Rep. Jay Livingstone and City Councilor Kenzie Bok will co-host a virtual meeting to discuss a proposed smoke shop that has signed a 10-year lease to occupy the ground-level storefront at 138 Charles St. on Monday, March 22, at 5…
Month: March 2021
BHAC Subcommittee Convenes on 83 Mount Vernon St.
A Beacon Hill Architectural Commission subcommittee on 83 Mount Vernon St. met virtually on Wednesday, March 10. The subcommittee comprising Commissioners Matthew Blumenthal, Alice Richmond and Miguel Rosales was convened during the Feb. 18 Architectural Commission meeting to review an…
Upstairs Downstairs Home Fully Open and Celebrating its 29th Anniversary
Upstairs Downstairs Home, actually named for the PBS television series “Upstairs Downstairs” in 1992, will be celebrating its 29th anniversary this year. That’s remarkable by any standard, but having survived the pandemic, crippling lockdowns and the unrelenting and ever-changing restrictions…
Boston to Receive $435 Million as Part of The American Rescue Act
Mayor Martin Walsh held a press conference on March 15, where he discussed some updates regarding COVID in the city, and Rep. Stephen Lynch provided some details about the newly passed federal American Rescue Act. Walsh said that as of…
Neighborhood Roundup
Imagine Van Gogh Coming Dec. 21 to SoWa Power Station. “Imagine Van Gogh,” more than 200 of the Dutch artist’s paintings, is making its debut in Boston on Dec. 21 at the SoWa Power Station. The exhibition is a contactless…
BHAC
Notice of Public Hearing The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission will hold a public hearing on March 18, starting at 5 p.m. (ZOOM: HTTPS://US02WEB.ZOOM.US/J/88552386767) The following will be discussed: Subject of the hearing will be applications for Certificates of Design Approval…
Councilors Wu and Breadon Call for Hearing on Childcare Zoning
City Councilor Michelle Wu, in partnership with City Councilor Liz Breadon, filed a hearing order last week on the city’s Inclusion of Daycare Facilities zoning regulations with the aim of updating these regulations to make early education and childcare more…
Latest Beacon Hill COVID Update
Last week Beacon Hill’s cumulative COVID-19 positive test rate remained the same and the weekly positive test rate decreased slightly. According to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) last Friday, overall since the pandemic started…
The Filibuster Must End
The pros and cons of maintaining the filibuster in the U.S. Senate have reached the forefront of political discussion as never before — and with good reason. Whether one believes that the filibuster protects the minority from the so-called tyranny…
Marvelous Marvin Was A Great Fighter And A Great Person
The boxing world lost one of its all-time greats with the sudden passing of Marvelous Marvin Hagler this past week. Hagler, a native of Newark who moved to Brockton as a teenager, reigned as the undisputed middleweight boxing champion of…