Maine news

• 25th Anniversary

  24-03-2017 11:52 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Upstairs Downstairs Antiques shop owner Laura Cousineau with family and friends outside the store on Saturday, March 18, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the store. Former owner Rebecca Hackler, Joan O’Brien, Moley Manning, Cousineau with Quinn and Bob Cousineau, Former owner Lauren Decatur and Peggy Glynn.
  
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• Downtown View:Where Things Stand: Winthrop Square

  24-03-2017 11:51 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Karen Cord Taylor
  The proposed 775-foot tower to be built on the site of a grungy city garage started out nicely when plans were unveiled last summer. The developer, Millennium Partners, was largely responsible for revitalization of Washington Street with the Ritz complex, Millennium Place and the Millennium Tower that filled in Vornado’s Filene’s hole. They would pay the city $153 million for affordable housing and park maintenance in the Boston Common and Franklin Park. So far,
  
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• AMC Buildings Returning to Condominiums

  24-03-2017 11:51 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Beth Treffeisen
  The current home of the Appalachian Mountain Club  (AMC) headquarters on Joy Street in Beacon Hill will soon be condos.
  The architect Guy Grassi, who is behind the major renovations and restoration of these three brick row houses, presented the changes at last week’s Beacon Hill Architectural Commission meeting.
  Due to the numerous details to the project and the question whether additions to the back of some of the condos will be seen from a public way, the Commissi
  
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• Nichols House Receives Accreditation from AAM

  24-03-2017 11:50 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Nichols House Museum has achieved accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition afforded the nation’s museums.
  Accreditation signifies excellence to the museum community, to governments, funders, outside agencies, and to the museum-going public. Executive Director Victoria McKay is “ecstatic about the commission’s decision and very grateful to the staff, board members, partners, supporters and volunteers whose efforts have made th
  
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• MassDOT Seeks Comments on Five-Year CIP Plan

  24-03-2017 11:48 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Neighborhood organizations, as well as individual residents should take full advantage of expressing comments and suggestions on potential transportation projects which could be included in the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) upcoming five-year Capital Investment Plan (CIP).
  Now in the process of updating the CIP for fiscal years 2018-2021 and adding on fiscal year 2022, MassDOT is welcoming import through the public engagement process.
  MassDOT claims every suggestion, comme
  
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• Beacon Hill Village Offers Help on Planning for Critical Medical Care

  24-03-2017 11:47 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Betsy Peterson
  The choices of medical treatment–and how far to pursue treatment–are confusing and hard enough when you are healthy. Palliative care or hospice (and what’s the difference?) Advance directive? MOLST? DNR? And if you are too sick to make the decision, who will decide, and what will they decide? Resuscitation? Intubation? Artificial feeding? Just “comfort care”? Will they know what you would choose on the spectrum from “alive at any cost”
  
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• Overnight Closures on Storrow Drive Posted

  24-03-2017 11:46 via beaconhilltimes.com
  MassDOT will implement overnight double lane closures on Storrow Drive westbound in the vicinity of the Longfellow Bridge through Friday, March 24. The closures will be implemented from 11:00 PM each night to 5:00 AM the following morning. The closures are necessary to safely perform work on the Longfellow Bridge above the roadway.
  Traffic will be monitored and the closures will only be implemented if volumes allow. WSC will make every effort to minimize noise during the overnight work hours. Th
  
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• Kids 4 Coding Youth Summer Programming:Camps plug into Cambridge and Brookline

  24-03-2017 11:46 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Kids 4 Coding, the Atlanta-based technology startup creating a tech-ready generation, expands its Boston offerings in 2017 with campus-based summer programs at both Newberry College in Brookline and the Sherrill Library in Cambridge.
  One week half- and full-day camps for youth ages 7-15 focus on digital literacy and coding proficiency, unlocking and encouraging students’ potential for problem-solving, logical and creative thinking, math application and ingenuity. Highly interactive modules
  
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• Police Briefs 03-21-2017

  24-03-2017 11:45 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Beacon Hill Beat
  From Boston Police Area A-1
  Larceny from Motor Vehicle
  03/08/17 – A victim reported that her 2006 Acura MDX was broken into at Beacon and Charles streets between 5 and 6:30 p.m. The left rear window was broken, and two gym bags containing clothing were removed from the vehicle.
   
  Larceny from Motor Vehicle03/09/17 – A victim reported that his wallet containing bank and credit cards was taken from his 2002 VW Jetta between 4:55 and 5:15 p.m.  The victim said
  
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