By Seth Daniel As the New England Patriots get ready to host their first playoff game in Foxboro, one might think it’s the success of the city’s football team that makes Boston the best sports city in America. But according…
Month: January 2018
Kraft Center for Community Health Mobilizes Care for Opioid Use Disorder
A new community outreach initiative spearheaded by The Kraft Center for Community Health at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) seeks to better engage with individuals struggling with addiction and complex health conditions who are not well connected to health care services.…
Walsh Hopes to Create Something Special on Long Island for Recovery:Replacement of Bridge Projected to Take Several Years to Complete
By Seth Daniel The City’s administration is currently beginning to think about what a recovery campus on Long Island would look like, as the permitting and fighting over the Long Island Bridge replacement begins to start. In the wake of…
New Book Highlights Historic South End
By Beth Treffeisen On a rare warm, rainy night in January, members of the community packed into the South End Historical Society at 532 Massachusetts Avenue to hear Lauren Prescott, the executive director talk about her newly released book, “Boston’s…
Boston’s Museum of African American History Names Administrator for Inaugural Book Award
Pamela D. Waterman has been named Book Award Administrator for the inaugural Museum of African-American History (MAAH) Stone Book Award which will honor non-fiction literature that celebrates African American history and culture. The award, which includes a $25,000 prize, will…
Neighbors Get Look at Park Street School Proposal
By Dan Murphy The neighborhood got a look at the Park Street School’s plans to rehabilitate its main building on Brimmer Street and renovate and repurpose a two-story carriage house located directly across Chestnut Street at a Jan. 10 meting…
Police Briefs 01-16-2018
Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Larceny – Shoplifting 01/03/18 – A Charles Street sporting-goods store reported at around 2:50 p.m., two female suspects distracted workers before walked out concealing three Canada Goose parkas and fleeing towards the…
Letters to the Editor
READER SAYS WALNUT STREET CONDITIONS ARE DEPLORABLE Dear Editor: I am writing to bring attention to two major issues in Beacon Hill. First, the traffic that is flowing through the Hill has increased dramatically over the last few years. The…
It’s Time for a Permanent Solution for Dreamers
By Korina Iribe Romo Depression, anxiety, frustration: This was my reality as an undocumented young woman living in the United States. For many years the love and support of my family was the only thing that sustained me. In 2012…
Compassion, Dignity and Hope in Boston
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Too many of us are tied to the opioid crisis, whether we are struggling ourselves, or we see and experience the struggle right alongside our coworkers, friends, and family. This is an epidemic and no…