Month: March 2023
Local Author, Frances McNamara, Set To Make April 4 Appearance at Nichols House Museum
A local novelist will be hand to discuss her latest novel – a murder mystery and work of historical fiction set in Boston around the time of the Great Molasses Flood that struck the North End in 1919 – during…
Wu Announces Love Your Block Spring Cleanups Starts April 22
Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu and the Office of Civic Organizing (OCO) announced the Love Your Block spring 2023 cleanups will take place on April 22nd and 29th. Love Your Block is a Citywide community service event that…
Free Guided Women’s History Tour on March 31
For the last day of Women’s History Month, the Esplanade Association will be offering a free guided tour highlighting some of the women who helped shape the history of the park on Friday, March 31. “The Women and the Esplanade:…
Emily Sweeney Discusses Her Book ‘Gangland Boston’ at West End Museum
By Marianne Salza Boston Globe reporter, Emily Sweeney, discussed her book, “Gangland Boston: A Tour Through the Deadly Streets of Organized Crime,” on March 23, at The HUB50 Community Room, Boston. The Dorchester resident shared fraudulent and violent stories of…
Another Week – Another Mass Shooting in America
The news this week of yet another mass shooting, this time in a private school in a wealthy neighborhood of Nashville, Tennessee, in which six persons (including three, nine year-old children) were killed, once again has highlighted the need for…
The Iraq War – Never Again
Last week marked the 20th anniversary of the American invasion of Iraq, a conflict that was broadcast into our living rooms on our TV sets in great detail thanks to the many reporters who were allowed to become “embedded” with…
First Morning of Spring on the Esplanade
Dog Stolen Monday on Beacon Hill Recovered Safely in Mattapan
An 11-pound terrier mix was allegedly stolen on Monday, March 20, on Beacon Hill, only to be recovered safely in Mattapan by its owner hours later, according to published reports. The approximately 9-year-old rescue dog obtained around five years ago…
Proposed Ordinances for Both Beacon Hill and Bay Village Discussed at Council Hearing
The City Council’s Committee on Government Operations held a hearing on Monday, March 20, in the Iannella Chamber at City Hall to discuss two proposed ordinances – one to extend the current boundaries of the Beacon Hill Historic District, which…