The Boston Preservation Alliance has recognized the Dome restoration of the Hatch Memorial Shell on the Esplanade with an honorable mention among its 2023 Preservation Award recipients. “The Alliance doesn’t normally recognize projects with an Honorable Mention in our Awards…
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BHGC Sixth Annual Spring Soirée
BHAC Remands Application to Subcommittee
The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission remanded an application from The Vilna Shul at 18 Phillips St., which has proposed modifying and restoring its existing front plaza, to a newly created subcommittee at the commission’s monthly public hearing held virtually on…
Mayor Wu Announces Safety Surge
By Michael Coughlin Jr. In a press conference at Thetford Evans Playground in Mattapan on Monday, May 22, Mayor Michelle Wu unveiled the City of Boston’s Safety Surge, an initiative to make city streets safer for everyone. As part of…
Beacon Hill Won’t Be Able To Ever Solve Its Rat Problem Until the City Changes the Garbage Pickup Schedule
By Robert A. Whitney I have lived on Beacon Hill since 1985, and I have been living with Beacon Hill’s rat problem ever since moving here – and it’s getting worse! An Axios report in December 2022 cited Boston as…
Boston Traffic Advisory for May 24–28
Events happening in the City of Boston this week will bring some parking restrictions and street closures. People attending these events are encouraged to walk, bike, or take public transit. Information on Bluebikes, the regional bike share service, may be…
Neighborhood Roundup
Council Hopeful Montez Haywood To Hold Meet-and-Greet June 6 Montez Haywood, a candidate for the District 8 City Council seat, will hold at meet-and-greet on Tuesday, June 6, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Blackstone’s of Beacon Hill at 40…
WLP Annual Fundraiser Returns To Park Plaza Hotel
Women’s Lunch Place celebrated its 12th annual eat LUNCH give fundraiser on Friday, May 12, at the Grand Ballroom in the Park Plaza Hotel. The event was a celebration of the tireless work for the city’s homeless women that the…
Barbara ‘Bobby’ Moore Receives 26th Annual Beacon Award
During the Beacon Hill Civic Association’s 101st annual meeting on Monday, May 15, at the Somerset Club, Barbara W. Moore, affectionally known as “Bobby,” received the 26th annual Beacon Award for her “sustained and significant contribution to the Beacon Hill…
Duckling Day Makes Return for Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day brought a sea of yellow ducklings to Boston Common and the Public Garden. Just over 2,500 children and their families enjoyed the festivities at the annual Duckling Day organized by the nonprofit Friends of the Public Garden. Attendees…