Mayor Michelle Wu, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, and title sponsor Province of Nova Scotia will host the 80th Annual Boston Common Tree Lighting on Thursday, December 2, with a holiday celebration beginning at 6 p.m. Grammy Award winner…
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Mothers Out Front Brings Its Renewable-Energy Message to the State House
Around 30 representatives from the downtown neighborhoods for Mothers Out Front – a national, grass-roots group of mothers, grandmothers, and other caregivers advocating for a transition off of fossil fuels to renewable energy in an effort to combat climate change…
Lauren Graves Appointed Polly Thayer Starr Fellow in American Art and Culture at Athenæum
Special to the Times Lauren Graves has been appointed Polly Thayer Starr Fellow at The Boston Athenæum in American Art and Culture for a two-year period. Graves earned a PhD from Boston University in the History of Art in 2021,…
Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner
Holiday Deorating Is Back! Come join the fun with the Beacon Hill Civic Association to decorate the neighborhood for the holidays! You can help in 3 ways: 1. Sponsor a Pole! Take a photo of the QR code (right) or…
Beacon Hill, Surrounding Area’s COVID Cases Increase Ahead of Thanksgiving
On Thursday Bostonians will travel to loved one’s homes or host Thanksgiving Day dinner and many will gather inside without masks for the holiday. Local health experts are suggesting that if families keep gathering relatively small; if everyone over the…
Beacon Hill and West End Both See Substantial Reduction in Rodent Complaints
Beacon Hill has seen a 34.8-percent decrease in rodent complaints from last year, while the West End saw rodent complaints decline 33.3 percent in the same timeframe, according to a recent study released by RentHop, an online resource for apartment…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Funes Inducted into The Honor Society Christopher Funes of Beacon Hill was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Funes was initiated at MCPHS University. Funes is…
Rev. White-Hammond Keynote Speaker at Friends of the Public Garden’s Reception
As keynote speaker at the Friends of the Public Garden’s Member Reception 2021, which took place virtually on Tuesday, Nov. 16, Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, the city’s Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space, discussed the challenges of balancing the use…
Boston’s Hotel Lobbies Are Decked for the Holiday Season
Special to the Times The halls of Boston’s hotel lobbies are decked for the Holiday Season. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at both the Liberty Hotel and Encore Boston Harbor for the months of November and December.…