Freedom Trail Foundation’s 18th-century costumed guides will be out on the Trail in full force this spring, offering more opportunities to bring history to life. The Freedom Trail Foundation’s current tour schedule offers Walk Into History Tours daily at 11:00…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Local Residents Turco and Altenhoff Are Top Sellers of Girl Scout Cookies
Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts (GSEMA) is proud to announce their 2018-19 Girl Scout Cookie Program was a success across the council, with local girls selling more than 2.3 million packages of cookies to customers in their communities. Gabriella Turco…
An Evening of History and Restoration – Emerald Necklace Conservancy
Emerald Necklace Conservancy guests were transported to the late 19th Century – to the time of Frederick Law Olmstead’s creation of the Emerald Necklace parklands – upon entering the historic Ames-Webster Mansion in the Back Bay. On April 2, The…
Neighborhood Roundup
Boston Ward 5 Democratic Committee Meeting: April 16 The April meeting will be held next Tuesday night, April 16, at 7 p.m. at First Church Boston (66 Marlborough St.). The agenda will include an election for Chair of the Boston…
Police Briefs 04-11-2019
Beacon Hill Beat Larceny in a Building 03/29/19- A witness observed a male suspect steal two packages from the front stairs of a Pinckney Street home at around 6:50 p.m. The witness further stated that the suspect jumped into a maroon…
College Debt Is a National Crisis and Disgrace
One of the clearest indications of the growing income and wealth inequality in our nation is the level of college debt that is being incurred by the vast majority of the current generation of college students and recent graduates. According…
Guest Op-ed It’s a Guarantee: High-quality Pre-K for All
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh On April 2, we made a promise: in five years, Boston will achieve high-quality Universal Pre-Kindergarten for every four-year-old in the city. In the last five years, we’ve added 750 pre-K seats that are high-quality,…
Gas Leak Dangers for Beacon Hill Trees
By Ania Camargo and Claire Corcoran, volunteers for Mothers Out Front Trees are one of Beacon Hill’s treasures. But they lead a tough life—not enough water, hit by cars and trucks, poisoned with road salt during the icy winters, and,…
Beacon Hill Village’s Creative Kitchens Tour Set for April 6
Beacon Hill Village (BHV) is proud to announce that the Creative Kitchens Tour 2019 will take place on Saturday, April 6. The Tour invites the community to “take a peek” into some of the most interesting and unique kitchens in…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
BHCA Membership Season is here! April is the start of Membership Season at the BHCA and we invite you to join us or renew your membership now. Your BHCA membership allows us to continue our efforts to preserve and protect…