At its Dec. 13 meeting at the Boston Athenaeum – their first in-person gathering since the pandemic struck – the Beacon Hill Civic Association board of directors voted unanimously on a motion to support the enactment of a Home Rule…
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Beacon Hill, Surrounding Area’s COVID Cases Increase
Beacon Hill and the city’s weekly COVID positive test rate continues to rise dramatically post Thanksgiving and ahead of the Christmas Holiday. A week after Mayor Michelle Wu announced several measures to help combat the explosive rise in cases in…
Beloved Neighbor Jim Borden Dies at Age 67
James W. “Jim” Borden, a treasure in the Beacon Hill neighborhood, died on Monday, November 1. Born on June 8, 1954 in Fayetteville, NC, he was 67 and lived on Mount Vernon Street. Jim seemingly knew most residents of Beacon…
At Boston Premier Dentistry, Patients Are Like Family
What sets Boston Premier Dentistry, PC (formerly Ficociello and Ficociello D.D.S, PC) apart from the competition, according to Dr. Kourosh Asha, DMD, the owner of and one of the practitioners at the longstanding downtown dental office, is the warm, familial…
Boston Logan Airport Officials Celebrate Opening of New Terminal C Canopy and Upper Deck
The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), airline partners, and other stakeholders celebrated the completion of the new Terminal C Canopy and Upper Deck at Boston Logan International Airport. The two-year project increased the efficiency of the space by adding travel lanes…
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Celebrating the Winter Solstice with Music and Spoken Word First Church in Boston, Unitarian Universalist, continues its tradition of offering a Celebration of the Winter Solstice on Tuesday, December 21, 2021 at 7 PM at the church, 66 Marlborough St. in Back Bay. In…
‘The Last Shepard’ Celebrates 10 Years of Wonder
By Mary Jo Rufo “The Last Shepard & Tales of the Tenth Ornament” is celebrating 10 years of wonder. Looking back at the five-year effort to conceive, code, design, manufacture, and ship mystery ornaments around the country was no small…
Wu Announces Relaunch of Boston Opportunity Fund
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture announced applications have reopened for the City of Boston’s Opportunity Fund, a grant program that supports meaningful one-time opportunities for artists living in the city of Boston to further…
Justice Department Awards More Than $17.5 Million to Support Project Safe Neighborhoods
The Department of Justice has awarded $314,273 to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) to administer Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) grant funds in the District of Massachusetts. Since the program began in 2001, nearly $7 million…
Temporary Rink Installed at Frog Pond to Allow for Skating This Winter
When it looked as though there would be no skating at the Frog Pond on the Boston Common this winter for the second consecutive season – this time, due to a mechanical issue with the rink’s colling mechanism – the…