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• Boston Children's Hospital says it will invest $53 million on behavioral health needs

  21-10-2016 21:22
  Despite the attention numerous stakeholders have given to the planned $1 billion expansion at Boston, what the state was mostly curious about was how the hospital was going to spend $53 million.The funding is required under the state’s Determination of Need approval process, and asks that organizations looking to build extensive projects in Massachusetts contribute to “community health initiatives”.For Boston Children’s Hospital, that means in addition to the $1 billion t
  
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• Eaton Vance dives into social-impact investing with new acquisition

  21-10-2016 20:56
  Eaton Vance has agreed to acquire the assets of the impact-investing firm Calvert Investment Management, a move that would give it a large presence in the growing field of socially and environmentally responsible investing.The Boston-based asset manager (NYSE: EV) is buying Calvert’s more than $12 billion in assets from Ameritas Holdings for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 1976, Maryland-based Calvert was one of the first firms to focus on investing with social-good goals in mind.Calvert&rs
  
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• Massive cyberattack has New England company in crosshairs

  21-10-2016 20:23
  A major cyberattack on some of the internet's most well-known brands on Friday has its roots in New Hampshire — specifically the software company, Dyn.The infrastructure-as-a-service company based in Manchester, New Hampshire, supports sites such as Twitter, Spotify and Reddit — all of which have been affected by today's outages.Dyn, which offers managed DNS and email delivery services to other companies, said in a statement posted on its website that it suffered a denial-of-service
  
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• Beacon Communities planning $71M rehab of affordable Chinatown apartments

  21-10-2016 19:48
  Beacon Communities, a Boston-based multifamily real estate development firm, has plans to rehabilitate Quincy Tower, a 16-story elderly affordable housing community at 5 Oak St. West in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood.Beacon is proposing a $71 million capital improvement program at the 162-unit property, which was completed in 1978. The improvements will “ensure the building’s continued safe and efficient long term operation,” and include improvements to the building exte
  
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• Check out photos from the BBJ's 2016 40 Under 40 event

  21-10-2016 19:25
  More than 200 people celebrated the accomplishments of the 40 under 40 Class of 2016 at the Courtyard Marriott on Tremont Street in Boston Thursday night.Honorees accepted their awards in front of co-workers, families and special guests, including Mayor Martin Walsh who personally presented the award to Dave Sweeney, chief financial officer and chief of administration and finance for the city of Boston.The centerpiece of the evening's program was comprised of a video where honorees shared their&
  
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• Hundreds of apartments proposed near Forest Hills MBTA station

  21-10-2016 19:04
  Criterion Development Partners, an apartment development firm with offices in Waltham and Dallas, has plans to build a 252-unit apartment complex on what’s currently a surface parking lot near the MBTA Orange Line Forest Hills station in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood.The 2.2-acre site on Washington Street is bounded by the Arborway — a roadway that borders Harvard’s Arnold Arboretum — the MBTA Arborway Yard, and a residential neighborhood. The project would be
  
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• ​Five things you need to know today, and young, inspiring people

  21-10-2016 12:27
  Happy Friday, Boston! Here are the five most important things you need to know to help start your busy business day.State gives final blessing to $1B Boston Children's Hospital expansionThe state has given its final blessing to a planned $1 billion expansion at Boston Children’s Hospital, Jessica Bartlett reports, ultimately siding with the medical institution over the objections of a slew of opponents to its plans, which would get rid of a 60-year-old garden where the remains of children&
  
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• Horses in Back Bay

  21-10-2016 11:25 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Leonora Hailer enjoys a horse ride as her mother, Maureen, looks on at the 50th Annual John Winthrop School Street Fair that was held last Saturday.
  
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• Charles St Clean-Up Set for Wednesday

  21-10-2016 11:23 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Dan Murphy
  The Joint Charles Street Committee is spearheading a fall clean up on Wednesday, Oct. 19, to not only beautify the street, but also to raise awareness of its tree-pits.
  “We want residents to get involved and adopt a tree-pit, and for businesses to become stewards of the tree-pits in front of their storefronts,” said John Corey, co-chair of the committee, a collaboration between the Beacon Hill Civic Association and the Beacon Hill Business Association.
  From 2 to 5 p.m.,
  
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• Anne Brooke,Former FOPG Chair,Succumbs to Illness

  21-10-2016 11:23 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Anne Brooke who was the Chair of the Board of the Friends of the Public Garden for the past four years up until June 2016, has passed away on October 13 after a lengthy illness. She resided with her husband Peter in the Back Bay.
  Anne Brooke
  As Chair of  The Friends of the Public Garden, Anne worked with the city of Boston to protect and enhance Boston’s first public parks: the Boston Common, Public Garden, and Commonwealth Avenue Mall.
  Brooke was only the second president of the asso
  
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• Fundraiser Aims to Call Attention to Gas Leaks

  21-10-2016 11:22 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Dan Murphy
  An upcoming fundraising event at Hampshire House intends to bring the issue of natural-gas leaks throughout Massachusetts to the forefront.
  Ania Camargo, who is heading the statewide gas-leak campaign for Mothers Out Front, which she describes as a  “grassroots movement made up of mothers, grandmothers and other caregivers who care passionately climate change and are working a swift and just transition towards renewable energy,” will be on hand at the event.
  Camarg
  
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• Downtown View:A Poligrip Ad: Is this Us?

  21-10-2016 11:14 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Karen Cord Taylor
  Some pundits investigate the culture of America though our political system, which shows us as basically nuts.
  I prefer advertisements—television advertisements during the 6:30 evening news to be exact. I watch those shows because I expect them to be fairly neutral in coverage. Fox News is out of the question—all those people yelling conspiracy theories at one another leaves me profoundly fatigued. Although I admire Rachel Maddow’s intelligence and humor, s
  
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• McCarthy Works to Connect Schools Through Creating College and University Engagement Office

  21-10-2016 11:11 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Beth Treffeisen
  In an effort to increase collaboration, communication and partnerships between the colleges and universities, the City of Boston, and various non-profits throughout the city, Councilor Timothy McCarthy is working with the other councilors to create a College and University Engagement Office.
  The order that was brought forward at the September 28 meeting states that Boston is home to over 25 colleges, universities, and institutions of higher learning. All of these schools have
  
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• Adoption Made Easier:Baker-Polito Administration Highlight Progress on Regulatory Reform Efforts at the Animal Rescue League of Boston

  21-10-2016 11:10 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Baker-Polito   Admin-istration highlighted significant changes in the state regulations as part of the extensive regulatory review process, at the Animal Rescue League located in the South End, which resulted in improving the lives of shelter animals and increasing space and flexibility for animal shelters around the state.
  The change in regulations made it consistent with national recommendations that have reduced quarantine periods for unvaccinated dogs and cats possibly exposed
  
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• Refugee Exhibit Now Going On at Long Wharf

  21-10-2016 11:08 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Most Americans do not know what it is like to have to leave your home, your neighborhood and your country and undertake a perilous journey that you do not know what awaits you if you are lucky enough to survive the crossing. However, for more than 65 million people in places like South Sudan, Syria or Iraq, this is a reality.
  An exhibit now going on at Boston’s Long Wharf by Doctors Without Borders brings the experience of the journey to those who attend the exhibit.  For many at the
  
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• Historic New England Raises Funds to Support New England History

  21-10-2016 11:08 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Historic New England hosted “A Century on The Hill” on Sept. 30, with Committee Co-chairs Joan and Ernst Berndt, Karen and Warren McFarlan, and Gina and Steve White.
  Beacon Hill residents Joan and Ernst Berndt served as co-chairs of the event and welcomed more than 100 guests to the historic Otis House for an elegant cocktail reception celebrating the 100th anniversary of preserving Otis House. The evening was a rare opportunity to enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres inside the
  
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