Month: June 2019
City to Move Forward with Earlier Trash Schedule Despite Neighborhood Opposition
Despite an outpouring of opposition to the new initiative from the neighborhood, Chris Osgood, the city’s chief of streets, transportation and sanitation, told those in attendance at a June 19 Town Hall meeting at 74 Joy St. sponsored by the…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
As of July 1, 2019, trash and recycling collection in the City of Boston generally and on Beacon Hill specifically will begin one hour earlier at 6:00 a.m., instead of beginning at the usual 7:00 a.m. trash and recycling pick…
BHAC Partially Approves Bistro Application
In a matter that was continued from the Feb. 21, April 18 and May 16, the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission partially approved an application for the Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro at 25 Charles St. during its June 20 hearing…
Officials Urge Community to ‘Be a Partner’ in Effort to End Homelessness
As Boston works to end homelessness across the city, many neighborhood groups have got-ten involved in the effort. On June 17, the Neighborhood Association of the Back Bay (NABB), held a well-attended forum in Rabb Hall at the Copley Branch…
City Splash Swim Is Cancelled for This Year
The City Splash 2019, which had been rescheduled to Saturday, June 22nd, has been cancelled due to heavy rainfall two weeks in a row. Swimming in the Charles is only allowed with the issuance of a Special Event Permit from…
Esplanade Association Presents Second Season of ‘GroundBeat’ Music Series
The Esplanade Association (esplanadeassociation.org) is thrilled to announce the second season of “GroundBeat: The Esplanade’s Free Riverfront Music Series,” which showcases a wide range of musical styles from local nonprofits in an effort to promote local arts in the park…
Neighborhood Roundup
Summer activities at the Myrtle Street Playground The Friends of the Myrtle Street Playground and Summer Horizons present summer programming on Thursday from 4 to 5 p.m. at the playground, including the Mayor’s Ice the Beacon Hill Garden Club on…
Our National Disgrace at the Border
Hundreds of migrant children have been transferred out of a filthy Border Patrol station in Texas where they had been detained for weeks without access to soap, clean clothes or adequate food, the authorities confirmed on Monday, — The New…
Celebrate Your Community on Independence Day
By Quint Studer As I go about my work of helping communities revitalize and reinvent themselves, I often get to see the best of America and I’m reminded that the foundations that built this country are still just as important…