Blood Donations Needed The American Red Cross has extended its urgent call for donors of all blood types to give blood or platelets. With influenza escalating across the country and preventing some donors from giving, and winter weather threatening to…
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Neighborhood Roundup
Climate-change presentation at the African Meeting House The Beacon Hill Garden Club and the Cambridge Plant and Garden Club are jointly sponsoring “The C-Change Primer” – an unbiased, scientific assessment of climate change, its economic and personal effects and the…
Beacon Hill Civic Association
Community Corner The 48th Beacon Hill Gala, Saturday, February 8 With just a few weeks left until the Gala, final preparations are now being made. This year’s event will be full of excitement, so make sure to get your friends…
Squash Tournament
Partnership: FOPG Enters into 50-Year Agreement with City for Care of City Parks
With the Friends of the Public Garden celebrates its Golden Anniversary this year, the nonprofit entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the Boston Parks Department on Friday that strengthens their partnership and shared commitment to caring for and preserving…
Local Realtor Achieves National Recognition
Janis Pacheco with Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage has been awarded the Accredited Buyer’s Representative (ABR) designation by the Real Estate Buyer’s Agent Council (REBAC) of the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Janis Pacheco joins more than 25,000 real estate professionals…
Prescott House Celebrates ‘Little Women Day’
The William Hickling Prescott House hosted “Little Women Day” on Dec. 18 at The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America Massachusetts’ headquarters at 55 Beacon St. NSCDA MA President, Andrea Sahin, introduced Tania Del Rio, executive director of Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s Office of Women’s Advancement, who read the…
Eversource Challenges Students to Showcase Their Energy Smarts in Annual Contest
Eversource invites Massachusetts students to demonstrate their energy efficiency knowledge by entering its seventh annual Eversource Challenge. The competition promotes energy conservation, energy efficiency and sustainability and is open to kindergarten to high school students in Eversource’s Massachusetts electric service…
Bostonian Society, Old South Association Complete Merger to Form Revolutionary Spaces
On Jan. 7, the Bostonian Society and the Old South Association of Boston formally announced the completion of a merger between the two organizations, creating a dynamic new cultural resource unlike any other in the country. Revolutionary Spaces will steward…
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MassDOT Announces New Online Resources for Statewide Exit Renumbering Project The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing new online resources on the project website for the Statewide Exit Renumbering Project, including an informational video on the project and an online meeting.…