Over the last 16 years, William (Jay) G. Austen, Jr., MD, chief of Massachusetts General Hospital Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and Burn Surgery, and a team of about 20 MGH surgeons, anesthesiologists, residents, recovery room technicians and operating room nurses,…
Downtown View:More Ideas
By Karen Cord Taylor Last week this column offered ideas for improving life in Boston. Several brave souls suggested transportation improvements that would reduce traffic on Boston’s streets. They were happy to be identified. Other suggestions came from people who…
Police Briefs 10-13-2015
Beacon Hill Beat Larceny from Motor Vehicle 10/04/15 – A victim reported he left his 2005 Mazda 6 parked on Anderson and Revere streets from 4 p.m. on Oct. 3 to 2:15 p.m. on Oct. 4, during which time unknown…
Seniors Head Back to the Classroom
By Suzanne Besser Last week was ‘back to school’ week for many seniors on the Hill. These, seniors, though, aren’t facing grueling SAT tests or winning college essays. They’ve already done that and, as a result, had long successful careers…
Pressley Sees Connections, Solutions in Next Term
If there’s one thing that Councillor Ayanna Pressley has learned over the last three terms in office, it’s the interconnectedness of the City and its issues. In a recent sit-down interview with the councillor, she said she has evolved from…
Common Elm Gets New Life in Art Auction
After a large Belgian elm located near the corner of Beacon and Charles streets on the Boston Common fell prey to Hurricane Irene in August of 2011, Friends of the Public Garden board member Margaret Pokorny had a novel idea…