One of the neighborhood’s most highly anticipated annual events, the Beacon Hill Business Association’s Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll returns on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. Beginning at 5:30 p.m.., both sides of the five blocks of Charles…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
The Best Place To Mail a Letter in Beacon Hill
By Diana Coldren The lamppost-mounted letter box on Louisburg Square is a quirky relic, as well as a treasure in Beacon Hill and the City of Boston. It’s one of the few surviving lamppost-mounted letter boxes in the city and…
Remember Those Who Are Less Fortunate This Holiday Season
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. With Christmas fast approaching, most of us will be rushing about — either to the stores and malls or on-line…
BHCA Presents 27th Garlands & Greens Fundraiser
Fabled Antique Reopens After Seven-Month Closure Due to Fire
Special to Times Fabled Antiques reopened on Friday, Nov. 18, kicking off a festive celebratory weekend at 93 Charles St. The shop’s proprietor, Rebecca Connolly Hackler, was eager to reopen after being closed for the past seven months due to…
A La Carte Massage Celebrates 11 Years
A La Carte Massage celebrates 11 years of being open since November 2011 as a multiple-establishment business and storefront on Beacon Hill at the corner of Joy and Myrtle streets. Owned and run by Zoe Arguello, it’s open Monday through…
Remembering Bay Village’s Cocoanut Grove 80 Years Later
On Monday, November 28, at 3 PM, the Cocoanut Grove Memorial Committee will host an 80th Anniversary Remembrance Vigil at the site of the former nightclub, Piedmont Street and Cocoanut Grove Lane in the Bay Village neighborhood. A program of…
Neighborhood Roundup
Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll Returns Thursday, Dec. 1 The Beacon Hill Business Association presents the annual Beacon Hill Holiday Stroll on Thursday, Dec. 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. Pictures with Santa take place from 3 to 5 p.m. at…
Mayor Wu Kicks Off Vicinity Energy’s Electrification Plans
Special to the Sun Vicinity Energy, a decarbonization leader with the nation’s largest portfolio of district energy systems, serving over 70 million square feet of building space across Boston and Cambridge, has officially kicked off its electrification plans with the…
Virtual Flower Arranging Workshop To Benefit the Hurley K-8 School
Looking for a fun holiday activity you can do from home with friends and family? Please consider a virtual flower arranging workshop to benefit the Hurley K-8 School! Each ticket includes fresh flowers, floral foam and a wooden vase delivered…