MGH Historic Preservation Public Meeting On Wednesday August 19, the BPDA will be hosting a virtual meeting to discuss historic preservation and the MGH expansion that threatens the Winchell School and West End House building. If you are interested in…
Month: August 2020
Beacon Hill Architectural Commission
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission will hold its monthly public hearing on Thursday, August 20, at 5 p.m. Attention: This hearing will only be held virtually and NOT in person. You can participate in this hearing by joining the meeting…
Markey Election Campaign Twitter Surpasses 100k Followers
On Monday, Sen. Ed Markey’s campaign announced that the campaign account surpassed 100,000 Twitter followers, outpaced Joe Kennedy’s campaign on the platform, and released a long-awaited video of Senator Markey saying “That’s no malarkey, I’m Ed Markey.” On March 12,…
Edward M. Kennedy Institute Launches Virtual Youth Advisory Council amid COVID-19
The Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United State Senate announced today the launch of its reimagined Youth Advisory Council as a virtual advocacy project focused on empowering youth voices in activism and civic education. The politically-focused cohort, a supporting…
Baker-Polito Administration Launches Online Platform to Enhance Food System Connections
The Baker-Polito Administration announced the launch of MassGrown Exchange, an online platform designed to facilitate business-to-business connections within the local food system for products and services. The platform was developed following recommendations from the Administration’s Food Security Task Force, which promotes ongoing…
MassDevelopment Announces $310,000 Funding for Real Estate Technical Assistance
MassDevelopment is pleased to announce the availability of up to $310,000 in funding through its Real Estate Technical Assistance program. Through a combination of in-house expertise and contracts with consultants, under this program MassDevelopment works with municipal officials, planners, local…
Police Briefs 08-13-2020
Beacon Hill Beat Breaking and Entering – Motor Vehicle 08/07/20 – A male suspect was arrested on Bowdoin Street for breaking and entering into a 2013 Chrysler Town and Country van at around 2:53 a.m. At this time, the suspect…
America Is Circling The Drain
On January 30 — what seems like a lifetime ago — the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was a world-wide pandemic. On that same fateful date, the United States’ Centers for Disease Control issued a press release that stated…
Car Repossessions are on the Rise
Although most of the attention of the financial crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic has focused on the evictions and foreclosures facing millions of out-of-work Americans, the number of repossessions of motor vehicles because of loan defaults is starting…
Letter to the Editor
Limit Large Vehicles in Neighborhood To the Editor, Following the damage caused by a truck operated by a Rhode Island company, on July 22 (and referenced on the front page of the July 30 edition of The Beacon Hill Times),…