The Boston Athenæum has launched an online exhibit called “(Anti)SUFFRAGE” at https://www.bostonathenaeum.org/exhibitions/antisuffrage The new, permanent online exhibition highlights rare books, broadsides, photographs and other items from the Boston Athenæum’s special collections. From a variety of perspectives, they reveal how the…
Month: August 2020
West End Community Urges MGH to Save Three Historic Buildings
West End community leaders and longtime residents are imploring Mass General to spare three historic buildings in the neighborhood that are slated for demolition as part of the hospital’s planned $1 billion expansion of its Cambridge Street campus. “We’re here,…
Parks Department Announces Beacon Hill Virtual Tree Removal Hearing
In accordance with Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 87, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will hold a virtual public hearing on Thursday, September 3, at 10:30 a.m. on a request to remove six public shade trees at 11 – 45…
Walsh Dedicates City’s First Cargo Electric-Assist Tricycle to West End’s Kittie Knox
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, the Environment Department, the Office of Women’s Advancement, the Streets Cabinet, and the Office of New Urban Mechanics dedicated the City’s first electric-assist cargo tricycle to Katherine “Kittie” Knox – a Black West End resident who…
Neighborhood Roundup
Enrollment Open for Beacon Hill/Back Bay Girl Scout Troop 65321 Girl Scout Troop 65321, covering the Beacon Hill and Back Bay neighborhoods, is accepting enrollment for new scouts entering Kindergarten and first grade (fall 2020). Meetings are held on Monday…
Police Briefs 08-27-20
Beacon Hill Beat Breaking and Entering – Motor Vehicle 08/08/20 – A victim reported that her Honda Pilot was broken into on Winchester Street at around 5 a.m. The victim said her wallet, with her bank/credit card inside, was stolen,…
Be Sure to Vote in the Primary
This Tuesday, September 1, is primary election day in Massachusetts for both national and state legislative offices. Primary elections in Massachusetts typically are of little or no consequence because of the overwhelming Democratic voting enrollment and because most Democrats run…
Politicizing the Pandemic
This past Sunday evening, President Donald Trump held a news conference to announce that the use of blood plasma in treating patients who have contracted Covid-19 has been shown to reduce the death rate from Covid-19 by 35% — a…
Summer Around the City
Former Church on the Hill Senior Pastor, Rev. Dr. ‘Ted’ Klein, Passes Away at Age 79
The Rev. Dr. J. Theodore “Ted” Klein of West Roxbury, who formerly served as the senior pastor of Church on the Hill died in Boston on Saturday, Aug. 8 at age 79. Born to the late Harald Immanuel and Ruth…