Dr. Glenn Mollette Everyone will face insurmountable challenges in life. The price of longevity is heartache, opposition, failures, grief and life events that come out of nowhere. Life is filled with the death of loved ones, financial ups and downs,…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Letters to the Editor
Two Flaws in this Logic To the Editor, I was dismayed to read the glib editorial on the “silver lining to inflation” that posits that it’s a good thing that “the direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 have the result…
Raffle Supports Beacon Hill’s Local Businesses
Special to the Times The Beacon Hill cycling community has launched the #IBikeIBuyCharlesSt raffle to help drive more patrons to local businesses. Until Feb. 22, people from across Greater Boston who bike to a local business on Charles Street and…
News Briefs
Mask Mandate for Public Masses to be Lifted on Feb. 28 As of February 28, masks will no longer be required at public Masses in the Archdiocese of Boston. Priests, Deacons, and Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are no longer…
Appreciation: Bill Pear, Former Longtime Curator at Nichols House Museum, Dies at 87
William “Bill” Hesseltine Pear II, a former longtime curator of the Nichols House Museum died Feb. 4 in Newburyport. He was 87. Born in Teaneck, N.J. Mr. Pear was the son of the late W. Wesley and Catharine Cusack Pear. …
Holocaust Memorial Museum Encourages Donations of Holocaust-Era Artifacts
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum will present a live virtual program for New England residents on Wednesday, March 9, from noon to 1 p.m., as part of its ongoing efforts to rescue the evidence of the Holocaust. As event…
Wu Announces Budget Listening Tour
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Office of Budget Management (OBM) announced a series of listening sessions in partnership with the Boston City Council to both educate residents and solicit public feedback on the FY2023 Operating Budget and FY23-27 Capital Plan,…
Beacon Hill Women’s Forum Welcomes Natalie Rekstad and Remy
By Ariana Hanley The Beacon Hill Women’s Forum hosted their monthly Forum on Tuesday, February 8. The evening was kicked off with a virtual cocktail hour and mixology session where members learned to make the perfect Tequila Cosmo and Amy…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Essay Receives Honorable Mention Adam Whitney, a ninth-grade student at Boston Latin School, was awarded Honorable Mention in the 2022 Bill of Rights Essay Contest sponsored by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the Massachusetts Chapter…
City Reports Boston’s Most Popular Dog Names
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s Animal Care and Control Division reminds city dog owners that the annual deadline for licensing their pets is March 31. All dogs in Boston require a new license each year. “Not only is licensing your…