Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Storybook Ball Announces Newborn Medicine Focus at Kick-Off
Special to the Times Mass General for Children (MGfC) will kick-off its 23rd season of Storybook Ball on June 1st at the Boston Harbor Hotel surrounded by longtime supporters of the event. Storybook Ball is MGfC’s signature fundraiser, at which…
BHCA 100th Annual Event Returns To Union Club As In-Person Event
The Beacon Hill Civic Association held its 100th annual meeting on Monday, May 16, at the Union Club, which returned as an in-person event after a three-year absence due to the pandemic. Rob Whitney, the outgoing chair who is stepping…
AARP Mass. Submits Signed Petitions From Residents to Sen. Warren To Lower Prescription Drug Prices
AARP Massachusetts State Director Mike Festa, Volunteer State President Sandra Harris and AARP members are joining Senator Elizabeth Warren in urging Congress to lower prescription drug prices. 92,835 Massachusetts residents have signed onto an AARP petition calling on Congress to…
Community Reception To Honor West End Museum’s New President
The West End community is welcome to attend a special reception honoring the election of Lois Ascher as the new president of The West End Museum. The event will be at the historic Otis House, 141 Cambridge St., on Wednesday,…
Neighborhood Roundup
Esplanade Community Day Returns Saturday, May 21 Don’t miss the Esplanade Association’s annual Community Day on Saturday, May 21. Come to the park for a day of program-packed events, including the Esplanade 5K from 9 a.m. to noon (learn more…
Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
The Commission will hold its next public hearing virtually on Tuesday, May 24, at 4 p.m. Please note: This hearing will be held virtually and not in person. To participate, please go to our Zoom Meeting link or call 301-715-8592 and enter meeting ID 868 5568 4302 #. You…
No End in Sight for Our Recurring National Nightmare
The horrific and tragic mass shooting that occurred in Buffalo, New York, on a quiet Saturday afternoon in a supermarket in a predominantly Black community once again has highlighted how the intersection of racial hatred fomented by the internet and…
If Women Were World Leaders, There Would Be No More Wars
It’s well-known that men constitute most of the sociopaths among us. A sociopath by definition lacks empathy, a person who has no conscience. Although childhood trauma and abuse can alter a person’s brain, sociopaths for the most part are born,…
Guest Op-Ed: Buffalo, Laguna Woods, Houston – The World Gets Crazier Every Day
Dr. Glenn Mollette A good person did not enter a grocery store in Buffalo, New York killing ten people and wounding multiple others. A good person did not enter a church in Laguna Woods, California wounding many and killing one…