To commemorate its 60th anniversary, the Beacon Hill Circle for Charity awarded $60,000 in grants to charitable agencies serving needy women and children in Greater Boston. It is the most that the organization has given away in a single year…
Month: May 2023
COVID-19 Precautions Worked
During the first days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 when bodies of the dead in our major cities were being stacked into freezer trucks and hospital ships were sailing into the harbors of New York and…
Wildfire Smoke Is A Sign of the Times
The eerie glow, especially at sunrise and sunset, being caused by the haze from the smoke of the wildfires in Western Canada over the past week or so is yet another sign that there is no escaping the effects of…
The Advent School Holds Spring Benefit
ADA Montez Haywood Enters Race for District 8 City Council Seat
Montez Haywood, a longtime assistant district attorney at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office, as well as a West End resident, has joined the race to fill the District 8 City Council seat recently vacated by Kenzie Bok. Haywood, age…
Historic New England Reimagining Otis House Campus Amid Proposed Development in Neighborhood
With several major development projects set to get underway in the neighborhood, including the proposed development on the West End Branch Library, Historic New England is now beginning to reimagine its Otis House campus on Cambridge Street as a “community…
Night Shift Beer Garden Returns to the Esplanade for Another Season
A popular seasonal attraction in the park, the Esplanade’s outdoor beer garden is again open for business. Everett’s Night Shift Brewing, in partnership with the Esplanade Association, has brought back its Night Shift Beer Gardens, Esplanade (formerly Owl’s Nest) to…
Beacon Hill Resident Takes Second Place in Bill of Rights Student Essay Contest
Adam Whitney, a 16-years-old sophomore at Boston Latin School and a lifelong resident of Beacon Hill, earned second place in the 2023 Bill of Rights student essay contest sponsored by the Massachusetts Federal District Court and the Massachusetts Chapter of the…
Literary Lights Fundraising Dinner at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel
The Associates of the Boston Public Library hosted its 33rd Annual Literary Lights dinner on Sunday, April 30, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel. Literary Lights is the Associates’ largest annual fundraiser and one of its primary sources of support…
Neighborhood Roundup
‘Green Corridor’ Listening Session Presentation Set for May 12 The West End Civic Association (WECA) Greenspace Committee has completed three community listening sessions to study a ‘Green Corridor,’ which would connect the Esplanade to the Greenway. The sessions were conducted…