This is a brief overview of construction operations and impacts for the North Washington Street Bridge Replacement Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work and changes to traffic configurations beyond those described below. Commercial Street Lane…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Federal Judge Sides With School Committee on Temporary Exam School Admissions Policy
Federal Judge William Young late last week issued his decision on the challenge to this year’s altered Exam School Admission process, saying that the temporary admissions system did not discriminate by race against white and Asian students, but it should…
George Wright GC Junior Golf Lessons Registration Now Open
The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is offering free golf clinics at the George Wright Golf Course in Hyde Park for ages 7 to 14 years old. The first-rate Junior Golf Lessons program provides basic instruction in the fundamentals of…
At Last, Spring Has Sprung
Spring officially may have arrived on March 21, but the past month has been anything but spring-like. For those of us who live along the Massachusetts coastline, this is nothing new of course. The prevailing, on-shore sea breezes at this…
Mass Shootings Are Our New Epidemic
Mass shootings with high-powered weapons are nothing new in America. The recent tragedies in Atlanta and Indianapolis are just two more of a long string of the slaughter of innocent Americans who simply were going about their everyday lives at…
King’s Chapel Serious About Fighting Climate Change
Special to the Times King’s Chapel members have gone all out to celebrate Earth Day on April 22 and to introduce their Environmental Action Initiative to a wider audience. Concerned about the effects of climate change on Boston and the…
Friends of the Public Garden 50th Anniversary Celebration
Special to the Times The Friends of the Public Garden will celebrate its 50th Anniversary virtually on Friday, April 30. Attendees of this year’s special event will discover the powerful story of 50 Years of Friends: Moments, Memories & Milestones…
Prescott Patriots
By Christina Yin Patriots Day, celebrated on April 19, is the Massachusetts state holiday commemorating the Battles of Lexington and Concord and their significance sparking the Revolutionary War. On April 18, 1775, Dr. Samuel Prescott of Concord, met up with Paul…
National Grid Reminds Customers to Call 8-1-1 Before Digging
April is designated as National Safe Digging Month, and National Grid urges anyone who is planning on digging to call 811 to prevent serious personal injury, property damage and service interruptions caused by accidentally digging into electric, gas, telephone, water,…
Greenway Conservancy Board Announces New Members
The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, the non-profit responsible for the management and care of The Greenway, is pleased to announce the election of two new members of its volunteer Board of Directors: Matthew J. “Matt” Conti, retired Portfolio Manager at…