Friends of the Public Garden Launches Instagram Contest to Showcase Beauty of City Parks As part of the group’s ongoing 50th anniversary celebration, the Friends of the Public Garden is sponsoring an Instagram Contest to showcase the Boston Common, the…
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Potential Sale of Hynes Pondered at Town Hall Meeting
While the state legislature is reportedly expected to decide on Gov. Charlie Baker’s proposal to sell the Hynes Convention Center by mid-May, elected officials and other neighborhood leaders convened a town hall meeting to discuss what the decision could potentially…
Aspire Spring Gala to Raise $20 Million in 20 Years
Special to the Times Aspire is the world-renowned Lexington, Mass.-based program that helps children, teens and adults with high cognitive autism spectrum disorder and related profiles develop the skills necessary to be successful in their communities and workplaces. On Thursday,…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Every year at its Annual Meeting, the Beacon Hill Civic Association gives out a special community award that honors those people and groups deserving of particular recognition for their significant and sustained contributions to the Beacon Hill community. Called the…
EBNHC, Greater Boston Preparing for Coronavirus
It was only a matter of time before the coronavirus, or COVID-19, that spread across China landed in Boston. The Boston Public Health Commission announced that as of Monday, there was one confirmed case of coronavirus in Boston and eight…
Sculptor Paying Tribute to Charles Sumner Faced Sexism
Venerable sculptor and Massachusetts native Anne Whitney felt the sting of sexism firsthand when her favored design for a statue to commemorate Charles Sumner in the recently constructed Public Garden was passed over due to her gender. Upon Sumner’s death…
‘Fanny’ Appleton Pedestrian Bridge Cited in National Engineering Competition
STV, which collaborated with Miguel Rosales of Rosales + Partners of Boston, has earned a National Recognition Award for exemplary engineering achievement in the American Council of Engineering Companies 53rd annual Engineering Excellence Awards for engineering the Frances “Fanny” Appleton Pedestrian…
Homeland Security Implements Public Charge Final Rules
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday implemented the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule, a new rule looking at the likelihood of new immigrants not being self-sufficient and having to seek government benefits. Under the final…
House Passes Legislation to Invest up to $600M Statewide in the Mass. Transportation System
Last week, House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and Rep. RoseLee Vincent along with their colleagues in the House of Representatives passed legislation to invest up to $600 million annually in an immediate and critical infusion of transportation funding. The House…
Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission will hold a public hearing on March 19, at 5 p.m. at the Boston City Hall, Piemonte Room, Fifth Floor. The following will be discussed: Subject of the hearing will be applications for Certificates of…