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• Torit Students to Appear in Documentary Series

  02-10-2024 22:23 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to TimesTorit Montessori School students were filmed for a documentary series to be broadcast in U.S. and Asia featuring scientist Ben Novak of Revive & Restore, an organization that provides funds to researcher partners worldwide to develop new tools for species restoration.Photo Courtesy of Torit Montessori School
  Scientist Ben Novak Novak displays rare Passenger Pigeon feather specimens.
  The third- through sixth-grade students listened to a lecture about DNA, gene editing, conserv
  
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• Local Spider Expert Weighs in on Joro Sighting

  02-10-2024 22:23 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Michael Coughlin Jr.Jessica Garb, an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Lowell whose laboratory specializes in spiders, gave the lowdown on the unfamiliar creature that appeared in the neighborhood recently: the Joro Spider.Photo Courtesy Christina Butler via Wikipedia
  The Joro Spider is native to Eastern Asia and was first introduced to
  the southern part of the United States around 2013.
  While Garb said she does not study this species specifically, she provided informatio
  
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• Beacon Hill Books & Café owner Melissa Fetter guest speaker at BHWF

  02-10-2024 22:22 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Story & Photos by Marianne SalzaMelissa Fetter, Owner of Beacon Hill Books & Café, reinvented the delight of shopping at a book store when she opened at 71 Charles Street in the fall of 2022. She began the extensive endeavor after settling in Boston with her husband in 2019, at 60-years-old, with no background in marketing, retail, or book-selling. Now tenacious Fetter is approaching the second anniversary of her business, having sold over 200,000 books.“There is always anot
  
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• 25 Years of Storybook Ball Impact

  02-10-2024 22:22 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to TimesStorybook Ball, Mass General for Children’s (MGfC) signature fundraising event, will celebrate its 25th year of hosting one of the most spectacular nights in Boston on Saturday, November 2, 2024, at the Omni Boston Hotel at the Seaport. Throughout the event’s quarter-century history, donor generosity has helped raise more than $38 million to provide extraordinary care and innovative research to children, adolescents and teens in Boston and around the globe.This year&r
  
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• Charles Street Goes Pink for the Ellie Fund

  02-10-2024 22:19 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Over twenty Charles Street Businesses are preparing to turn the business neighborhood storefronts pink this October. From October 10 to 12, participating businesses will join forces for a three-day fundraising and awareness extravaganza filled with enticing promotions, exciting giveaways, and unique experiences.Ellie Fund is the beneficiary of this initiative. The non-profit provides free services and support to Massachusetts residents undergoing breast cancer treatments, so they can focus on he
  
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• Downtown Neighborhood Jewish Hub Kicks off with High Holiday Services and Celebrations at The Boston Synagogue

  02-10-2024 22:18 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Boston Synagogue has become a vibrant Jewish hub in downtown for spiritual as well as educational, musical, and cultural experiences. It welcomes people wherever they might be on their Jewish journey – whether NexGen (under 40), single, couples, families, interfaith and LGBTQ.Need a place to go for the Jewish high holidays?  Rosh Hashanah starts Wednesday evening October 2, with services on Thursday and Friday. The holiest day of the Jewish year, Yom Kippur, starts Friday night Oc
  
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• Bicycling is not Safe in Greater Boston

  02-10-2024 22:17 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The tragic death of a 62 year-old bicyclist last week on Memorial Drive has highlighted the lack of safety on our roadways for even experienced cyclists. We ourselves know first-hand how dangerous Metro Boston’s roads can be. We train for triathlons and are fully aware that we are taking our life into our own hands whenever we take off for a ride. Even in places where there are bike lanes on the roads, those bike lanes always just end precipitously — eventually forcing cyclists to na
  
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• Community Open House

  26-09-2024 07:15 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Derek Kouyoumjian Photo
  The Boston Athenaeum held a Community Open House to highlight
  its place as a cultural resource in Boston. Shown is the Ancient Greek
  goddess Athena, who was associated with wisdom and whose name constitutes
  the term Athenaeum, stands Guard in the Bow Room.
  
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• Beacon Hill Civic Association Holds Fall Hill Fest

  26-09-2024 07:14 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Photos by Marianne Salza
  Katherine, Dagny, and Astrid Foushee are joined by many neighbors as they gathered on Mount Vernon Street for the Beacon Hill Civic Association’s Fall HillFest on September 15.
  
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• Boston Area Offers Wide Range of School Offerings  for Children of all Ages

  26-09-2024 07:12 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Times staffA new academic year is just getting underway, but it’s already time for parents and guardians to start thinking about options for next year, and with the Boston area’s wide range of top-notch independent, private, and parochial schools, kids of all ages can find one that well suits them while still staying local.The Advent School, located at 15 Brimmer St. in Boston, is a progressive, Reggio Emilia-inspired elementary school for children ages 4 through Grade 6. Advent s
  
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• BHAC Unanimously Approves Signage for New Charles Street Restaurant

  26-09-2024 07:11 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission  unanimously approved new signage and exterior painting for a new restaurant proposed for the former Bin 26 Enoteca space at the commission’s monthly public hearing held virtually on Thursday, Sept. 19.Babak Bina, one of the partners in the new restaurant called ‘Zurito,’ as well as co-owner of the erstwhile Bin 26, said they intend to install a new double-sided, 30-by-30 inch, wood-carved blade sign for the new business to replace
  
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• Miguel Rosales takes Home Four Top Prizes in New England Fall Flower Show

  26-09-2024 07:07 via beaconhilltimes.com
  As a representative of the Beacon Hill Garden Club, Miguel Rosales won four first-place Blue Ribbons in the Massachusetts Horticultural Society’s 138th New England Fall Flower Show, which was held on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 21 and 22, at the Garden at Elm Bank in Wellesley.Rosales took home four top prizes in the Amateur Horticulture Competition, including Foliage Containers – Class 32 – Fern with a Kangaroo Foot Fern; Foliage Containers – Class 33 – Variegated w
  
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• Beacon Hill Village to Host Aging at Home Resource Fair for Older Adults

  26-09-2024 07:07 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Beacon Hill Village, a membership organization that supports older adults to age at home in Boston, is hosting its first annual Aging at Home Resource Fair on Wednesday October 9th, from 3:00p to 5:00p at Suffolk University in the Keches Room of Sargent Hall located at 110 Tremont St. The Fair will be free and open to the public. This Fair is made possible through the generous support of Event Co-Sponsors Always Best Care Senior Services, BAYADA Home Health Care, and My Personal Home Health Care
  
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• We Need to Ban Styrofoam

  26-09-2024 07:06 via beaconhilltimes.com
  While on the subject of harmful chemicals and substances in our environment, we’d like to take the opportunity to commend the efforts of Revere City Councilor Joanne McKenna for ensuring that the city’s ordinance banning the use of single-use styrofoam containers will go into effect on July 1, 2025.The Revere City Council originally passed the ban in 2021, but held off on enforcing it because it was thought it would place a burden on local businesses, which were dealing at that time
  
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• Forever Chemicals are in All of our Bodies

  26-09-2024 07:06 via beaconhilltimes.com
  On top of the recent news that micro-and nanoplastics are in our bodies and in just about every living thing on the planet, a new study published last week has revealed that of the 14,000 known chemicals — commonly referred to as ‘forever chemicals’ because they do not break down in the environment — that are used in food packaging, about 3500 have been found in the human body.Microplastics and forever chemicals, which long have been known to exist in fruits and vegetable
  
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• BHCA Hosts Dinner under the Stars Event

  19-09-2024 14:57 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Shown above, neighbors seat themselves at the table laid out on Mt. Vernon Street.
  Derek Kouyoumjian Photos
  Ramsay and Elisabeth Fretz.
  Massachusetts State Rep. Jay Livingstone
  with his wife Julie.
  
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• Gardening Enthusiasts at Primus Take a Top Prize in Mayor’s Garden Contest

  19-09-2024 14:53 via beaconhilltimes.com
  A returning award winner, Gardening Enthusiasts at Primus again took home the top prize in the Storefront, Organization, or Main Street District category in this year’s 28th annual Mayor’s Garden Contest.Courtesy of The City of Boston
  Gardening Enthusiasts at Primus’ first-prize winning garden in the
  Storefront, Organization, or Main Street District category in the 28th
  annual Mayor’s Garden Contest.
  “The gardeners at Primus Avenue love to be outdoors creating and c
  
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• Beacon Hill Village to Host Aging at Home Resource Fair for Older Adults in October

  19-09-2024 14:50 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesBeacon Hill Village, a membership organization that supports older adults to age at home in Boston, is hosting its first annual Aging at Home Resource Fair on Wednesday October 9th, from 3:00p to 5:00p at Suffolk University in the Keches Room of Sargent Hall located at 110 Tremont St. The Fair will be free and open to the public. This Fair is made possible through the generous support of Event Co-Sponsors Always Best Care Senior Services, BAYADA Home Health Care, and My Perso
  
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• City Outlines Plan for Dartmouth Street Safety and Mobility Project at Virtual Meeting

  19-09-2024 14:49 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The City of Boston Streets Cabinet staff held a virtual public meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to discuss the city’s Dartmouth Street Safety and Mobility Project, which includes plans for a proposed bike lane on Dartmouth Street between Copley Square and the Charles River Esplanade, as well as immediate, short-term changes at the intersection of Dartmouth and Stuart streets.The city intends to create a new two-way, separated bike lane on Dartmouth Street in concert with the repaving of Dar
  
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• TSA Publishes Regulation that Provides Flexibility to Enforce REAL ID Requirements

  19-09-2024 14:48 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would provide federal agencies with necessary flexibility to begin enforcement of the REAL ID regulations on the May 7, 2025, deadline in a manner that takes into account security, operational risk and public impact.This proposed rule seeks to ensure that federal agencies, including TSA, are well positioned to begin enforcing REAL ID requirements on May 7, 2025. The proposed rule does not extend the R
  
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• City Announces ARPA Funding to Benefit First Time Homebuyers and Small Businesses

  19-09-2024 14:48 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesMayor Michelle Wu joined members of the Boston City Council, the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), the Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH), and the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion (OEOI), to announce the allocation of a $7 million investment of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to bolster Boston’s neighborhoods in three ways: by (1) helping first time home buyers with down payment assistance, (2) acquiring of market-rate properties to grow affordable
  
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• Old North Church & Historic Site presents Our Dearly Departed: A History of Mourning Jewelry

  19-09-2024 14:47 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Mourning jewelry in Western European (and later, American) culture dates back to the 16th century but gained popularity in the mid-19th century when Queen Victoria mourned the death of her beloved Prince Albert and again when the American Civil War brought huge loss of life. On Tuesday, Oct. 29, join Sarah Nehama, a metalsmith and antique jewelry collector, to explore the history of mourning jewelry. She will discuss the style, iconography, and materials of mourning jewelry (with many visual exa
  
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• Massport to Host Emergency Exercise at Logan Airport

  19-09-2024 14:47 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), alongside several mutual aid partners, will hold an emergency response exercise on Friday, September 20th at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS). It will take place from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. For the surrounding communities, please be aware that there will be emergency vehicles from various agencies in the vicinity.This exercise is required every three years by the FAA to test the coordination, communication and response in the event of a major
  
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• Too Many Guns = Too Many Shootings

  19-09-2024 14:46 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The spectre of yet another lone-wolf gunman attempting another assasination of Donald Trump is shocking, but not surprising.Up until the past 50 years, assassinations of public figures in America were carried out by individuals with a political agenda –Abraham Lincoln (John Wilkes Booth), William McKinley (by an avowed political anarchist), Huey Long (by the relative of a political rival), John F. Kennedy (by Lee Harvey Oswald, although his exact motive has never been fully figured out), R
  
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• How Can a State Police Trainee Die in a Boxing Ring?

  19-09-2024 14:46 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The death last week of 25 year-old Mass. State Police (MSP) Trainee Enrique Delgado-Garcia in a boxing ring during a “training exercise”  is, in a word, unfathomable.Mr. Delgado-Garcia was less than one month away from graduating and achieving his dream of serving as a Mass. State Trooper.But Mr. Delgado-Garcia’s life was brutally cut short when he literally was beaten to death while training at the State Police Academy. MSP  officials, as usual, are remaining tight-l
  
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• Claire Van Vliet’s Artwork, Handmade Janus Press Books on Display in New Athenaeum Exhibition

  12-09-2024 21:41 via beaconhilltimes.com
   Special to TimesThe Boston Athenaeum has launched its newest exhibition, ‘The Art of Paper: Claire Van Vliet and the Janus Press.’The exhibition celebrates the 70th anniversary of Van Vliet’s Janus Press by showcasing the artist’s dramatic pulp paintings and prints alongside about two dozen artists’ books from the Athenaeum’s Janus Press collection.Courtesy of Claire Van Vliet
  Claire Van Vliet’s ‘Abiquiu Mesa Blue.’
  Through Dec. 30, Van
  
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• Friends to Unveil Newly Restored Child Fountain on September 17

  12-09-2024 21:40 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Friends of the Public Garden will unveil the newly restored Child Fountain in the Public Garden at a public ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 11:30 a.m., at the park’s Arlington Street Gate.Courtesy of the Friends of the Public GardenThe newly restored Child Fountain in the Public garden is seen ahead of its Sept. 17 ribbon-cutting.
  Following the conclusion of this approximately year-long project – one of three major initiatives undertaken for the Friends’ 50
  
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• Sept. 26 Outreach Event for those Impacted by Recent Expansion of Beacon Hill Historic District

  12-09-2024 21:39 via beaconhilltimes.com
  With the recent expansion of the Beacon Hill Historic District, the city’s Office of Historic Preservation is sponsoring a public outreach event to help inform those impacted by the changes on Wednesday, Sept. 26, 6 to 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, Room 801, which will take place both in-person, as well as virtually.​Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill sponsored by Rep. Jay Livingstone (H.4076, ‘An Act enhancing the Historic Beacon Hill District’)  to expand the boundaries of
  
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• Fiesta en la Plaza Welcomes Latinx Heritage Month Sunday

  12-09-2024 21:39 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the Times This Sunday, Fiesta en la Plaza will welcome Latinx Heritage Month to Boston’s City Hall Plaza and Pavilion with a diverse artistic lineup, announced Ágora Cultural Architects.This second edition of Fiesta en la Plaza will showcase the rich diversity of Boston’s Latin American communities. On Sunday, the first of three days of activities, an artistic program will include a comparsa and performances of folk, pop, and jazz music.“We return to this
  
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• Remembering John Christiansen

  12-09-2024 21:38 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to TimesJohn Christiansen of Boston passed away suddenly at his home in Kennebunk, Maine, on Saturday, Aug. 31. He was 83.Born on May 15, 1941, in Aurora, Neb., to parents, Meinhardt and Avis, Mr. Christiansen graduated from the local high school, where he played basketball and track and field. He then went on to study architecture at the University of Nebraska before graduating with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architecture from Yale University School of Architecture i
  
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• WLP’s Annual Spaghetti Dinner Returns Oct. 18 to the Fairmont Copley Plaza

  12-09-2024 21:36 via beaconhilltimes.com
   Special to TimesWomen’s Lunch Place’s annual fall gala, its Spaghetti Dinner, will take place on Friday, Oct. 18, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel.WLP will celebrate its donors and partners who have invested in building a healthy community for women experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty.This year’s event will include a dynamic musical performance by local artist Miranda Rae, as well as speeches from Kate Walsh, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Chef/Owner
  
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• Free Backyard Bash set to return Sept. 17 to the Common

  12-09-2024 21:36 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The third annual Backyard Bash returns on Tuesday, Sept. 17, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Parkman Bandstand the Boston Common.​The event, presented by the Friends of the Public Garden in partnership with Boston Chamber of Commerce’s City Awake, and LITE it Up!, a local LED themed outdoor nightlife company, is free and open to the public. It will include live DJ, A Tribe Called Funk; lawn games; and frozen treats, capping off the two-day Fierce Urgency of Now (F.U.N.) Festival, presented
  
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• Explore the Bay State’s Skeletons Beneath Old North Church

  12-09-2024 21:35 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesMassachusetts is the hub of haunted happenings centered around tales of old Revolutionary War heroes, the Salem Witch Trials, paranormal activity, and so much more. But, perhaps one of the lesser-known attractions with arguably the most Bay State skeletons in its closet – an estimated 1,100 to be exact – is the crypt underneath the Old North Church & Historic Site. After-Hours Crypt Tours beneath Boston’s oldest surviving and operational church begin Sep
  
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• Councilor Coletta Zapata Announces Launch of City’s Food Cart Pilot Program

  12-09-2024 21:35 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesBoston City Councilor Gabriela Coletta Zapata is proud to announce the launch of the Food Cart Pilot Program, following a year of advocacy and collaboration with the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion. The program is designed to simplify the street vending process, allowing entrepreneurs to comply with city regulations while reducing high startup costs.Under the new pilot program, the city has introduced several key initiatives, including a concierge service to assi
  
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• BHAC monthly meeting set for  Sept 19.

  12-09-2024 21:34 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesThe Beacon Hill Architectural Commission will hold its monthly public hearing on Thursday, September 19, at 5 p.m.Attention: This hearing will only be held virtually and NOT in person. You can participate in this hearing by going to our zoom hearing or calling 1-929-205-6099 and entering meeting id # 920 2850 3835. You can also submit written comments or questions to [email protected] ReviewAPP # 25.0116 BH 170 Charles
  
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• Mayor Wu announces applications open for Spooky Streets Grant

  12-09-2024 21:29 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesToday, Mayor Michelle Wu and the Community Engagement Cabinet’s Office of Civic Organizing announced applications are now open for the Spooky Streets Grant Program. This funding builds on the Mayor’s efforts to create a fun and safe environment for kids and families to enjoy community. Residents and community groups who apply and get approved will receive a mini-grant for $250 to purchase items such as candy, pumpkins, decorations, and face paint, making it easier
  
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• Remembering 9/11

  12-09-2024 21:28 via beaconhilltimes.com
  For anyone who is old enough to remember September 11, 2001, all of us know exactly where we were and what we were doing when we heard the terrible news. For this generation of Americans, that day was as memorable as was the assassination of John F. Kennedy for a previous generation. On both occasions, time seemed to stand still for all Americans as we processed the tragic events.The replays on TV this week of the hijacked jets crashing into the twin towers still seem like a nightmare — di
  
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• Livingstone Cruises to Easy Victory in Primary Race

  05-09-2024 09:45 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Dan MurphyIn the Sept. 3 primary race, incumbent Suffolk 8th District Rep. Jay Livingstone cruised to an easy victory in a three-way race.D. Murphy Photo
  Suffolk 8th District Rep. Jay Livingstone (right) is seen with Paul
  Demakis, who held that seat from 1994 to 2004, on Newbury Street on
  Primary Day, Tuesday, Sept. 3
  According to the city’s unofficial election results, Rep. Livingstone, who has served in House since 2013 and currently chairs the Joint Committee on Children, Families an
  
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• New Tour

  05-09-2024 09:44 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Nichols House Museum presents ‘Creation, Evolution, Preservation: The Metamorphosis of 55 Mount Vernon Street’Special to TimesThe Nichols House Museum will debut a new tour on Sept. 25 at 6 p.m., ‘Creation, Evolution, Preservation: The Metamorphosis of 55 Mount Vernon Street.’Courtesy of the Nichols House Museum
  The Nichols House Museum at 55 mt. Vernon St.
  This architecture-focused tour covers the entire history of the building, from its construction in 1804, through the
  
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• Students Urged to Register for the BCYF Spelling Bee

  05-09-2024 09:38 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesBoston Centers for Youth & Families (BCYF) is proud to announce the opportunity for Boston students and schools to participate in the Scripps National Spelling Bee program through the 17th Annual BCYF Spelling Bee.   Boston students of public, charter, pilot, and parochial schools as well as home-schooled students are eligible to participate in BCYF’s Bee this spring only after they have won a Bee held at a Boston school.  In addition to improvin
  
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• Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas & Damian this Weekend

  05-09-2024 09:38 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesIt’s that time of year again when the streets of East Cambridge will come alive for the 99th Annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian this weekend – September 6, 7 & 8 on Warren, Cambridge and Porter Streets in East Cambridge.  The three-day fun family event features a wide variety of sweet and savory food, a beer garden, amusement rides, games, parades and music that spans four decades of dance, pop, and rock.  Festivities begin on Friday at
  
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• September is College Fire Safety Month

  05-09-2024 09:37 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesWith thousands of new and returning college students settling into dorms, apartments, and other living spaces, Massachusetts fire officials are reminding them, their resident advisors, and others to be sure they have working smoke alarms, carbon monoxide (CO) alarms, and two ways out in an emergency.As Massachusetts kicks of College Fire Safety Month, State Fire Marshal Jon M. Davine said 2,538 fires occurred in college dormitories, fraternities, and sororities in Massachuset
  
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• Healey Proclaims September as ‘Emergency Preparedness Month’

  05-09-2024 09:37 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesGovernor Maura Healey has declared September 2024 as Emergency Preparedness Month to highlight the importance of emergency preparedness and to encourage planning for disasters and other types of emergencies.  The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH), and other state, local, and nonprofit agencies will promote preparedness through various public outreach efforts throughout the month. These efforts are p
  
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• City of Boston Recognizes International Overdose Awareness Day

  05-09-2024 09:37 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesMayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) are calling attention to the heartbreaking consequences of the opioid epidemic as they marked International Overdose Awareness Day on Saturday, August 31. The entire City of Boston extends heartfelt condolences to residents from all corners of our community who have lost a loved one to a fatal overdose. Mayor Wu, her administration, and the BPHC are also highlighting their ongoing commitment to expanding access
  
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• City of Boston Extends A Welcome to New, Returning College and University Students

  05-09-2024 09:36 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesThe City of Boston announced an update on the City’s preparations as college and university students move in across Boston to ensure they have a smooth transition into their new homes and communities. A cross-departmental effort, Boston is sharing information on how to access City services including 311, mattress pick up, inspections, BlueBikes, as well as sharing information on parking restrictions and improper storage of waste.  “Students bring so much
  
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• The Hostages are Just Pawns

  05-09-2024 09:29 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The brutal deaths this past week of six innocent civilian hostages who were taken captive by the Hamas terrorists on October 7 has shone a bright light on a simple reality: The hostages are nothing but pawns, if even that, in the ongoing conflict between the Hamas and Israeli governments.The execution-style murders of the hostages, who reportedly were shot in the head at close range, is shocking but not surprising. Hamas terrorists have the full backing and funding of the Iranian government whos
  
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• Red Sox and Pats are Taking the Fans for Granted

  05-09-2024 09:24 via beaconhilltimes.com
  For the third year in a row and fifth time in six years, the Red Sox appear doomed to fail to reach the playoffs, a stretch of futility that the Patriots promise to mimic almost precisely if they fall short of the playoffs for their third straight season and fourth time in five years.Both of our beloved teams enjoyed unprecedented success through the first two decades of this century, with the Pats winning six Super Bowls and the Sox winning four World Series.Thanks to that streak of success, bo
  
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• Catch of the Season

  29-08-2024 17:07 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Beacon Hill resident and avid fisherman, Ramsay Fretz recently caught his largest lobster of the season. Ramsay would not say where he caught this lobster, but we know it was in Boston Harbor. This is one lobster that did not get away.
  
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• The 105th St. Anthony’s Feast

  29-08-2024 17:06 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Derek Kouyoumjian Photo
  Antonio Magno brings an offering to the statue of St. Anthony during the 105th St. Anthony’s Feast.
  
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• Imminent Changes

  29-08-2024 17:04 via beaconhilltimes.com
  City schedules virtual meeting to discuss plans for proposed Dartmouth Street bike laneBy Dan MurphyThe city has scheduled a virtual meeting for Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss imminent changes coming to Dartmouth Street, amid plans for a proposed bike lane between Copley Square and the Dartmouth Street footbridge on the Charles River Esplanade.Per its Dartmouth Street Safety and Mobility Project, the city intends create a new two-way, separated bike lane via Dartmouth Street in con
  
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