SAFEGUARDING THE TREES Dear Editor: Saturday morning a postal storage box appeared outside my home at the corner of Revere and Garden Streets. I was at the gym when the box was placed and surprised to find it when I…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Immigrants Are Our Future
It is an undeniable fact of history that all Americans other than Native Americans are descendants of immigrants. It also is undeniably true that immigrants have not always been welcome with open arms, starting most conspicuously with the Know-Nothing Party…
A Slipin’ and A Slidin’
Matthew, Kevin, Timothy, and Brendan, taking a break from visiting their father’s office in the Old John Hancock Building on Jan. 26, slip and slide on the frozen Boston Public Garden pond.
City Council Holds Hearing on Early Voting
The City Council Committee on Government Operations, chaired by Councilor Michael Flaherty, held a hearing on January 28 concerning a petition for a special law regarding an act authorizing the City of Boston to offer early voting in municipal elections.…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
BHCA Young Friends The Beacon Hill Civic Association is pleased to announce that our Young Friends group has been re-energized! The group is comprised of young professionals who live on Beacon Hill, and is led by Annabel Kupke, Andrew Falacci…
Text to 911 Now Available Across the Commonwealth
The Massachusetts State 911 Department is pleased to announce that Text to 911is now available throughout the Commonwealth. All Massachusetts 911 call centers now have ability to receive a text message through their 911 system. The Baker-Polito Administration has supported…
Baker-Polito Administration Files Legislation to Improve Road Safety
The Baker-Polito administration has filed legislation to improve road safety entitled, “An Act Relative to Improving Safety on the Roads of the Commonwealth.” The proposal makes a number of changes recommended in the Strategic Highway Safety Plan and updates existing…
Boston Atheneaeum Commemorates Black History Month with Documentary Screening
In commemoration of Black History Month, a new, locally produced documentary about a Black New Jersey veteran sentenced to death in a Georgia town notorious for lynching will be screened on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Boston…
Local Students Receive Academic Achievements: Huff-Haskell Named to Emerson College Dean’s List for Fall 2018
Alexander Huff-Haskell, a resident of Beacon Hill has been named to the Emerson College Dean’s List for the Fall 2018 semester. Huff-Haskell is a member of the class of 2020 majoring in Journalism. The requirement to make Emerson’s Dean’s List…
Neighborhood Roundup
King’s Chapel’s Tuesday Recitals King’s Chapel, 58 Tremont St., presents its Tuesday Recitals. Admission is by suggested donation of $5 per person; the donations are given to the performing musicians. Programs begin at 12:15 p.m. and last approximately 35 minutes;…