Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the City of Boston is challenging the United States Census Bureau’s 2020 Census Population count of Boston’s total population. Based on research by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA), the population count of 675,647…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
News Briefs
Return of “Boston Blooms With Daffodils” Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will once again distribute over 15,000 daffodil bulbs for planting on public ways citywide through the “Boston Blooms with Daffodils” beautification initiative started…
Remembering Former Garden St. Resident Who Died on 9/11
Each year on Sept. 11, neighbors and friends adorn the doorway of 51 Garden St. with flowers, candles, and cards in memory of one-time resident, Sara Elizabeth Low, a flight attendant who went to work as usual and boarded American…
Alcohol Abuse Is Still Problem #1
Two years ago the voters of Oregon approved a measure that decriminalized the possession of small amounts of even the most dangerous drugs, while also mandating that tax revenue from the sale of marijuana (which Oregon legalized in 2014) be…
What’s With All the Coverage of the British Monarchy?
The passing last week of Queen Elizabeth II saddened all of us. She was a great woman who epitomized what used to be called noblesse oblige, the idea that nobility extends beyond mere entitlement, requiring people who hold such status…
Letter to the Editor
Homeless Problem To the Editor, In case you are not aware we as citizens -who enjoy the Charles River every day for running, biking and walking – have roughly 12 homeless people living on the Charles between Mass Ave. bridge…
Guest Op-Ed: Will You Own an Electric Car?
Dr. Glenn Mollette Will you own an electric car? If you live long enough and that’s all that is being made, you probably will. Many of us we’ll hold out for as long as possible. I’m all for electric…
Hill’s Mark Duffield Pens Third Book
Special to Times Longtime Beacon Hill resident Mark Duffield has written a new book “As I Recall: Wings of Remembrance” is a true and wondrous Beacon Hill story that takes place in 2006 – the first year Mark and Jennifer…
A Sign of Things To Come
Make Your Way: The Intersection of Tremont and Opportunity
Suffolk University has announced that it will open one of Boston’s “most accessible and visible career development centers,” with the planned early October opening of its Center for Career Equity, Development & Success in the former Citizens Bank location at…