One of the neighborhood’s most highly anticipated annual events, the Beacon Hill Business Association’s Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll returns on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. Beginning at 5:30 p.m.., both sides of the five blocks of Charles…
Month: November 2022
The Best Place To Mail a Letter in Beacon Hill
By Diana Coldren The lamppost-mounted letter box on Louisburg Square is a quirky relic, as well as a treasure in Beacon Hill and the City of Boston. It’s one of the few surviving lamppost-mounted letter boxes in the city and…
Residents Hear From New Boston Planning and Development Agency Director
Six months into the top job at the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), Arthur Jemison recently accepted an invitation to hear the concerns of residents at a joint meeting of the North End Waterfront Neighborhood Council and the North…
Company Offers Private Valet Parking Service to Homes in and Around Beacon Hill and Back Bay
A unique company that got its start earlier this year, Acorn offers private, full-service valet parking options for townhouses and condos in the Back Bay, Beacon Hill, and contiguous neighborhoods. For $590 a month, subscribers can opt for Full Valet…
Remember Those Who Are Less Fortunate This Holiday Season
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. With Christmas fast approaching, most of us will be rushing about — either to the stores and malls or on-line…
BHCA Presents 27th Garlands & Greens Fundraiser
BHAC Approves New Balcony Railings for River House
In a matter that was continued from September, the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission unanimously approved as submitted an application for River House on Pinckney Street to replace the existing welded-steel balcony railings with code-compliant aluminum railings at the commission’s monthly…
Fabled Antique Reopens After Seven-Month Closure Due to Fire
Special to Times Fabled Antiques reopened on Friday, Nov. 18, kicking off a festive celebratory weekend at 93 Charles St. The shop’s proprietor, Rebecca Connolly Hackler, was eager to reopen after being closed for the past seven months due to…
A La Carte Massage Celebrates 11 Years
A La Carte Massage celebrates 11 years of being open since November 2011 as a multiple-establishment business and storefront on Beacon Hill at the corner of Joy and Myrtle streets. Owned and run by Zoe Arguello, it’s open Monday through…
Remembering Bay Village’s Cocoanut Grove 80 Years Later
On Monday, November 28, at 3 PM, the Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee will host an 80th Anniversary Remembrance Vigil at the site of the former nightclub, Piedmont Street and Cocoanut Grove Lane in the Bay Village neighborhood. A program of…