Capt. Robert Ciccolo comes from a long line of police officers in his family, but that didn’t mean he knew he wanted to be a police officer too. In fact, the 37-year veteran said it took him awhile to decide…
Month: July 2020
Cooling off on the Common
City Council Holds Lengthy Hearing on Police Overtime
The City Council Committee on Ways and Means held a lengthy hearing on July 28 regarding Boston Police Department (BPD) overtime, after which many councilors still had many questions regarding different aspects of the BPD structure and overtime. Committee Chair…
Truck Cutting Through Neighborhood Leaves Destruction in Its Path
A truck carrying an oversized metal frame cut a swath through the neighborhood on Wednesday, July 22, at about 8:30 a.m., toppling a tree and spinning a postal box around on the sidewalk near the corner of Revere and Garden…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Beacon Hill Civic Association Committees Every spring, the Beacon Hill Civic Association publishes its Annual Report covering committee accomplishments during the past year. We’ll be sharing the committees’ reports here over the next weeks. Parks & Public Spaces Committee The…
West End Museum Reopens After Four and a Half Months
The West End Museum was scheduled to reopen to the public yesterday, Wednesday July 29, following its four-and-a-half month closure due to the pandemic. “We are excited to invite our members, friends, and the public back into the Museum and…
Councilor Bok Calls for Hearing to Increase City’s Public Housing Stock
Councilor Kenzie Bok called for a hearing to increase public housing in Boston at yesterday’s City Council meeting. “COVID-19 HAS shown us how desperately we needed to provide housing for all and how urgently we need to increase these housing…
Street Sweeping Tickets – Not Towing – Begins Again on Aug. 10
The City of Boston and the Public Works Department today that ticketing enforcement during street sweeping operations will resume on Monday, August 10. As part of the announcement, the Boston Transportation Department (BTD) will not tow vehicles until further notice. However, tickets…
Neighborhood Roundup
Virtual Lecture Looks Back at Images from Women’s Suffrage Movement Join the Nichols House Museum and Professor Allison Lange for “Images in the Women’s Suffrage Movement”- a virtual lecture on the visual history of women’s suffrage – on Wednesday, Aug. 5,…
DOR’s June Revenue Collections Interim Report Shows Drop
Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder today announced in an interim report that June revenue collections total $2.493 billion as of July 24, 2020, which is $761 million or 23.4 percent less than benchmark, and $691 million or 21.7 percent less than…