BEACON HILL BEAT From Boston Police Area A-1 Breaking and Entering – Commercial 11/25/16 12:45am – A Stuart Street restaurant and brewery reported the staff failed to lock the front door at closing at 12:45 a.m. on Nov. 23, and…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Letter to the Editor
Compassionate reader weighs in homelessness issue With this letter I wish to add to the Beacon Hill Times Nov.18 issue’s article about the “town hall” meeting on homelessness. I am including participants’ comments in order to reflect the Beacon Hill…
Making Gingerbread Houses
Meghan Cleary and her son Gus, 3, worked to add decorations to their gingerbread house roof during the Hampshire House’s Gingerbread House Brunch on Sunday, Nov. 27. Gus carefully squeezed frosting on before adding marshmallows and gumdrops. The Hampshire House…
‘Decorating Days’ Return Dec 3 and 4
By Dan Murphy As she has for the past 21 years, Ivy A. Turner will help lead this weekend’s volunteer effort to adorn 1,100 gas lamps throughout the neighborhood with garlands and bows. On Saturday, Dec. 3, beginning at 9…
Winthrop Sq Project Meeting on December 5
By Beth Treffeisen The Boston Planning Development Agency (BPDA) will be holding a meeting regarding the controversial proposed building for 115 Winthrop Square in Downtown Boston on Monday December 5, from 6:30 to 8:30 pm at the Suffolk Law School…
Nichols House Museum to Celebrate 20th Holiday House Tour Dec 11
By Suzanne Besser In 1995 three Beacon Hillers put their heads together to devise a creative fundraising scheme that would support the small house museum on Mt. Vernon Street that provides a unique glimpse into the neighborhood’s domestic life in…
Downtown View:Good Reads
By Karen Cord Taylor Every year about this time I recommend a few books about Boston or by Boston authors that might make good holiday gifts for your friends or relatives. Here are three for you to consider. Winter Storms…
BHCA Community Corner
200 Holiday Decorators needed this weekend Come for as long or little as you can to help decorate 1100 gas lamps with garlands of green cedar and red bows. Holiday Decorating Days on Saturday, December 3: 9 a.m.: Come to…
Karol Named COO of Watermill Group
Beacon Hill resident Julia Karol was recently appointed president and COO of the Watermill Group, a Lexington-based strategy-driven, private-investment firm. In her new role, Karol is responsible for overall fir operations and helping Watermill portfolio companies develop and implement their…
Bike Courier Industry Transitions to Compete in Modern Times
By Beth Treffeisen For two years bike courier Mike Oakhem, 33, from Quincy, has been zig-zagging throughout Boston’s downtown streets to hand off various goods from piping hot pizza to architecture design rolls, offering Boston residents and companies one of…