Bike Thief Strikes on Brimmer Street To the Editor: I’m getting the word out that my 7-year-old’s bike was stolen in Beacon Hill on Thursday, Oct. 15, on Brimmer Street on the corner closest to Byron Street. We locked it on a…
Month: October 2020
Guest Op-Ed: Halloween is Coming and Americans are Scared
Dr. Glenn Mollette Halloween is typically a relaxed day for America’s kids to fill their coffers with candy. Children and adults often don their favorite wacky attire for a day of comic relief. America needs a day of some kind of…
Autumn on the Hill
Happenings on Charles Street Hill: Resident Pays Forward After Crediting Black Ink for Rekindling his Interest in Origami
Gregory Skaff credits his rediscovering the craft of origami after a 37-year lull to a November 2016 visit to Black Ink, a longstanding shop at 101 Charles St. specializing in paper goods, where he acquired, in exchange for a nominal…
GroundBeat Nominated for Boston Music Award
The third season of GroundBeat – the Esplanade’s free Riverfront Music Series, which went virtual for the first this summer in response to the ongoing pandemic – has been nominated for a 2020 Boston Music Award in the category of…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
New Bike Lanes to be Built Around the Public Garden near Beacon Hill This fall, the City of Boston is planning to make changes to walk signals and to create permanent separated bike lanes on streets downtown, including on Beacon…
COVID-19 Update for Beacon Hill Positive Test Rate Increases by 40 Percent in the Area
The COVID-19 positive test rate increased by 40 percent in Beacon Hill and surrounding neighborhoods but the infection rate remains steady according to Boston Public Health Commission data released last Friday. The infection rate in Beacon Hill and surrounding neighborhoods…
Vilms Consulting Offers Help to Struggling Local Businesses in Need of Financial Guidance
When businesses are interested in operating more efficiently and planning to grow, they hire Vilms Consulting for outsourced accounting, business advisory and training. As the pandemic unfolded here in March, CEO Michelle Vilms, like many, found herself in an unexpected…
Hill Resident Michelle Vilms Named Top ProAdvisor
Michelle Vilms, CEO of Vilms Consulting and a Beacon Hill resident, has been named a 2020 100 Top ProAdvisor by Insightful Accountant, an independent news and information source written specifically for the small business advisor to keep up with current technology,…
Walsh Urges Everyone to get the Flu Shot this Year
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) are urging all Boston residents to get a flu vaccination as soon as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I got my flu shot (Friday) because we know the best…