by Suzanne Besser, BHCA President Annual Appeal It’s that time of year again – time when the Beacon Hill Civic Association turns to the community to ask for support of the work it does to enhance the quality of life…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Boston City Council Updates
The Boston City Council met on Wednesday, December 6 at at Boston City Hall. • The City Council’s Special Committee on the Community Preservation Act to appoint four finalists to the Community Preservation Committee has been pushed to the following…
Overnight Lane Closures on Storrow Drive Posted
MassDOT will implement overnight lane closures on Storrow Drive east and westbound in the vicinity of the Longfellow Bridge through Friday, December 15. Single lane closures will be from 9:00 PM to 11:00 PM and double lane closures will be…
Black Ink Takes Home First-Place in Charles St Storefront Decorating Contest
By Dan Murphy During the Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll on Thursday evening, Black Ink was named the first-place winner in the 2017 Charles Street annual Storefront Decorating Contest. The shop at 101 Charles St. specializing in greeting cards, stationary and…
BHAC Agenda
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission will hold its monthly public hearing on Thursday, December 21, 2017 starting at 5:00 p.m. in Piemonte Room City Hall. (Use Congress Street as an entrance and exit after 5:30pm) Violations 18.098 BH 81 Mount…
Kodomo Annex Hosts Children’s Book Launch
Kodomo Annex on River Street, hosted an exclusive VIP Launch Party to celebrate the publication of Ben and Tonya Mezrich’s first book together: Charlie Num3ers and The Man in the Moon. This is the first time in three years that…
Police Briefs 12-12-2017
Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Larceny from Building 11/30/17 – A victim reported she put her wallet inside her locker at a Stuart Street hostel at about 10 a.m., but when she returned at around 4 p.m.,…
Homelessness Among Senior Citizens is a Form of ‘Elder Abuse’
By Dan Weber Here’s a startling statistic from the Department of Housing and Urban Development [HUD]: “the homeless population is aging faster than the general population in the United States.” It’s a shameless embarrassment in a country with a tradition…
Thank You to All the Volunteers
For those of us living on Beacon Hill, the gas street lights are part of the charm of this historic neighborhood. For most of the year, these black poles remain a throwback to a quaint earlier century. However, during the…
Decking Out Beacon Hill
Volunteers sort out the garlands for the decorators at Otis House on Saturday morning.