BEACON HILL BEAT From Boston Police Area A-1 Larceny from Motor Vehicle 04/24/16 – A victim reported she parked her 2007 Subaru Outback at Arlington and Beacon streets at 9:45 p.m. When she returned an hour later, its rear driver’s…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Charles Street
Driving down Charles Street recently, two bicyclists were going the wrong way heading towards Cambridge Street. While there is nothing new in these bicyclists or skateboards going down the wrong way on Charles St. or for that matter on Bowdoin…
Dropped Call:Architectural Commission Stops any Additional Antennas on Beacon Hill
By Stephen Quigley The wireless connection could be getting a little weaker in the Beacon Hill area following the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission’s (BHAC) unanimous vote to deny without prejudice a request from a wireless provider to put an antenna…
Garden Club Adds Events to Annual Tour
In less than one month, the garden gates will open on Thursday May 19, when the Beacon Hill Garden Club will host its 87th annual tour of the Hidden Gardens. New this year is the addition of a special twilight…
Public Gets Another Look at New Plans for 33-61 Temple Street
By Dan Murphy The public got another look at the updated plans for what is slated to be the largest residential redevelopment project in Beacon Hill’s history on Thursday at a public meeting sponsored by the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Dedham-based…
Downtown View:1,200 New Street Trees
By Karen Cord Taylor The City of Boston started planting 1,200 trees along city streets in mid-April and will continue to do so until June. Every neighborhood gets them. Their hired contractor might grind out the stump of a dead…
Get Your Brooms:Annual Street Cleaning is this Weekend
As part of an annual effort to beautify the streets of Boston in time for the spring season, Mayor Martin J. Walsh has asked for Boston residents’ to participate in Boston Shines, a citywide initiative to clean the neighborhoods across…
Police Briefs 04-26-2016
BEACON HILL BEAT From Boston Police Area A-1 Larceny – Pickpocket 04/19/16 – A victim reported while she was dining in a Stuart Street restaurant at around 8:48 p.m., an unknown male suspect removed her wallet from her purse, which…
Boston is Going Fiber
By Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh This week I announced something that will change Boston’s future: working closely with the City over the next six years, Verizon will rewire the entire city with an advanced fiber-optic network. Replacing our outdated…
We Need A Transportation Transformation
By Michelle Wu, Boston City Council President As a new mom, I think often about the world that my one-year-old son will grow up in. Twenty years from now, what will Boston look like? As excited as I am about…