Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Larceny from Motor Vehicle 06/17/17 – A victim reported he parked 2016 Subaru at Charles and Revere streets at around 6 p.m. on June 16, but when he returned at about 9…
Month: June 2017
Garden Tour Reaps Profits of $100,000; All to be Given Away
In June, 2016, following the most successful Tour of the Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill to that date, the Beacon Hill Garden Club contributed more than $73,000 to 50 local, regional and national environmental and horticulture non-profits. In addition, it…
Leslie Singleton Adam Elected Chair of the Friends of the Public Garden
The board of directors of the Friends of the Public Garden has elected Leslie Singleton Adam as Chair. Adam has been on the Friends board since 2014. The Friends of the Public Garden, founded in 1970, works with the City…
Mayor’s Home Rule Petition to Amend Current Shadow Laws is Filed with the State
By Beth Treffeisen Mayor Martin Walsh has filed a home rule petition with the state legislature that will allow the Winthrop Square Project to go forward at 775 feet, which is no reduction from the original height that was proposed…
Beacon Hill Civic Corner
Caring for the new trees & removing dead ones The community is very grateful for the 44 new trees planted by the Boston Parks Department on Beacon Hill this spring. They enhance the neighborhood and its urban tree canopy. Unfortunately, some…
Downtown View:Doing Nothing at Sea
By Karen Cord Taylor When Hampshire House owner Tom Kershaw invited me to join him on the square-rigged, 122-foot schooner Lynx, based in Nantucket and St. Petersburg, Florida, at Saturday’s Parade of Sail, I immediately said yes. Journalists often get…
‘Making History on the Common’ Day Attracts Just Under 1,000 Students
Despite the light rain, just under 1,000 Boston elementary school students in grades three through five participated in the Friends of the Public Garden’s eighth annual “Making History on the Common Day” on June 5. It was a fun-filled, action-packed…
‘Evening Under the Stars’ Raises $50K for Myrtle Street Playground Enhancements
Seventy guests attended the Myrtle Street Playground “Evening Under the Stars” event at the King’s Chapel Parish House Garden on June 9, raising more than $50,000 through ticket sales, sponsorships, and live and silent auctions. Proceeds will help support planned…
Hair’s to History:Boston Barber Co Continues Its Tradition as A Local Landmark
By Cary Shuman Boston Barber Co. owner Robert Dello Russo is well aware why Boston tour bus and trolley operators illuminate about his Bowdoin Street shop on their daily rounds. It’s been a barbershop since 1927, serving everyone from molasses…
Police Briefs 06-20-2017
Beacon Hill Beat Larceny from Motor Vehicle 06/11/17 – A victim reported she parked her 2011 Honda Accord on Charles Street on June 10 at around 8 p.m., but when she returned the next morning, the rear window was smashed…