The Public Garden has long been a place of respite for Lynn Page Flaherty, but she was unaware of the Friends of the Public Garden before she leaned they were seeking a fresh hire to fill the newly created role…
Month: December 2020
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Beacon Hill Community Fund Grant Award Winners to be Recognized At the December 14th BHCA Board of Directors meeting*, these organizations and members of our community will be recognized for their winning proposals submitted to the Beacon Hill Community Fund,…
Baker Administration Announces Statewide Rollback to Step Three
The Baker administration on Tuesday announced that all Massachusetts cities and towns will roll back to Step Three, Phase One of the state’s reopening plan, effective Sunday, December 13. Following increases in hospitalizations and cases after the Thanksgiving holiday, the…
Feeding Wildlife in City’s Parks Can Have Unintentionally Adverse Effects
While visitors to the city’s park who feed the wildlife there are likely doing it with only the best of intentions, this seemingly benign act can have unintended but adverse consequences. Besides increasing the likelihood that someone could get scratched…
Beacon Hill’s Positive Test Rate Increases Dramatically Post-Thanksgiving
As feared the post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 surge is here and numbers are once again spiking in Beacon Hill and the surrounding area. Beacon Hill and the surrounding area experienced a 60 percent drop in the positive test rate during Thanksgiving week…
Stockings Hung With Care at Prescott House
By Kirsten Aucoin Raise a glass for traditions…. Christmas time at the William Hickling Prescott House, located at 55 Beacon St., looked rather different when Boston merchant James Smith Colburn lived there in the early 1800s and also during…
Neighborhood Roundup
Hill House Annual Tree Sale Now Happening Online Hill House, Inc. located at 127 Mount Vernon St., is offer the chance to purchase trees, wreaths and garland via its distributor, and to have them delivered directly to your doorstep in…
Beacon Hill Women’s Forum Wassail Party Set for Dec. 15
By Ariana Hanley On Tuesday, December 15, The Beacon Hill Women’s Forum will host their annual Wassail Party to celebrate the holiday season! Please join for a festive Zoom meeting followed by a Christmas carol stroll through the Boston Public…
Police Briefs 12-10-2020
Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Attempted Larceny A victim reported as she was walking on Beacon Street, an unknown male suspect grabbed her cellphone and fled on foot. The victim said she gave chase and, with the…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, gets underway this Thursday, December 10, and will culminate next Friday, December 18. In summary, Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Maccabees — a group of fierce warriors who used…