The unprecedented efforts to undermine the operations of the U.S. Postal Service by President Donald Trump and the Republicans are not even a thinly-veiled attempt to make sure that mail-in voting in the November election during this unprecedented pandemic will…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
New Stimulus Bill Is Desperately Needed
As we all have learned by now, the so-called Executive Order (if any of it is even legal) recently issued by President Donald Trump two weeks ago amounts to all talk and no action. It does not stop any evictions…
Op-Ed: Suffolk DA Rachael Rollins Statement on Bail and the Bail Fund
By DA Rachael Rollins (The following statement is in regard to the release of a convicted sex offender and rapist in Dorchester through the efforts of the Massachusetts Bail Fund in July. The DA’s office has brought charges against the…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Beacon Hill Civic Association Committees Every spring, the Beacon Hill Civic Association publishes its Annual Report covering committee accomplishments during the past year. We’ll be sharing the committees’ reports here over the next weeks. Membership Committee The Membership Committee is…
July Revenue Collections for State Total $4.456 Billion
Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR) Commissioner Geoffrey Snyder announced that July revenue collections totaled $4.456 billion, $2.43 billion or 120 prcent more than the actual collections in July 2019. Of the $4.456 billion July collections, approximately $2.293 billion is income tax payments and…
West End Museum News and Notes
MGH Historic Preservation Public Meeting On Wednesday August 19, the BPDA will be hosting a virtual meeting to discuss historic preservation and the MGH expansion that threatens the Winchell School and West End House building. If you are interested in…
Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission will hold its monthly public hearing on Thursday, August 20, at 5 p.m. Attention: This hearing will only be held virtually and NOT in person. You can participate in this hearing by joining the meeting…
Markey Election Campaign Twitter Surpasses 100k Followers
On Monday, Sen. Ed Markey’s campaign announced that the campaign account surpassed 100,000 Twitter followers, outpaced Joe Kennedy’s campaign on the platform, and released a long-awaited video of Senator Markey saying “That’s no malarkey, I’m Ed Markey.” On March 12,…
Edward M. Kennedy Institute Launches Virtual Youth Advisory Council amid COVID-19
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United State Senate announced today the launch of its reimagined Youth Advisory Council as a virtual advocacy project focused on empowering youth voices in activism and civic education. The politically-focused cohort, a supporting…
Baker-Polito Administration Launches Online Platform to Enhance Food System Connections
The Baker-Polito Administration announced the launch of MassGrown Exchange, an online platform designed to facilitate business-to-business connections within the local food system for products and services. The platform was developed following recommendations from the Administration’s Food Security Task Force, which promotes ongoing…