Special to the Times While many garden clubs learn about gardening and beautify the green spaces in their town or neighborhood, the Beacon Hill Garden Club has long been renowned for hosting a tour of members’ gardens annually in May,…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Police Briefs 06-25-2020
Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Larceny – Shoplifting 06/15/20 – A Charles Street market reports an unknown female suspect entered the store at around 4:42 p.m., and stole two bottles of champagne, as well as two bottles of…
COVID-19 Is a Predator — And We Are Its Prey
The media, politicians, and others have likened our ongoing battle with the corona virus as the equivalent of “going to war.” The doctors and nurses in the overburdened ERs in New York City, when its hospitals were being overwhelmed with…
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. Planning & Oversight Committee The Planning…
Hill House Summer Camp Readies for Blended Summer
Hill House, Inc., an independent, nonprofit community center in Downtown Boston, has blended its ever-popular Summer Camp into a virtual camp for the first two weeks, but plans to open its doors to campers on June 29. Following the strict…
West End Museum Perseveres Despite Mandated Closure; Readies for Reopening
This period of closure under COVID-19 restrictions has been challenging for The West End Museum, as it has for many nonprofit institutions, particularly smaller ones that depend on visitor donations. Even so, the future looks bright for “Boston’s Neighborhood Museum.” It…
Walsh Resubmits Budget That Invests in Housing, Education, Public Health and COVID-19 Impact
Mayor Martin J. Walsh on June 15 resubmitted his Administration’s Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget, which builds on the Walsh Administration’s record of presenting a balanced, sustainable and proactive budget that invests in the needs of our growing city, while…
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…
FMCB Approves Four-Year Extension of Commuter Rail Contract With Keolis Through June 2026
With the goal of incentivizing better service now and providing cost certainty in a challenging market among other objectives, today the MBTA’s Fiscal and Management Control Board approved of a four-year extension of the Commuter Rail Operating contract between the…
National Leading Grassroots Organization, Indivisible, Endorses Ed Markey for U.S. Senate
Indivisible, a national, progressive grassroots organization with over a million members across the country, today announced its endorsement of Ed Markey for re-election to the United States Senate. “Senator Markey is a model progressive legislator: consistent, accountable to his constituents,…