Month: May 2021
BHCA Board Asks City to Look at Affordable Housing for 45 Temple Street
The Beacon Hill Civic Association board of directors voted unanimously at its virtual May 10 meeting to send a letter to the city regarding how the developer of The Archer Residences, a luxury-condo complex at 45 Temple St., is fulfilling…
Charles Street Supply to Host Spring Eternal Kick-Off Event
Special to the Times Beacon Hill’s first annual neighborhood Spring Eternal event schedule to start on Saturday May 22 and designed to support small business is pleased to announce that Darrell Byers, CEO of Interise will be joining Boston City…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Reminder: Beacon Hill Civic Association Annual Meeting – Monday, May 17th Our annual meeting for members will take place next Monday at 6pm via Zoom. Call the office at 627-227-1922 for more infomration. We will be emailing the joining instructions…
West End Cannabis Dispensary Now Open for Business
After a soft opening a few weeks ago Boston’s latest adult use and medical cannabis dispensary, Ascend, officially cut the ribbon on its Friend Street location. Located at 272 Friend St. Ascend aims to serve customers from the West End,…
City Unveils ‘Test Fits’ for Modernized West End Branch Library
The city unveiled several “test fits” that envision a revitalized West End Branch of the Boston Public Library with a new affordable housing component during a virtual meeting on Tuesday, May 11. The city’s Public Facilities Department, working in concert with the Boston…
Beacon Hill COVID Update Listed
Last week Beacon Hill’s weekly COVID-19 positive test rate decreased for a third week in a row and fell to 1 percent after posting a 5.8 percent increase towards the end of April. According to the latest data released by…
Mayor Janey Celebrates Opening of 2021 Boston Swan Boats Season
Saturday, May 8, 2021 – Mayor Kim Janey and her family today joined the Paget family — owners and operators of the Swan Boats — and local residents today to open the popular Boston Swan Boats for the 2021 season…
Neighborhood Roundup
Virtual Program Explores England’s Belvoir Castle Historic New England presents a virtual program called “Belvoir Castle and Capability Brown: Discovering a Lost Landscape” on Thursday, June 3, at noon. From its high hill, brooding over immense tracts of Leicestershire and…
Renovation to Get Underway Soon on Fiedler Footbridge
The Department of Conservation and Recreation is scheduled to close the Arthur Fiedler Footbridge on May 10 for renovations, and when construction wraps on the project up in August, the color of the footbridge will be restored to the historic…