces on streets like Chestnut Street or Mt. Vernon...
A Time to Take Stock
The three- alarm fire that happend last week on Commonwealth Avenue should make all residents just stop and think for a minute. The fire did not occur in a builing that needed rehabbing, but happened in a high end renovation. As a matter of fact, the origin of the fire has centered on the...
Police Briefs 02-26-2013
Robbery – Unarmed 02/16/13 – At around 6:41 p.m., a male suspect reached over the counter of a Cambridge Street convenience store and removed U.S. currency from the register before fleeing on foot. Incidents Feb. 12 Charles Street - Indecent Exposure Charles Street – Larceny, Non-Accessory from Vehicle, $50 to $199 Feb. 13...