The 2020 season for the New England Patriots came to a merciful close this past weekend. The woeful Pats finished with a 7-9 record, their first losing season since 2000, and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2008.…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Guest Op-Ed: What Six Dollars Can Do
Dr. Glenn Mollette When I was sixteen years old, I was invited to speak at a little country church in rural Denver Kentucky, not far from Paintsville. The church had all but closed its doors but one man, Harold Rice,…
Obituaries 01-07-2020
Robert M. Matson Father, Brother, Grandfather, and Great Grandfather Robert “Bob” M. Matson, passed away Thursday, December 10, 2020, at Winchester Hospital in Massachusetts. Bob was born in Concord, Massachusetts, on August 4, 1937, to Matti and Mary Matson. He…
2020 Year in Review
What a year it has been. 2020 has become the year we wish to forget, but, will undoubtedly be forever remembered as the year of drastic changes. Schools, businesses, socializing all have been effected by COVID. Here are some of…
Police Briefs 12-31-2020
Assault and Battery 12/18/20 – A victim reported he was punched in the face at around 6:53 p.m. on Mt. Vernon Street by a male suspect who was operating a gray Ford Fusion. The victim said the suspect got out…
Have a Happy — and Safe — New Year
The arrival of a new year marks a time for reflection, as to both the year that has passed and the year that lies ahead. In the words of the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson: Ring out the old, ring in…
Snow on the Hill
Police Briefs 12-24-2020
Breaking and Entering – Residence 12/13/20 – A Phillips Street resident reports that while she was away from home between approximately 7:20 p.m. on Dec. 12 and 12:30 p.m. the next day, she found the front and rear doors ajar,…
The True Spirit of Christmas
The Christmas season usually is the most wonderful time of the year. But Christmas, 2020, is anything but wonderful. We are undergoing a degree of hardship unlike any that we have experienced in our lifetime. More Americans are dying each…
Bathed in Blue for MGH Fund
Special to the Times On Dec. 8, the Prudential Tower and Mass General’s Bulfinch building were be bathed in blue to raise awareness of the MGH Fund, which supports lifesaving patient care and research. The MGH Fund was selected by Boston…