By Adam Swift Local legislators want to see the MBTA place a greater emphasis on electrification of its rail, bus, and subway systems in its latest capital improvement plan. On Thursday, April 13, the MBTA held the last of its…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
North Washington Street Bridge Construction Look-Ahead Through April 29
This is a brief overview of construction operations and impacts for the North Washington Street Bridge Replacement Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work and changes to traffic configurations beyond those described below. Scheduled Work •…
News Briefs
Hayden Announces 2023 Community Reinvestment Grant Program Application Dates District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced that community non-profit organizations in Suffolk County can apply for grants of up to $10,000 through his office’s Community Reinvestment Grant (CRG) program. “It’s more important…
Volunteers To Plant 8 Trees at One Day for Change Event
On Friday, April 21, West End Tree Boston will oversee the planting of another eight trees in the West End of Boston. The trees are donated and planted by a team from Integrated Marketing Solutions & Agency Services | dentsu as part…
Mother’s Day Cards That Support Women in Need
Special to Times Women’s Lunch Place (WLP) has launched its annual Mother’s Day Card Campaign. Each card supports a week of healthy lunches for a guest of their daytime shelter and advocacy center. “Thirty years ago, our Mother’s Day cards…
53 Earth Days Later, Our Planet Is Far Worse
This Saturday, April 22, will mark the 53rd anniversary of Earth Day, the movement that is credited with bringing the issue of environmentalism into the forefront of public thought and opinion. To be sure, many of the objectives of the environmental movement since that…
Logan Airport Was a Breeze
We hadn’t flown for a while because of the pandemic and other reasons, so we approached our recent vacation with some trepidation, particularly as we contemplated our air travel. However, we are happy to report that traversing to, through, and from Logan…
Letters to the Editor
The Appearance of Impropriety To the Editor, First, thank you for all your good work on behalf of our neighborhood. I am grateful that we still have a local publication like yours. Second, thank you too for your editorial breadth. That…
Upstairs Downstairs Welcomes Spring With Annual Easter Event
Harvard Travellers Club Hosts Worldwide Birder Noah Stryker at Its Annual Meeting on May 16
The Harvard Travellers Club is pleased to conclude its 2022-2023 season with a presentation from world birder, Noah Strycker. In 2015, he set a record for a worldwide Big Year of birding, seeing 6,042 of the world’s estimated 10,365 bird…