Coffee Hours for City’s Beacon Hill-Back Bay Neighborhood Liaison Maggie Van Scoy, the city’s neighborhood liaison for Beacon Hill and Back Bay, will hold Coffee Hours on Friday, Dec. 29, from 10 to 11 a.m. at the West End Branch…
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Boston Public Health Comm. Encourages Vaccination As Respiratory Virus Cases Rise
Special to the Times Recent data analyzed by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) shows low vaccination rates and an increase in cases of respiratory viral illness in Boston. BPHC recommends people protect themselves and their communities from getting sick,…
Mayor Wu Announces 2024 Civic Summit for Community Leaders, Members
Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu announced the Civic Summit, an event focused on uniting neighbors, civic leaders, and non-profit advocates in a dynamic forum featuring panels with local leaders and advocates. The Civic Summit, organized for the first…
Greater Boston Bikeshare System Plans To Add 750 Ebikes to Growing Fleet
Special to the Times The cities of Boston, Cambridge, Somerville and Everett, the town of Brookline, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”) and Lyft today announced plans to integrate 750 next-generation ebikes into Greater Boston’s popular Bluebikes program and the…
Wu and PowerCorpsBOS Celebrate Graduation Of Third Cohort
Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu celebrated the graduation of PowerCorpsBOS’ third cohort. PowerCorpsBOS is a green jobs program that creates workforce development opportunities for young adults, particularly from Boston’s environmental justice communities, in fields that address pressing environmental…
Local Talent Headed to City Hall Plaza for New Year’s Eve Celebration
Special to the Times First Night Boston is proud to announce its full schedule of performances for New Year’s Eve, which will fill City Hall Plaza and surrounding venues in the hours leading up to 2024. Musicians, comedians, performers, and…
Healey Proposes Regulations To Strengthen Resilience From Coastal and Inland Flooding
Special to the Times The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) today issued draft regulations to strengthen wetlands and stormwater resilience by providing flood control and preventing storm damage to shorelines and infrastructure from the impacts of climate change. The…
Beacon Hill Womens Forum Holiday Party
Bellringers Take to the Streets on Christmas Eve
A beloved holiday tradition returns to the neighborhood on Christmas Eve, with the annual performance by the Beacon Hill Bellringers, including caroling and the pealing of historic handbells, set to kick off on Sunday, Dec. 24, at 8 p.m. on…
Upcoming Lecture Looks at Madeline Yale Wynne’s ‘Garden of Hearts’ Chest and the Arts and Craft Movement
A lecture sponsored next month by the Nichols House Museum will examine Madeline Yale Wynne’s recently rediscovered ‘Garden of Hearts’ chest in the context of the Arts and Crafts Movement, which came to prominence in Deerfield, Mass., during the early…