Crane River Cheese Club, a Cambridge Street specialty grocery store, has been granted a beer-and-wine license by the city’s Licensing Board, according to Tom Clemens, co-chair of the Beacon Hill Civic Association Zoning and Licensing Committee. The business, located at…
Author: Dan Murphy
Rainbows Pottery Studio Leaving Charles Street for Newbury
After a number of successful years on Charles Street, Rainbows Pottery Studio is getting ready to depart Beacon Hill at the end of the month to move into a new storefront on Newbury Street in the Back Bay that offers…
Community Hears About City’s Latest Plans To Update West Fenway Zoning
The Boston Planning & Development Agency held its second virtual public meeting on Wednesday, March 8, to discuss proposed changes to zoning in the West Fenway.Between 2004 – when the city adopted Article 66, which established and codified a zoning…
City Releases ‘Understanding Charles Street’ Document
As part of its ongoing, multi-phase Connect Downtown project, the city released last month “Understanding Charles Street” – a document that will help inform decisions around the planned design changes on Charles Street between Charles Circle and Beacon Street. According…
Record Store Opens on Joy Street
The opening of Music Research Library at 42 Joy St. on March 1 apparently marked the return of a record store to Beacon Hill for the first time in more than 40 years, but the store itself had been operating…
BHCA Now Accepting Nominations for Its 26th Annual Beacon Award
The Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA) is now accepting applications for its 26th annual Beacon Award in recognition of an individual, organization, or other party that has consistently made “sustained and significant contribution to the Beacon Hill community.” The winner…
City To Begin Design Phase for Proposed New Bike Lanes on Berkeley and Boylston Streets
As part of its Better Bike Lanes initiative, the city is getting ready to launch the design phase for proposed new bike lanes on Berkeley and Boylston streets, leaving some Back Bay leaders to anticipate what this will ultimately mean…
Duckling Day Event Set To Return on Sunday, May 14
Continuing a beloved annual Mother’s Day tradition of more than 30 years, the Friends of the Public Garden will again partner with the Boston Parks Department for the Duckling Day event on Sunday, May 14, from 10 a.m. to noon.…
Livingstone Named House Chair of Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons With Disabilities
Rep. Jay Livingstone has been named the House Chair of the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabilities. “I greatly appreciate the faith that Speaker Mariano has put in me by giving me this appointment,” said Rep. Livingstone,…
Proposed Closing of Portion of Dartmouth Street Raises Questions and Concerns
With the city authorizing further study on the permanent closure of a section of Dartmouth Street near the Copley Branch of the Boston Public Library to vehicular traffic, the question remains about what this would ultimately mean for the future…