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• The Advent School Holds Spring Benefit

  11-05-2023 08:10 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Advent School held its Spring Benefit fundraiser on April 28 at Boston Public Market. Shown are teachers Holly Hennick, Caroline Collins, Molly McDermott, Rosa Vega, Rachel Beckman, Liz Collins, and Chloe Adler.
  
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• Historic New England Reimagining Otis House Campus Amid Proposed Development in Neighborhood

  11-05-2023 08:09 via beaconhilltimes.com
  With several major development projects set to get underway in the neighborhood, including the proposed development on the West End Branch Library, Historic New England is now beginning to reimagine its Otis House campus on Cambridge Street as a “community cultural anchor.”Historic New England, a nonprofit regional-heritage organization, is partnering with the Mayor’s Office of Housing (MOH) and the city, as well as NADAAA, a Boston cultural and urban design firm, to help redef
  
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• ADA Montez Haywood Enters Race for District 8 City Council Seat

  11-05-2023 08:09 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Montez Haywood, a longtime assistant district attorney at the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office, as well as a West End resident, has joined the race to fill the District 8 City Council seat recently vacated by Kenzie Bok.Haywood, age 43, was born in Flint, Mich., and raised in Antioch, Tenn. He relocated to Massachusetts in 2001 to attend Southern New England School of Law (now University of Massachusetts School of Law in Dartmouth). Upon earning his law degree in 2004, Haywood wor
  
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• Night Shift Beer Garden Returns to the Esplanade for Another Season

  11-05-2023 08:08 via beaconhilltimes.com
  A popular seasonal attraction in the park, the Esplanade’s outdoor beer garden is again open for business.Everett’s Night Shift Brewing, in partnership with the Esplanade Association, has brought back its Night Shift Beer Gardens, Esplanade (formerly Owl’s Nest) to a self-contained area in the park located between Berkeley and Clarendon streets along the  Storrow Lagoon (use the Dartmouth Street footbridge for access). Hours of operation are Wednesdays through Fridays, 4 t
  
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• Literary Lights Fundraising Dinner at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel

  11-05-2023 08:07 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Associates of the Boston Public Library hosted its 33rd Annual Literary Lights dinner on Sunday, April 30, at the Fairmont Copley Plaza Hotel. Literary Lights is the Associates’ largest annual fundraiser and one of its primary sources of support for its preservation initiatives. This black-tie-optional event honoring outstanding writers from the Northeast successfully raised over a half-a-million dollars of vital funds to support the preservation of the Boston Public Library’s Sp
  
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• Beacon Hill Resident Takes Second Place in Bill of Rights Student Essay Contest

  11-05-2023 08:07 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Adam Whitney, a 16-years-old sophomore at Boston Latin School and a lifelong resident of Beacon Hill, earned second place in the 2023 Bill of Rights student essay contest sponsored by the Massachusetts Federal District Court and the Massachusetts Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.On May 3, Whitney read his winning essay out loud before a group of federal judges and magistrates at an awards ceremony held at the Federal Courthouse on the Seaport (pictured).His essay was on adding a new r
  
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• Hood Park Hosts First Annual Spring Fest

  11-05-2023 08:04 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Hood Park is excited to announce its inaugural Hood Park Spring Fest, which will take place on May 13, 2023, from 11:30am to 3:30pm. The public is welcome to join us for this springtime celebration, which will be held at Hood Park’s public green space which located at 100 Hood Park Drive and 6 Stack Street in Charlestown, MA and is admission free.Springfest promises to be a fun-filled day with a variety of local vendors and onsite retailers, including Tradesman, Landry’s Bicycles, Th
  
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