With the holiday season now upon us, we urge our readers to remember to be aware of your surroundings as you race from a holiday party to planning for friends and family visiting to just coming back with your Christmas…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Police Briefs 11-30-2012
BEACON HILL BEAT From Boston Police Area A-1 COMMUNITY SERVICE OFFICE: 617-343-4627 • DRUG UNIT: 617-343-4879 • EMERGENCIES: 911 Larceny in a Building 11/16/12 – A Charles Street jewelry store reported an unknown male suspect entered the establishment at around…
Holiday Fundraiser at the Hampshire House
On Wednesday night residents came to the Hampshire House for the Annual Garlands and Green fundraiser. The money raised at this event will go to purchase the laurel gardens and red bows that are put on the lamp posts of…
WECA Hears Talk on Future of BRA
The West End Civic Association (WECA) sponsored a meeting Tuesday night to discuss the BRA’s (Boston Redevelopment Association) role in neighborhood planning and development, the BRA’s Article 80 process and what action residents can take to impact development. The meeting,…
Thanksgiving 2012
This Thanksgiving, as we pause to reflect, there are mixed signs of where we as a nation are headed. First for the good news: The presidential election showed more minorities participated in the voting process. The home mortgage crisis that…
Police Briefs 11-20-2012
Larceny – Bicycle 11/07/12 – A Grove Street resident reported her pink-and-black Sandracer bicycle was locked to a lamppost in front of her home between 9 p.m. on Nov. 6 and 9 a.m. Nov. 7 when unknown person(s) sawed the…
Police Seeking Help to Locate Suspect in Assault
Police are asking for the public’s assistance in identifying the suspect wanted for a home invasion and sexual assault in the area of Joy and Myrtle streets early Saturday morning. At about 3:15 a.m. on Nov. 10, District A-1 officers…
Local Resident Lorie Conway Produces and Directs Movie
Thirty-two years ago, Robert Mugabe, the great “liberation hero,” became prime minister, then president, of Zimbabwe, the country once called the “bread basket of Africa.” Mugabe’s decade long rule has brought the democratic process into question. In opposition to Mugabe’s…
Garlands and Green Fundraiser on Weds
Ring in the holiday season tomorrow, Wednesday, November 14, when Tom Kershaw hosts Garlands and Green: a Holiday Gathering. This popular Beacon Hill Civic Association holiday party helps raise the $12,000 needed for the laurel garlands and red bows that…
Fine Arts and Craft Sale This Weekend
Pick up the perfect holiday gift at the Beacon Hill Holiday Fine Art and Craft Sale which will be held on Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18 at the Hill House (the old firehouse) at 127 Mt. Vernon Street…