Neighborhood organizations, as well as individual residents should take full advantage of expressing comments and suggestions on potential transportation projects which could be included in the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) upcoming five-year Capital Investment Plan (CIP). Now in the…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Beacon Hill Village Offers Help on Planning for Critical Medical Care
By Betsy Peterson The choices of medical treatment–and how far to pursue treatment–are confusing and hard enough when you are healthy. Palliative care or hospice (and what’s the difference?) Advance directive? MOLST? DNR? And if you are too sick to…
Overnight Closures on Storrow Drive Posted
MassDOT will implement overnight double lane closures on Storrow Drive westbound in the vicinity of the Longfellow Bridge through Friday, March 24. The closures will be implemented from 11:00 PM each night to 5:00 AM the following morning. The closures…
Kids 4 Coding Youth Summer Programming:Camps plug into Cambridge and Brookline
Kids 4 Coding, the Atlanta-based technology startup creating a tech-ready generation, expands its Boston offerings in 2017 with campus-based summer programs at both Newberry College in Brookline and the Sherrill Library in Cambridge. One week half- and full-day camps for…
Police Briefs 03-21-2017
Beacon Hill Beat From Boston Police Area A-1 Larceny from Motor Vehicle 03/08/17 – A victim reported that her 2006 Acura MDX was broken into at Beacon and Charles streets between 5 and 6:30 p.m. The left rear window was…
Obituaries 03-21-2017
Cynthia Sue Weaver Pyschologist, heavily involved in her community patron of the arts, cared deeply for family, animals and the less fortunate Cynthia Sue (Welch) Weaver of Boston and Chatham, NJ, died on March 3 at Bourne Manor, Cape Cod. She was…
Learning Project Students Honor ‘International Women’s Day’
At 3 p.m. on Wednesday, March 8, the corner of Marlborough and Clarendon streets came alive with a crowd of elementary school students holding mini “picket signs,” each marked with something new that the children learned about women, stereotypes and…
Esplanade Association Welcomes New Marketing and Events Manager
By Dan Murphy Kelsey Pramik comes to her new role as the marketing and events manager of The Esplanade Association with a heartfelt appreciation for the city’s parklands that draws on her previous experience with the Charles River Conservancy. As…
DCR Begins Process to Revitalize Lee Pool on the Esplanade
By Dan Murphy The Department of Conservation and Recreation has initiated a planning and design process that reimagines the long-dormant Lee Pool complex on the Charles River Esplanade as a waterfront pavilion with adjacent parkland, as well as a LEED-certified…
Boston Police Agree to Continue to Wear Cameras for 6 Months
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans announced an agreement with the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Association (BPPA) to extend the Body Worn Camera Pilot Program by an additional six months to ensure sufficient data is available for…