An entrepreneur and professional artisan since the age of 10, Beacon Hill teen Marlie Kass launched her own company Smart Girls Jewelry in 2015 in reaction to watching a TV commercial that suggested girls should abandon intellectual pursuits and athletics…
Author: Dan Murphy
Myrtle the Turtle Finds New Home in Namesake Playground
Only a short distance from its original location, the Myrtle the Turtle sculpture will remain in its namesake Myrtle Street Playground. To commemorate its 90th anniversary, the Beacon Hill Garden Club commissioned renowned West Newton sculptor Nancy Schön, who also…
Hill Author Explores Underbelly Of a Prep School Life in ‘The Nine’
In her second novel “The Nine,” Beacon Hill resident Jeanne Blasberg unearths the underbelly of a New England prep school and its longstanding pattern of sexual misconduct, as well as the fallout it ultimately creates for the family of one…
Celluloid Heroes : ‘Glory’ Brings the Civil War’s 54th Regiment to Life
In anticipation of the upcoming $2.8-million restoration of the Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial on the Boston Common, the Friends of the Public Garden and other stakeholders in the Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial Restoration Partnership are presenting two free screenings of “Glory”…
Detrimental : Preservation Advocates Ask MGH to Reconfigure Expansion Plans to Spare Three West End Buildings
Preservation advocates are imploring Massachusetts General Hospital to reconfigure its expansion plans to avoid demolition of three historic West End buildings. The hospital is proposing the construction of a $1 billion, 1,035,000-square-foot complex consisting of two connected, 12-story towers located…
District 8 City Council Hopeful Montez Haywood Calls for Reopening of the Long Island Shelter
As an assistant district attorney in the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office for the past 13 years, District 8 city council candidate Montez Haywood has seen firsthand the ravages of substance abuse in the city and believes the immediate reopening…
BHAC Ruling on Garage Door Is Not the Standard Decision
In an atypical ruling, the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission (BHAC) voted unanimously to approve an application allowing the homeowner of 74 Chestnut St. to replace the cedar door of a coverless garage with one made of a composite wood product…
Miguel Rosales Takes Home a Top Prize in 2019 Mayor’s Garden Contest
Beacon Hill resident Miguel Rosales took home first prize for the Shade garden category in Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s 2019 Garden Contest last week, tallying the second consecutive year he has been recognized in this self-described “citywide celebration of urban…
‘Moondance After Dark’ Returns to the Esplanade
The Esplanade Association will transform the park’s Fiedler Field into an outdoor ballroom on Saturday, Sept. 14, from 9 p.m. to midnight for its annual “Moondance After Dark” fundraising event. Besides dancing under the stars beneath a tent along the…
City Considering Sept. 22 for Car-Free ‘Open Charles Street’
To dovetail with the Beacon Hill Civic Association’s Fall HillFest, city officials are exploring the idea of closing Charles Street to vehicular traffic and transforming it into a pedestrian-only walkway for the afternoon of Sunday, Sept. 22, for “Open Charles…