Labor Day Celebration To the Editor, The ABCD West End Neighborhood Service Center (WE NSC) invites you to join us for a Labor Day celebration! The event will take place on Wednesday, September 9th, at 12pm. at the West End…
Author: Times Staff
A “war” that we actually are winning
It was almost 55 years ago — on December 23, 1971, to be precise — that President Richard M.Nixon officially declared the “war on cancer” when he signed the National Cancer Act of 1971. The legislation committed $1.5 billion ($12…
News Briefs 8-27-26
Boston Book Festival returns Oct. 17 to Copley Square The Boston Book Festival (BBF) returns to Copley Square this fall with a ticketed evening event Oct. 16, followed by its signature free Festival day Oct. 17, uniting the literary community…
Neighborhood Roundup 8-27-26
Rally for a Sewage-Free Charles on Sept. 8 The Charles River Watershed Association (CWRA) will hold its Rally for a Sewage-Free Charles on Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 10 a.m., on the Fiedler Dock on the Charles River Esplanade. Presently the…
BHCA Community Corner
Beacon Hill Civic Association Annual Appeal The Beacon Hill Civic Association works in quiet and sometimes unnoticed ways. In addition to the many meetings and events our committees organize, we are also working every day to improve the quality of…
Upcoming film screening at Copley BPL highlights voters’ rights ahead of ’26 midterms
Ahead of the ‘26 midterm elections, True North Action Alliance Boston, a dual chapter of Indivisible and Progressive Mass, continues its four-part documentary and community discussion series, the Good Trouble Film Series, with a screening of the 2025 documentary, ‘Democracy…
BHCA Community Corner
Upcoming Meetings & Events Young Friends Social – Wednesday, August 26th, 7pm, Cheers Streets & Sidewalks Committee – Tuesday, September 1st, 5:30pm, via Zoom Save the Dates Dinner Under the Stars – Saturday, September 26th, 6-9pm, flat of Mount Vernon…
News Briefs 8/21/26
Sale of two Emerson Place buildings comes as term of proposed merger Per the terms of a proposed merger between two major landlords, a pair of high-rise residential buildings on Emerson Place in the West End will hit the market,…
Gov. Healey does the right thing to ban kratom
The decision last week by Gov. Maura Healey and the Mass. Dept. of Public Health to issue an order classifying kratom as a Schedule 1 drug, thereby effectively banning the sale of kratom products, removes a dangerous and highly-addictive substance…
Boston Landmarks Commission
Notice Of Public Hearing. The Boston Landmarks Commission will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, August 25, Design Review Hearing – 4 p.m. and the Business Meeting at 6 p.m. ZOOM: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1651490508 Subject of the Public Hearing will be action…