Category: News
Pokorny Recognized With Parks Champion Award and a Formal City Citation
At the group’s 54th annual meeting on Tuesday, April 9, at the UMass Club of Boston, the Friends of the Public Garden awarded its inaugural Parks Champion Award to Margaret Pokorny, who also received a formal city citation from Mayor…
Tom Brady Makes Significant Gift to Esplanade Association
Thanks to a significant ‘leadership gift’ last week from the family of former New England Patriots great Tom Brady, the Esplanade Association will be able to not only expand its youth programming (which it will rename in his honor) but…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Beacon Award Nominations Requested The Beacon Hill Civic Association invites the community to nominate candidates for the 27th Annual Beacon Award. Instituted in 1997 by the BHCA as part of its Diamond Jubilee Year, the Beacon Award annually honors those…
Neighborhood Roundup
West End ‘Love Your Block’ Set for Saturday, April 20 The West End ‘Love Your Block’ (Neighborhood Clean-up) takes place on Saturday, April 20, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Meet at the Greatest Neighborhood Park. This event is sponsored…
MHS Hosts Making History Gala With Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Doris Kearns Goodwin
On Thursday, June 6, the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) will host its Making History Gala at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston. The event will feature renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin. The evening will commence…
Wu Files FY25 Budget With Investments To Make Boston a Home for Everyone
Special to the times Mayor Michelle Wu today proposed her third annual operating budget, which builds on the administration’s steady progress to make Boston a home for everyone—where the City’s communities’ needs are met and dreams can grow. The recommended…
Blackstone’s To Host an Evening Artists Event To Fundraise for Women’s Lunch Place
Special to Times Join Blackstone’s of Beacon Hill for a Spring Artist Event at Blackstone’s featuring local artists Janice Hayes-Cha and PJ Szufnarowski on Wednesday, April 24, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. This event benefits Women’s Lunch Place, a charity…
Citywide Community Service Event Love Your Block Set for April 20
Love Your Block is a Citywide community service event comes to the West End on this Saturday, April 20. The Office of Civic Organizing (OCO) invite community members to lead in hosting a neighborhood cleanup or joining a cleanup as an…
Construction Update
Construction look-ahead for the North Washington Street Bridge through April 27 is as follows: Scheduled Work • Removal of temporary Paul Revere Park abutment • Cofferdam installation Work Hours • Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. •…