The winter season generally is measured in two ways. There’s meteorological winter, the three months of December, January, and February. And then there is astronomical winter, which begins with the winter solstice on December 21 and ends with the spring solstice on March…
Month: January 2025
Public Safety
Temporary fencing on Common for BWSC project expected to remain in place until April By Dan Murphy With the Boston Water and Sewer Commission relining one of the main lines that runs beneath the Boston Common, fencing has gone up…
Bolinger Steps in as Interim President of the Friends of the Public Garden
By Dan Murphy As Interim President of the Friends of the Public Garden, Gene Bolinger views his tenure as a brief, transitional period ahead of the organization’s next chapter under new leadership. “As we await the arrival of a new…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
27-29 Hancock Street The Beacon Hill Civic Association is delighted to share that after years of BHCA advocacy, JDMD, the owner of the Archer Residences and 27-29 Hancock Street, finalized an agreement to donate 27-29 Hancock Street to Fenway Community…
MassDOT, Consultants Begin Study Process for Potential Tobin Bridge Replacement
By Adam Swift The Tobin Bridge is not going to disappear any time soon, but MassDOT has begun the process of studying potential future replacement options for the bridge. Last week, MassDOT and its team of consultants held its second…
BHAC Unanimously Approves Application for 7 Louisburg Square
By Dan Murphy The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission unanimously approved as submitted a design review application for 7 Louisburg Square at the commission’s Jan. 16 monthly public hearing, which took place virtually. The application comprised two components: the relocation of…
Wu Announces Return of Boston Saves January Incentive
Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu has announced that Boston Saves, the City’s children’s savings account program, is offering a January incentive to encourage eligible Boston Public Schools (BPS) families to participate in the program. Families of BPS students…
BHCA and MAAH to honor William Cooper Nell
Special to The Times William Cooper Nell (1816-1874) was a pioneering African American writer and civil rights activist whose contributions to the abolitionist movement were profound, particularly in Boston, where he became a central figure in the fight for racial…
Healey Signs Cat Declaw Ban into Law
Special to the Times On January 9, Governor Maura Healey signed An Act Prohibiting Inhumane Feline Declawing (S.2552) into law. The law bans cat declawing in Massachusetts, except in rare situations of medical necessity, such as a cancer in the…
News in Brief
Beacon Hill Team Inducted into Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty’s Club XV Rebecca Davis Tulman and Leslie Singleton Adam of the Tulman Adam Team at Gibson Sotheby’s International Realty have been inducted into Club XV, a select group of top-performing real estate associates…