A new academic year is just getting underway, but it’s already time for parents and guardians to begin thinking about options for next year, and with the Boston area’s wide range of top-notch independent, private and parochial schools, kids of…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Girl Scouts Troop 65321 Kicks off New Season
Gary Drug is a True Family Enterprise
Gary Drug Co. is a family enterprise in the truest sense, serving generations from the neighborhood over the years, and with a long history of hiring the relatives of employees to come work at the longstanding Charles Street pharmacy. “We…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
BHCA Fall HillFest this Sunday! Mark your calendar for Fall HillFest! This year we are taking the festivities online with a virtual block party! This event will take place on Sunday, September 27th from 1-4:30pm, followed by a socially distanced…
Beacon Hill Art Walk Returns as Online Art Sale
The Beacon Hill Art Walk is moving to the fall with a special online format. For health and safety reasons the event cannot be held in person, so artists have gathered some of their favorite works from the past year…
Neighborhood Roundup
Enrollment Open for Beacon Hill/Back Bay Girl Scout Troop 65321 Girl Scout Troop 65321, covering the Beacon Hill and Back Bay neighborhoods, is accepting enrollment for new scouts entering Kindergarten and first grade (fall 2020). Meetings are held on Monday…
Plastic Bag Ordinance to Start Oct. 1
The moratorium related to A Temporary Executive Order Concerning Exemption of Certain Businesses from the City of Boston Plastic Bag Ordinance will end on September 30, 2020. Effective October 1, the Inspectional Services Department’s Weights & Measures Division will resume enforcing…
Police Briefs
Beacon Hill Beat Larceny 09/12/20 – A victim reported unknown person(s) stole her purse, which contained U.S. currency, while she was sitting on a bench on the Charles Street side of the Public Garden Larceny – Bike 09/13/20 – A victim…
Winter Survival: Masks and Flu Shots
The testimony of Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the Centers for Disease Control, before a U.S. Senate subcommittee last week regarding the need for every American to wear a face mask in public to thwart the spread of Covid-19…
COVID Is the Leading Killer of First Responders
Recently-revealed statistics have brought into sharp focus the deadly and tragic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic upon our nation’s police and firefighters. At least 101 police officers have died from Covid-19, and it is estimated that this figure represents only…