Special to the Times From the songwriting team behind the smash hit Tony Award-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the Academy Award-winning film La La Land, A Christmas Story, The Musical, brings the classic 1983 movie to hilarious life on…
Month: July 2021
Neighborhood Roundup
Boston Ward 5 Dems Make Endorsements Boston Ward 5 Democratic Committee made the following endorsements at its July 20 meeting: Michele Wu for Mayor; Jon Spillane and Ruthzee Louijenne for City Councilor at Large; Ed Flynn for City Councilor for…
Summer in the City: Remembering Charlesbank Beach
By Leigh Blander For some, summer in the city is a reminder of Charlesbank Beach, where thousands of Bostonians flocked to the banks of the Charles River in the West End to go swimming. Charlesbank – which ran from the…
Beacon Hill COVID Update Listed
Throughout June and the beginning of July COVID infections were virtually nonexistent in the neighborhood with an average of 0.10 percent of residents testing positive week after week. However, with new variants of the virus penetrating the US, Beacon Hill,…
BHAC Approves Crush Boutique’s Proposed Blade Sign While Denying Request for New Blade Sign
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission voted unanimously to approve a proposed hanging blade-sign for Crush Boutique’s new home at 138 Charles St. while denying the applicant’s request for a new pan sign at the same location during its July 15…
Charles River Watershed Associations, EPA Announce Water Quality Grades for Charles and Muddy Rivers
For years Save the Harbor/Save the Bay has been releasing beach reports cards that rate the quality of the water at state-run beaches from Nahant to Nantasket. Now the Charles River Water Watershed Associations (CRWA) and US Environmental Protection Agency…
MassDOT Advisory, Deck Repair Work Through October
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has announced it will be conducting deck and joint repairs on the off-ramp from the Bowker Overpass northbound to Charlesgate/Beacon Street eastbound starting Monday, July 19 through the end of October. There will be…
Spillane Receives Local Endorsements for At-Large City Council
District 8 Boston City Councilor Kenzie Bok Endorses Spillane District 8 Boston City Councilor Kenzie Bok announced her endorsement of At-Large City Council candidates Jon Spillane and Ruthzee Louijeune. “Housing affordability is the top issue the Boston City Council must…
Not Vaccinated? COVID-19 Will Get You — And Your Family
When we were writing about COVID-19 last year at the height of the pandemic, we often put it this way: COVID-19 is a hunter and we, the human animal, are its prey. In the summer of 2021, another way to…
Op-Ed: Showing Up for Our Aging Residents
By Councilor Annissa Essaibi George This past year and a half has been devastating for so many, and with that has come a long list of changes and priorities that the City of Boston must address. But perhaps voices too…