History tells us several hundred onlookers clambered to the top of Beacon Hill and watched the Battle of Bunker Hill as it unfolded in June 1775. It was, of all days in this immediate area, a historic moment that froze…
Author: Beacon Hill Times Staff
Marilyn Lee Richardson
The death of Marilyn Lee Richardson at 54 is a loss for the Beacon Hill neighborhood. She was a resident here for many, many years and she loved living on Beacon Hill. She particularly enjoyed the annual trick or treating…
Police Briefs 06-12-2012
From Boston Police Area A-1 Incidents May 29 51 Hancock St. – Parking Violation 18 Phillips St. – Threats to Do Bodily Harm 41 Garden St. – Motor Vehicle Accident – Leaving Scene – Property Damage 120 Charles St. –…
Ninth Annual Party
The Ninth Annual Party in the Park was held on May 16 in the Back Bay Fens. More than 700 attended the event that raised more than $560,000 for the Emerald Necklace Conservancy’s Justine Mee Liff Fund. Co-Chair Janet Atkins…
Esplanade’s Eliot Memorial Revitalization Around the Corner
Visitors to the Charles River Esplanade can expect to see a revitalized and better maintained landscape around Eliot Memorial, next to Community Boating, this fall thanks to recent grants from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) Partnership Grant…
Louisburg Square Home: Focus for BHCA Meeting Tomorrow
A total rehab of a classic Louisburg Square townhouse is on the BHCA’s agenda this week. The owner/occupant of 12 Louisburg will appear before the zoning and licensing committee on Wednesday, June 6, to present a proposal to renovate extensively…
More Museums, Please
Everyone knows the Museum of Fine Arts with its unique collections in their dazzling settings. The Science Museum, the Children’s Museum, the Peabody Essex are attractions that both locals and tourists enjoy. But one of the best things about Boston’s…
Thank You, Attorney Thurlow
Beacon Hill Attorney Lisa Thurlow wants the state to remove three Clear Channel billboards and two giant Blue Moon signs that are on Cambridge Street for nearly everyone to see. Her fight to maintain Beacon Hill as a truly unblemished…
The Rain
The full weekend of rain – at times torrential rain – is being followed by steady rain at the beginning of the week and expected as well to linger into the week. Monday was a gray, rainy day. The roads…
Police Briefs 06-05-2012
From Boston Police Area A-1 Robbery – Firearm – Bank 05/22/12 – At about 4:58 p.m., a male suspect entered a Charles Street bank, carrying a black duffle bag with the barrel of a black handgun sticking out of it.…