-By Dan Murphy A 37-year-old Boston man was arrested for allegedly threatening a family, including a toddler, at knifepoint on the Dartmouth Street Footbridge Wednesday, State Police said. A victim contacted State Police barracks at about 11:20 a.m. and reported that the suspect assaulted him, his mother and 2½-year-old daughter on the footbridge. The...
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The City’s Response to the Bruins Victory was on the Mark
Some sports purists and civil libertarians said they felt let down by Boston’s official response to the Bruin’s Stanley Cup victory last week. They were miffed because crowds weren’t allowed to get out of hand on the night of the victory or to roam freely throughout the city burning cars and breaking windows and...
Police Briefs 06-21-2011
OTHER INCIDENTS June 7 Charles River, Investigate Person 180 Charles St., Sick/Injured/Medical – Person 180 Cambridge St., Larceny in a Building, $200 & Over June 8 5 Grove St., Parking Violation 65 Beacon St., Harassing Phone Calls June 9 12 Chestnut St, Parking Violation 222 Cambridge St., Larceny in a Building, $50 to $199...
Graphic Boomer Tell All Memoir – The Evening News with Walter Cronkite
The Evening News with Walter Cronkite evokes a time, the years 1967-1971, and the shift in ideals and experience through the closely observed eyes of Jack Krivitsky. He goes off to college in 1967 straddling two worlds: the upper middle class Jewish world where he’s grown up privileged on Boston’s North Shore, and is...
Lord Stanley, Meet Captain Chara
One of our photographers grabbed this historic shot Thursday morning of Boston Bruins Captain Zdeno Chara exiting the charter plane at Logan Airport while hoisting the Stanley Cup into the air. A small group of fans were there to cheer on the team as they arrived back in Boston just after 8:30 a.m. on...
Dorothy Weinstein (1908–2011)
By Sue Bridge Dorothy Weinstein died quietly at the age of 102 at her home at 48 Temple St., where she had lived for 58 years. Her two surviving sons, Arthur of Northridge, Calif., and Jordan of Arlington, her large extended family, many Beacon Hill neighbors and other well-wishers bid her farewell at services...
Roadwork Underway in Temple St. Area
Temple Street residents are facing extensive roadwork as Veolia Energy replaces expansion joints there and on Cambridge and Staniford streets, according to a spokesperson for the Cambridge firm. The company will replace four expansion joints in its steam pipes, which run from Cambridge Street to the Suffolk University’s Donahue Building through June 30. The work,...
Masked Gunman Robs Cambridge Trust Co. Twice in Past Month
-By Dan Murphy The Cambridge Trust Company at 65 Beacon St. was robbed by a masked gunman twice in the past month, police said. On June 2 at about 5 p.m., a male suspect, dressed in a mask and jumpsuit, entered the bank, brandished a handgun and demanded money. The suspect fled on Beacon...
The Rev. John Unni Sets a Wonderful Precedent
Father John Unni delivered a homily of historic proportion for a Catholic church in Boston at Sunday’s Mass at St. Cecilia’s Church in the Back Bay, The homily supported St. Cecilia’s gay and lesbian churchgoers as members of the much larger and more diverse congregation. Reverend Unni did not disappoint the men and women...
Congressman Anthony Weiner
New York Congressman Weiner has apparently checked himself into a rehab of some kind to give him counseling on how to better control himself from doing the kinds of things he has been doing. He has basically ruined his life and has shown himself to be damaged material. What he did is not normal....
Police Briefs 06-14-2011
Robbery – Bank 06/02/11 – A male suspect robbed a Beacon Street bank at gunpoint at around 5 p.m. The suspect fled the area with an undetermined amount of U.S. currency. Rape 06/05/11 – A female victim reported while walking on Cambridge Street at around 1:45 a.m., two male suspects grabbed her. At that...
From Nothing to Something – How BHV Made It Happen
By Karen Cord Taylor Entrepreneurship is trendy these days. It requires innovation. Everyone wants to be the person who takes an idea, gets it going, and comes out a winner. Downtown Boston has such a winner. Beacon Hill Village, celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, serves 375 members 50 years or older who live...
BHCA Zoning and Licensing Committee Votes Not to Opposed Head-house Proposed for 33 Branch St.
By Dan Murphy The Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA) Zoning and Licensing Committee decided by a vote of 11-1-2 Wednesday not to oppose granting the zoning variances that would allow the owners of a single-family house at 33 Branch St. to build a head-house, with the stipulation that the new structure’s roof is opaque....
Gas Lamps Going Green
The period gas lanterns that give so much charm to our neighborhood are now being fitted with automatic igniters that will cause them to go on only in the evenings at nightfall rather than flickering wastefully all day. The city will save approximately $140,000 a year in fuel costs for the 2,800 lamps which...
The Budget
Mayor Menino has presented his $2.4 billion Operating Budget for Fiscal Year 2012 and he has also presented a five year $1.7 billion Capital Plan, including $168.7 million in new FY 2012 project authorizations. He has presented this to the Boston City Council. Every important base in a big city budget is tweaked and...
Police Briefs 06-07-2011
Larceny from a Motor Vehicle 05/25/11 – A victim reported her 2005 Volvo S80 parked had its front driver’s side window broken and a plastic radio holder was removed while the vehicle was parked on Lime Street between 8 p.m. and 6:20 a.m. Larceny/Shoplifting 05/30/11 – A male suspect stole a pair of white...
Joint Charles Street Committee to Launch Tree-guard Pilot Program
-By Dan Murphy The Joint Charles Street Committee is launching a pilot program to install new tree-guards on Charles Street. Two metal guards, which will measure 66 inches long, 36 inches wide and 18 inches high, will be installed outside of tree pits at 119 and 143 Charles St. and modeled after an existing...
Construction Workers Help Save Woman Pinned Beneath a Car on Charles Street
-By Dan Murphy A woman who was pinned beneath an unoccupied car on Charles Street Wednesday has alert construction workers working at a nearby site to thank for helping to rescue her. According to published reports, a BMW that was double-parked on Mt. Vernon Street rolled backwards about 200 yards at about 3:15 p.m.,...
Much to look forward to
It was an America at peace with itself this long Memorial Day weekend. The kick-off to the Summer of 2011 went smoothly in New England and here in the Greater Boston area where the weather finally, fully, wonderfully cooperated, sending tens of thousands to our beaches and into the streets of our neighborhoods for...
Police Briefs 05-31-2011
Breaking and Entering – Residence 05/20/11 – A victim reported her Chestnut Street basement apartment was broken into between 8 a.m. and 5:45 p.m. Golf clubs, jewelry and a laptop were removed from the apartment. Larceny/Shoplifting 05/22/11 – A Charles Street store reported a female suspect stole dresses and fled the area at around...
MGH Official Provides Latest Update on Museum
-By Dan Murphy As the keynote of the Beacon Hill Civic Association’s 89th annual meeting last week, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Museum Director Peter Johnson provided an update on the Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation. The 8,000 square-foot, two-story building, including a rooftop garden, is currently under construction at...
Hill Resident Elected to UNICEF Board
Beacon Hill resident Alli Achtmeyer was recently elected as a member of the New England regional board for the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, which raises funds, educate and advocate on behalf of the organization in the region. A native of Southern California, Achtmeyer moved to Boston after receiving a B.S. in political science. Her...
Steve Young Elected Civic Association President
-By Times staff Steve Young beat challenger Rob Whitney in the election for president of the Beacon Hill Civic Association (BHCA) at the organization’s 89th Annual Meeting last week. Young, who was unanimously selected as the presidential candidate by the group’s Nominating Committee, garnered 117 votes while Whitney received 36 of the ballots cast,...
FOPG Partners with City to Study Dog usage on Common
-By Dan Murphy Friends of the Public Garden is partnering with the city to survey dog owners on their usage of the Boston Common. Liz Vizza, executive director of the Friends group, said the survey would solicit input from dog owners in Beacon Hill, Back Bay and the Ladder District and include data gathered...