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• Want Better Business? Invest in Public Transit

  02-08-2018 09:08 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Earlier this year, an Amazon executive called officials in Detroit to explain why the city had fallen out of contention for the retail giant’s new headquarters.
  The main reason?The lack of investment in Detroit’s regional public transit. The city doesn’t have enough downtown workers to fill all the jobs the headquarters would create. And without reliable public trains and buses, there’s no easy way for suburbanites to commute into Detroit without a car.
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• WLP Member Alyssa Moore To Run Marathon in Support of Women Experiencing Homelessness

  12-04-2024 09:45 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to TimesAlyssa Moore, an integral member of the Direct Care team at Women’s Lunch Place, is gearing up to run the iconic Boston Marathon on Monday. Her mission goes beyond personal achievement; she’s running to raise funds and awareness for women experiencing homelessness and poverty.Moore’s  decision to apply for the charity team was deeply rooted in her experiences at Women’s Lunch Place. In her role, she forges connections with women in need, offering not
  
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• Taking in the Eclipse

  12-04-2024 09:44 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Phillips Street resident Rob Whitney took this picture through a Celestron telescope in Newport, VT, which
  is close to the Canadian border. “The Baily’s Beads effect is a phenomenon where sunlight peaks through a valley on the surface of the moon,” wrote Whitney. “During Monday’s eclipse, you could see a small Baily’s Bead at the bottom of the sun around the corona, which is the outermost layer of the sun and what produced the ring of light when the moon pass
  
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• Swan Boats Return

  12-04-2024 09:43 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Workers are seen preparing the Swan Boats for the launch of the upcoming season on Monday, April 8, in the Public Garden. The Swan Boat season kicks off Saturday, April 13, at 10 a.m.
  
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• Traffic Advisory for Boston Marathon/Patriot’s Day activities

  12-04-2024 09:38 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Marathon Weekend Events this year will have two main races on the Saturday before the running of the 2024 Boston Marathon.In addition to the events being hosted by the Boston Athletic Association, the City of Boston will be hosting Boston One Day on April 15, and the Patriots’ Day Parade on Monday, April 15.Parking restrictions will be in place for all of these events. Please plan accordingly and follow all posted signage.People attending events are encouraged to walk, bike, or take pu
  
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• Mass House Passes Bill To Remove Outdated and Offensive Terms in General Laws

  12-04-2024 09:27 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesMassachusetts House of Representatives  passed two bills on Wednesday, April 3, that update the Massachusetts General Laws by removing out-of-date and offensive terms related to persons with disabilities, and by renaming the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) as MassAbility.“As lawmakers, we know that words matter,” said Speaker of the House Ronald J. Mariano (D-Quincy). “This legislation is our latest effort to ensure that our stat
  
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• Boston Invests in Enhanced Emergency, Coastal Resilience Planning With FloodMapp

  12-04-2024 09:26 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesMayor Michelle Wu  announced that the City of Boston has awarded the City of Boston Flood Modeling RFP to FloodMapp to provide real-time flood monitoring to enhance emergency preparation, response, and recovery during flood events, marking a significant step forward in the city’s resilience, an important part of the Mayor’s Green New Deal. “Making Boston a Green New Deal city involves having the best means of preparing for, handling, and mitigating
  
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• Boston Hosts Citizenship Day

  12-04-2024 09:26 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu, the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA), and Project Citizenship are hosting Citizenship Day on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury. The annual event is an opportunity for people who are eligible for naturalization to get free legal help with their citizenship application. People must first call 617-694-5949 to make an appointment. “Citizenship Day is an important and beloved tradition for our Of
  
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• RMV Cautions Public To Beware of Deceptive and Mimic Websites

  12-04-2024 09:25 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is reminding customers to use only Mass.Gov/RMV for information or to perform many transactions, including when trying to renew a license or registration. While there has been no sharp increase in reports of deceptive and mimic websites to the RMV, this is a busy time of year for customer transactions so the RMV is issuing this reminder to the public about sites which have been created to mislead customers into thinking they have reached the off
  
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• …And a Manic Monday

  12-04-2024 09:24 via beaconhilltimes.com
  We had not intended to view the eclipse, so despite the hype, we had not purchased special eclipse eyewear. We figured we’d focus on what was happening around us — the birds and other animals, the shadows, the suddenly-cooler air — rather than on the interplay between the moon and the sun.But a neighbor drove up as we were standing outside our home and mentioned that he had an extra pair of eclipse eyewear, which he offered  to us. So we took it and got a chance to view th
  
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• A Freaky Friday

  12-04-2024 09:24 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Did you feel the earthquake Friday morning?We were sitting in our recliner in our home when the whole house started shaking and the chair started moving rapidly back and forth. We live on the coast, so at first we thought it might be a change of direction or increase in the velocity of the wind, which can cause our house to creak and the windows to rattle a bit. But we saw no change in the ripples on the water, so we then thought that perhaps a big truck was on the roadway. But there was no
  
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• State Budget Woes: Here We Go Again

  12-04-2024 09:23 via beaconhilltimes.com
  With state revenue falling off a cliff and almost $1 billion being spent (on an annualized basis) to house, feed, and care for immigrants who have made their way to Massachusetts from the southern border (and with no end in sight), the outlook is bleak for our state’s finances.Gov. Maura Healy last week announced a hiring freeze for state employees. In addition, the governor’s $58 billion budget proposal’s allocation for local aid, particularly for education assistance, is fall
  
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• Dawn Staley: A Great Leader

  12-04-2024 09:23 via beaconhilltimes.com
  We wish to offer our congratulations to the South Carolina women’s basketball team for their incredible undefeated season and national championship, but more importantly, we wish to express our appreciation to their head coach, Dawn Staley, for exemplifying what sportsmanship is all about.Coach Staley is a class act. Her post-game press conference, in which she spoke glowingly about Caitlin Clark and the Iowa team, was the epitome of winning with grace. She clearly rates among the top coac
  
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• Wu Marks Creation of New City Planning Department With Signing Ceremony

  04-04-2024 08:11 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Standing behind the Last Tenement at 42 Lomasney Way – the only historic building from the old West End to survive urban renewal in that neighborhood – Mayor Michelle Wu signed an ordinance on Tuesday, April 2, which will allow for the creation new planning department in the City of Boston for the first time in 70 years.The ordinance restores planning as a core function of Boston city government, ensuring its inclusion in the city’s budget and allowing for the transfer of curre
  
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• Spring Turkey Trot

  04-04-2024 08:09 via beaconhilltimes.com
  A group of wild turkeys took advantage of the nice weather on Tuesday
  and decided to go for a stroll on Walnut Street. It seems that the mild
  winter has attracted several wild animals to the Beacon Hill area recently
  
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• BHAC Subcommittee Hears Preliminary Plans for 9 Spruce Court

  04-04-2024 08:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission convened a virtual subcommittee meeting on Friday, March 29, to discuss preliminary plans for modifications to the exterior of the property at 9 Spruce Court.Nick Landry, founding principal of Boston-based DRT (design/resource/team), and Tony King, DRT’s director of operations, own the six-unit building,, which they intend to convert it into a single-family residence.(While Spruce Street is a public way, Spruce Place and Spruce Court are both privat
  
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• Wu Announces Applications for futureBOS Now Available

  04-04-2024 07:58 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Mayor Michelle Wu and the Office of Youth Employment and Opportunity (YEO) launched futureBOS, the 2024 Summer Youth Employment Program, including all Successlink job opportunities, for Boston youth and young adults ages 14 – 24. Young people interested can find summer job opportunities through futureBOS, the newly redesigned webpage hub for all youth employment opportunities throughout the City. futureBos will guide young people to better navigate the application, onboarding, and hiring p
  
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• Neighborhood Cleanups Are Planned for This Weekend in Several Neighborhoods

  04-04-2024 07:58 via beaconhilltimes.com
  “Love your Block cleanups are a perfect way to enjoy the upcoming spring weather while helping your local community look vibrant and clean,” said Mayor Michelle Wu. “The City is proud to help supply the tools to host group cleanups and assist individuals in finding a Love Your Block volunteer opportunity near them.”Cleanups will take place in every neighborhood of Boston over the course of three weekends. Saturday, April 6: Allston/Brighton, Back Bay/Beacon
  
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• Wu Proposes Legislation To Protect Residential Property Owners

  04-04-2024 07:57 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesMayor Michelle Wu announced that she will file a home rule petition that would protect residential property owners from a potentially dramatic increase in their property taxes due to declining commercial property values. The proposal would allow the City to lessen increases in residential property tax bills caused by declining commercial values by temporarily shifting more of the property tax levy onto owners of commercial and industrial properties. Under the present statutor
  
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• Community Reinvestment Grant Program Announced

  04-04-2024 07:57 via beaconhilltimes.com
  District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced that community non-profit organizations in Suffolk County can apply for grants of up to $10,000 through his office’s Community Reinvestment Grant (CRG) program.Last year, Hayden’s Community Reinvestment Program delivered the largest amount of funding to community partners in Suffolk County CRG history, with grants ranging from $4,000 to $7,500.“I am extremely proud of the amount of funding we distributed last year. In total, we were able
  
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• Mass. Requires Analysis of Cumulative Impacts for Air Quality Permits Near EJ Populations

  04-04-2024 07:56 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Healey-Driscoll Administration moved to address air quality issues in or near environmental justice areas by announcing amendments to state air pollution regulations.  The communities of Revere, Everett, Chelsea, Charlestown and East Boston are considered in environmental justice areas.  The changes require certain facilities seeking air emissions permits in  or near communities with environmental justice populations to conduct a cumulative impact analysis, which evaluates exi
  
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• Cartwright Announces Candidacy for Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County

  04-04-2024 07:56 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Suffolk County Attorney Allison S. Cartwright announced she is running for Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County. Cartwright is looking to build on her thirty-plus years of legal representation and management in the Clerk position, which oversees critical functions within the court system including managing the court’s single justice caseload concerning bail reviews, appeals form state registration boards and agencies, and appeals from lower courts. Additionally, the Clerk
  
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• Lyric Stage Boston Presents ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’

  04-04-2024 07:55 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Lyric Stage Boston charms its way into spring by presenting the fun and fizzy musical comedy “The Drowsy Chaperone” with Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar.Directed and Choreographed by Larry Sousa° with Music Direction from Matt Stern, the winter blues will melt away and audiences will be delighted by the jubilations of a good old-fashioned musical comedy that will bring smiles, laughs, and much needed joy.A comfortable cha
  
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• Women Artists of the North Shore – Lecture April 12

  04-04-2024 07:54 via beaconhilltimes.com
  On Friday April 12, join art historian Judith Curtis to discover untold stories of early 20th century women artists of the North Shore. Judith’s lecture, based on her work as co-curator of the 2015 “Strokes of Genius: Women Artists of New England” exhibition at the Rockport Art Association & Museum, will delve into the lives and works of influential artists Jane Peterson, Marguerite Pearson, Emma Fordyce McRae, and others, highlighting how color, design, and subje
  
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• Party in the Park 20th Anniversary Luncheon To Take Place May 15

  04-04-2024 07:54 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Emerald Necklace Conservancy announces that the 20th Anniversary of Party in the Park, the city’s beloved annual luncheon to raise awareness and funds for the Emerald Necklace parks, will take place on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at Franklin Park. All proceeds from the fundraiser support the 1,100-acre park system that serves as a backyard for residents and a destination for more than one million park users each year. The Conservancy stewards the Emerald Necklace through advocacy, maintena
  
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• Councilor Flynn Calls for Hearing on Boston’s PILOT Program

  04-04-2024 07:53 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn filed a hearing order last week calling for a review of the Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) Program in the City of Boston. The PILOT program was established to encourage large, tax-exempt, nonprofit institutions in Boston to make annual, voluntary cash contributions or community benefits due to basic city services provided by the city such as police, fire, and snow removal. Boston is fortunate to be rich with higher education, medical, and cultural institutio
  
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• Phillips Street Resident Still Savoring Boston Latin Hockey’s Surprising Season

  30-03-2024 08:30 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Like his teammates on Boston Latin’s boys varsity hockey team, Adam Whitney is still savoring the 11th seeded Wolfpack’s upset 4-2 victory over top-seeded Tewksbury High School to win the MIAA Div. 2 state final on Sunday, March 17, at the TD Garden.Going into the championship game, the 16-year-old Boston Latin junior and lifelong  resident of Phillips Street admits he was somewhat daunted to be facing such a skilled team, and on top of that, he would be playing at the TD Garden
  
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• Squash Doubles Championship

  30-03-2024 08:29 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Chris Calais is locked on the ball during the MFS Pro-Am Squash Doubles Championship held at the University Club in Back Bay.
  
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• Athenaeum Showcases 19th-Century Abolitionist Impact

  30-03-2024 08:28 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to TimesThe Boston Athenaeum has launched its newest exhibition, ‘Framing Freedom: The Harriet Hayden Albums.’This innovative exhibition brings together rarely seen works and examines Black abolitionists’ public identities, private lives, visual and material culture, and social activism through the perspective of a Black woman’s photograph albums from the mid-1800s. The narrative core of the exhibition centers on two photograph albums once owned by anti-slavery ac
  
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• Councilor Flynn Holds Budget Listening Session

  30-03-2024 08:23 via beaconhilltimes.com
  With the new budget season starting in April, Councilor Ed Flynn hosted a virtual listening session on Monday night with leaders of Downtown, Chinatown, Leather District, Bay Village and South End to discuss budget priorities for each neighborhood. Every year, Councilor Flynn holds these budget listening sessions with civic leaders, and this year’s meeting was held in partnership with Councilor Brian Worrell, Chair of the Ways and Means Committee.During the discussion, civic leaders across
  
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