The Joint Committee on Ways and Means will hold a hearing on Governor Maura Healey’s FY2025 budget proposal, covering the topics of economic development, housing, and labor. State Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D-Gloucester) and State Senator Lydia Edwards (D-Boston) will co-chair…
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Museum Celebrates Women’s History Month
Year round the convivial staff of the Nichols House Museum, a historic gem located at 55 Mt. Vernon Street, welcomes visitors with tales of Rose Nichols, her family and their contemporaries who lived there during the late 19th and early…
Accused Serial Burglar Arrested After Targeting Charles Street Businesses
A suspect arrested in connection with three break-ins to Charles Street businesses last Wednesday, Feb. 21, is no stranger to Boston Police or the neighborhood, since just six months prior, he was also charged with a pair of earlier break-ins…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Street sweeping starts Friday! The Street Cleaning Program on Beacon Hill kicks off March 1 and will run until December 31. Along with street sweeping come tow trucks for those unfortunate few who forget to check the posted street signs…
City To Detail Its ’Vision For Historic Preservation’ At City Hall, As Well as Virtually
The city will offer ‘A Vision for Historic Preservation in Boston’ on Tuesday, March 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. at City Hall, Room 801, as well as virtually. This meeting, sponsored by the city’s Office Historic Preservation and the…
Echoes of the Past: A Musical Journey Through the West End’s Rise, Destruction, and Rebirth
By Grace Clipson In 1950, Boston chose the West End for demolition under Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, despite the neighborhood exceeding the standards for demolition. In 1958, fifty-four acres of the neighborhood were seized and destroyed;…
Neighborhood Roundup
City to Resume Daytime Street Sweeping Program on Beacon Hill on Friday, March 1 The City of Boston will resume its Daytime Street Sweeping Program in the Beacon Hill, North End, and South End neighborhoods on Friday, March 1. For…
Public Meeting Attendees Ponder Life Science Building
An 11-story life science building proposed for 222 Friend St. in the West End was the subject at hand during a city-sponsored public meeting held virtually on Tuesday, Feb. 27. KS Partners intends to raze an existing three-story commercial building,…
BHV and Cindy Sullivan Fitness Team Up To Offer Annual “Spring Into Action” Senior Fitness Week
Special to the Times Spring is almost here, and so is Senior Fitness Week, “Spring Into Action!” Each year, Beacon Hill Village (BHV) and Cindy Sullivan of Cindy Sullivan Fitness partner to offer a full week of Senior Fitness classes…
‘Different Ships, Same Boat’ Makes Northeast Debut at the Athenaeum
A sold-out performance combining spoken word, music, and dance made its northeast premiere on the evening of Monday, Feb. 26, at the Boston Athenaeum. Poet, literary performer, and educator Regie Gibson created and directed the performance, together with Guy Mendilow,…