Month: September 2016

News 09/27/2016

Downtown View Infrastructure. Investment. Interesting. By Karen Cord Taylor Throughout the 1990s and into the early 2000s, Boston boldly invested in itself. It cleaned up the harbor, spending $3.8 billion on the Deer Island Treatment Plant alone. It spent from…

News 09/27/2016

Longfellow Bridge to be closed at nights MassDOT’s contractor, White-Skanska-Consigli JV (WSC), will close the Longfellow Bridge to all vehicular traffic overnight from Monday, September 26, through Friday, September 30. The bridge will be closed from 11:00 PM each night…

News 09/27/2016

MassDOT installs two pedestrian hybrid beacons to improve pedestrian safety Beacon Hill Times Report The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) has installed two new pedestrian hybrid beacons at the intersection of Land Boulevard and Cambridge Parkway in Cambridge, which are…

News 09/27/2016

BHCA COMMUNITY CORNEr For 95 years the Beacon Hill Civic Association has worked to enhance and protect the quality of life for our residents through community building, civic engagement and historic preservation. With this regular column, we’d like to let you know more…

He Ain’t Heavy

Not to be missed is the annual dog show sponsored by the Common Canine, a sub group of the Friends of the Public Garden. Prizes were awarded for such distinctions as smallest, biggest, friendliest and best trick. Left, Ana and her…