The Friends of the Phillips Street Play Area was named a finalist this summer in Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s 2020 Garden Contest for its work maintaining the gardens at the playground. The Friends, a neighborhood nonprofit that serves as steward…
Month: August 2020
‘Bioblitz’ Aims to Identify and Record Biodiversity
The Young Friends of the Public Garden are currently undertaking a “BioBlitz” with the intention of engaging the public to identify and record 2,500 observations of biodiversity and 400 different living species during a one-month period in the Boston Common,…
Mail-In Ballots for Upcoming Elections Are On Their Way
Despite President Donald Trump voting by mail during elections in 2017, 2018 and 2020, POTUS has spent the past week threatening to sue states that will allow mail-in voting for this upcoming Presidential Election–falsely claiming it will lead to widespread…
Hampshire House Corp. Sues Insurance Providers over Denied Business-Interruption Claims
Hampshire House Corporation filed a compliant in U.S. District Court in Boston July 27 against its insurance providers for denying business interruption claims from the losses its restaurants have sustained since mid-March due to the pandemic. The company, which owns…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Beacon Hill Civic Association Committees Every spring, the Beacon Hill Civic Association publishes its Annual Report covering committee accomplishments during the past year. We’ll be sharing the committees’ reports here over the next weeks. Traffic & Parking Committee During the…
Walsh Gives COVID-19 Updates, Cassellius Discusses BPS Reopening Plan
Mayor Walsh held a press conference on Friday, July 31, where he provided updates on the City’s COVID-19 efforts, as well as invited Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Brenda Cassellius to speak more about the status of the BPS reopening…
Illustrated Timeline Chronicles Old South Church’s 350-Year History
An illustrated timeline on display at Old South Church, in Copley Square, chronicles its 350-year history to date while shedding new light on the role the church and its congregation have played in shaping the annals of both Boston and…
Restoration on Shaw 54th Memorial Moves Forward
As the ongoing restoration of the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial on the Boston Common progresses, the sculpture’s stonework is being disassembled bit by bit before the bronze sculpture can be removed as one piece and taken off…
GroundBeat Holds Concert Series Virtually
While the free music series GroundBeat has returned for a third season, the concerts are taking place virtually this year, instead of on the Charles River Esplanade, due to the ongoing pandemic. Every Monday in August from 5 to 6…
AFT Massachusetts Calls for Remote Start to School This Fall
On Friday, the American Federation of Teachers (ATF) Massachusetts Executive Board, made up of elected representatives of the 23,000 AFT members statewide, voted to call for a remote start to school this fall, citing the rising levels of COVID-19 transmission…