Forty-nine new trees were recently parted along the Esplanade, courtesy of the Esplanade Association. As part of its L.E.A.F. (Lasting Esplanade Arbor Fund), the nonprofit’s three-person Horticulture Team planted myriad tree species or cultivars, 12 of which are new to…
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Neighborhood Roundup
West End Museum Closed for Winter The West End Museum is closed through at least mid-February. “While closing for most of the winter is a challenging decision, we feel that doing so is our best option to serve the WEM community,…
Boston Public Schools Returns Some Students to In-Person Learning
Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston Public School Superintendent Dr. Brenda Cassellius announced that approximately 1,700 students across 28 schools, including the Eliot School, returned to in-person learning on Monday. The students returning to school this week have complex disabilities and…
BHCA Safe Holiday Stroll
Happenings on Charles Street: Upstairs Downstairs Makes a Rainy Day Bright
Special to Times Last Saturday, Dec. 5, it was disappointing for many Beacon Hill businesses and would-be holiday revelers to see the annual Holiday Stroll canceled due to pouring rain, but this did not dampen the spirits of Laura Cousineau…
New Friends of the Public Garden Staffer No Stranger to Parks
The Public Garden has long been a place of respite for Lynn Page Flaherty, but she was unaware of the Friends of the Public Garden before she leaned they were seeking a fresh hire to fill the newly created role…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Beacon Hill Community Fund Grant Award Winners to be Recognized At the December 14th BHCA Board of Directors meeting*, these organizations and members of our community will be recognized for their winning proposals submitted to the Beacon Hill Community Fund,…
Baker Administration Announces Statewide Rollback to Step Three
The Baker administration on Tuesday announced that all Massachusetts cities and towns will roll back to Step Three, Phase One of the state’s reopening plan, effective Sunday, December 13. Following increases in hospitalizations and cases after the Thanksgiving holiday, the…
Feeding Wildlife in City’s Parks Can Have Unintentionally Adverse Effects
While visitors to the city’s park who feed the wildlife there are likely doing it with only the best of intentions, this seemingly benign act can have unintended but adverse consequences. Besides increasing the likelihood that someone could get scratched…
Beacon Hill’s Positive Test Rate Increases Dramatically Post-Thanksgiving
As feared the post-Thanksgiving COVID-19 surge is here and numbers are once again spiking in Beacon Hill and the surrounding area. Beacon Hill and the surrounding area experienced a 60 percent drop in the positive test rate during Thanksgiving week…