Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Residents Now Able to Apply for Home Heating and Energy Assistance
Special to the Regional Review The Massachusetts’ home energy assistance program (HEAP) is a free resource to help eligible households pay a portion of winter heating bills. Homeowners and renters, including households whose cost of heat is included in the…
Wu Announces Ailin Sha as Boston’s Next Youth Poet Laureate
Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture announced that after a competitive search process, 18-year-old poet and writer Ailin Sha has been selected as Boston’s next Youth Poet Laureate. Sha officially started…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Bricks & Bubbles Buzz… Our Brick & Bubbles: A Celebration of Preservation fundraiser at the Liberty Hotel is less than four weeks away! Join us on Thursday, March 5th at 7pm at the Liberty Hotel for an elegant evening of…
Eversource Manhole Fire in West End Causes Power and Traffic Disruptions
By Times staff An Eversource manhole on Cambridge Street in the West End caught fire on Friday morning, Jan. 30, temporarily interrupting power for several hundred customers and causing traffic disruptions in the immediate area, according to published reports. Around…
Neighborhood Roundup
WECA meeting set for Feb. 12 at Neighborhood Center on Thoreau Path The next meeting of the West End Civic Association (WECA) will be held on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m. in the Neighborhood Center on Thoreau Path. The guest…
News Briefs
Chair Yoga at the West End Library The Boston Public Library is partnering with the city’s Age Strong Commission to bring chair yoga classes to the West End. Classes run weekly on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Location:…
Gibson House Museum to Offer all-ages ‘Victorian Valentines’ Event Feb. 7
By Times Staff Just ahead of Valentine’s Day, the Gibson House Museum, located at 137 Beacon St. in the Back Bay, will be celebrating the occasion with a special all-ages event, ‘Victorian Valentines’ on Saturday, Feb. 7, from 1-4 p.m.…
Healey takes Action to Keep ICE Out of Schools, Hospitals, Courthouses, and Places of Worship
Special to the Times Governor Maura Healey took action to protect the people of Massachusetts from abuses by President Donald Trump and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. She filed legislation to keep ICE out of courthouses, schools, child care programs,…
AFT Massachusetts Stands with State House Efforts to Protect Residents from ICE
Special to the Times The American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts recently joined Governor Maura Healey as she unveiled an Executive Order to protect Massachusetts residents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers who continue to operate with unchecked authority fulfilling…