The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC), is encouraging everyone to prepare for the upcoming cold and flu season as students get ready to go back to school in the coming weeks amid a nationwide uptick in COVID-19 cases. The…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
National Grid Reminds All To Call 811 Before Starting Any Digging or Excavation Project
Serving as a crucial reminder for customers to contact 811 before digging, August 11 marked National 811 Safe Digging Day. To observe the occasion, National Grid was reminding customers and contractors nationwide to call 811 before starting any digging or…
Healey Calls for Shelter Support for New Migrant Families Arriving in Massachusetts
Governor Maura T. Healey declared that a state of emergency exists in Massachusetts due to rapidly rising numbers of migrant families arriving in Massachusetts in need of shelter and services and a severe lack of shelter availability in the state. The declaration serves as a notice to the federal…
How To Help the Maui Fire Victims
The horrific and tragic disaster in the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui has gripped the world this past week. The scope of this tragedy is unimaginable — photos of the scene look like something from after…
Clarence Thomas: The Supreme Court for Sale
With each new revelation about the extent to which Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has accepted extravagant gifts from assorted billionaires, it has become increasingly clear that Thomas has used his office as a ticket to live the lifestyle of…
Summer Scene on the Esplanade
Jane Austen Makes Return Visit to Beacon Hill Books
Special to the Times On each of her visits, customers grilled “Jane,” trying to get her to break character. But she answered every single question as thoroughly as if she were the real Jane Austen, with an exhaustive knowledge of…
Shepard, Bennett to the bpda Board of Directors
Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu announced two new appointments to the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board of Directors. Raheem Shepard of Hyde Park, Regional Manager of the North Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters for the…
Secured Funding in the Massachusetts State Budget
The Massachusetts legislature convened last week to enact the state budget. Senator Lydia Edwards secured over $2.4M in state funding. Investment in the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts Senator Edwards secured $400,000 for the Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (ULEM),…
Neighborhood Roundup
Free summer programming continues at Myrtle Street Playground Friends of Myrtle Street Playground will continue its summer programming season on Thursdays starting at 4 p.m., including magician BJ Hickman on Aug. 10; Bubbles McGee on Aug. 17; and Color Me Funky…