Month: January 2023
Chestnut Street Resident To Run Boston Marathon for Joslin Diabetes Center
Chestnut Street resident Ian Brohm will be running in the 2023 Boston Marathon on Monday, April 17, as a member of Team Joslin to benefit the Joslin Diabetes Center. Brohm, age 31, is participating in the footrace in person for…
BHAC Approves Exterior Plaque for Peter Faneuil House
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission voted unanimously to approve an application for the installation of a brass plaque at the Peter Faneuil House on Joy Street in accordance with a city requirement, albeit in a different location than was proposed,…
Esplanade Association Hosts Free Frost Fit Winter Series 2023
The Esplanade is known to be a favorite spot for many Bostonians looking for a free, safe space to exercise. The Esplanade Association (esplanadeassociation.org) is excited to announce it will be hosting their fifth season Frost Fit Winter Series 2023…
News Briefs
MFA Presents Exhibition Highlighting Wartime in Ukraine Since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, attacks have continued endlessly in different regions of the country, and ordinary citizens have been forced to pick up arms and…
Rockland Trust Launches Its 19th Annual Scholarship Program
Rockland Trust is pleased to announce the launch of its 19th Annual Scholarship Program, which is open to students who are enrolling in a part-time or full-time undergraduate study program for the first time at an accredited two or four-year…
Boston’s COVID-19 Numbers Show Promising Trends, But Risk of Transmission Remains
As Boston’s COVID-19 metrics continue to improve following a spike in cases and hospitalizations, the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) is reminding residents that the risk for getting COVID-19 remains and that individuals need to get their bivalent booster to…
BPDA and BTD Announce Findings of Copley Connect Pilot Program
Special to the Times The Boston Planning & Development Agency and Boston Transportation Department announced on Thursday, Jan. 19, the findings of the 2022 Copley Connect pilot program via the launch of a storymap that details the data collected over…
Molasses Flood Murder Mystery Released by Boston Author
Frances McNamara from Boston’s West End debuted her mystery novel “Molasses Murder in a Nutshell” in the“Nutshell Murder Mystery” collection Jan. 15, 2023 as part of Level Best Book’s Historia line. Set during the famous Boston molasses flood, the book…
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston Presents the Great Leap by Lauren Yee
The Great Leap by Lauren Yee and directed by Michael Hisamoto brings compelling storytelling, humor, and the power of second chances together to tell the story of one promising basketball player’s incredible journey to China to play the game he…