Post Office Will be Closed to Celebrate Labor Day Postal Service employees across the commonwealth will celebrate Labor Day as all Post Offices will be closed on Monday, September 4, 2023. There will be no delivery of mail on the Labor…
Month: August 2023
Boston Centers for Youth & Families To Host Additional Lifeguard Hiring Events
Boston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) is hosting two additional free lifeguard hiring events on Monday, September 11 from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, September 16 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. at the BCYF Mason Pool in Roxbury.…
State Health Officials Announce First Two Human Cases of West Nile Virus in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) announced the first two human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) in state residents this year. One individual is a female in her 70s who was exposed to the virus in another part…
Enjoy a Great – and Safe –Labor Day Weekend
With the weatherman predicting a superb Labor Day weekend (as we’re writing this), we hope that all of our readers will have a chance to make the most of the final weekend of the summer season. Although the Summer of…
School’s Back – Drive With Caution
With schools going back in session this week and next after the summer vacation, morning rush-hour commuters need to readjust our driving habits to ensure that we take into account the thousands of children who will be filling our streets…
Letters to the Editor
Is Boston following Chicago and San Francisco? To the Editor, It seems Beacon Hill has succumbed to the new national pastime, criminal behavior. In less than a week eight businesses were broken into, as if the cost of doing business…
Obituaries 08-31-2023
Stephen Nash Hurley Founder, Chairman and CEO of Xylem Investments, Inc. Stephen Nash Hurley, 80, of Boston, died peacefully surrounded by his family on August 5, after a long illness. Born in Boston to Miriam (Greene) and Donald J. Hurley,…
Mayor Wu’s Garden Contest Awards Ceremony
Charles Street Businesses Hit With Four Break-Ins and One Attempted Break Over Weekend
A spate of four break-ins and an attempted break to Charles Street businesses took place over the course of two evenings last weekend. On Sunday, Aug. 20, at about 9:34 a.m., officers responded to a radio call to investigate the…
BHAC Approves Revised Application for Reconstruction of Vilna Shul Front Plaza
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission unanimously approved a revised application for the proposed reconstruction of The Vilna Shul’s existing front plaza along Phillips Street during the commission’s monthly public hearing held virtually on Aug. 17. The proposed work now comprises…