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• Gov. Healey Announces New State Funding for Fenway Forward’s Hancock Street Project

  29-05-2026 07:16 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Courtesy of Office of governor Maura T. Healey
  Rep. Jay Livingstone thanks supporters of the 27/29 Hancock St. project.
  
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• Memorial Day Flag Garden Returns To Common

  29-05-2026 07:14 via beaconhilltimes.com
  D. Murphy Photo Volunteers again planted more than 37,000 American flags – one in honor of each of the Commonwealth’s fallen veterans – at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common to commemorate Memorial Day. Every year since 2010, the Massachusetts Military Heroes
  Fund has led the effort behind the annual Memorial Day Flag Garden.
  
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• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Encourages Visitors to Make Water Safety a Priority this Summer

  29-05-2026 07:12 via beaconhilltimes.com
  USACE manages more than 400 lake and river projects nationwide and welcomes millions of visitors each year. While those visits create opportunities for recreation and family memories, preventable tragedies still occur on public waters annually, many involving people not wearing life jackets.Statistics from the last five years regarding public recreation fatalities at USACE lake and river projects show that 91% of victims were not wearing a life jacket, 92% were male, 88% were age 18 or older, an
  
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• Kumiko Panel Workshop held in Boston

  29-05-2026 07:11 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Eowyn MichaelsOn the third Thursday of each month, Makers Gallery Boston, located in the South End, holds one of the few Kumiko Panel workshops in the area.Kumiko is a centuries-old Japanese woodworking technique that requires no nails or adhesives to create intricate patterns, said Ian Labich, founder and member of the gallery.It first emerged in Japan during the Asuka period, between the years of 538 and 710 C.E., and has since spread worldwide according to Smithsonian Magazine. It is used
  
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• Fishweir Project returns to Boston Common

  29-05-2026 07:11 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Dan MurphyThe 23rd annual Ancient Fishweir Project has returned this month to Boston Common, again paying tribute to a time when Native Americans once lived off this land.The fishweir, which is currently installed near the Charles Street entrance to the park, along the central pathway, is a fence-like structure comprising interlaced brush wood (invasive buckthorn) that closely resembles the fishweirs used by early Native Americans to catch fish, such as herring and other smaller catch.Again t
  
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• BHAC Gives Final Approval for Ambitious Project Proposed for Charles and Cambridge Streets

  29-05-2026 07:11 via beaconhilltimes.com
  By Dan MurphyThe Beacon Hill Architectural Commission unanimously approved the last four remaining details of a design review application for an ambitious redevelopment project planned for the intersection of Charles and Cambridge streets, which is now home to CVS Pharmacy, during the commission’s monthly public hearing held virtually on Thursday, May 21.The revised project  proposes razing an existing-single story structure to make way for a five-story, mixed-use building, with a &ls
  
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• Wu Announces the 2026 Open Streets Series Schedule

  29-05-2026 07:10 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesMayor Michelle Wu announced the 2026 Open Streets Series, a car-free event series that transforms roadways into vibrant, pedestrian-only public spaces during the summer and fall. Now in its fifth year, Open Streets Boston will return to Allston-Brighton, Jamaica Plain, and Mattapan. In addition, the City will bring Open Streets to Corinth and Poplar Streets in Roslindale for the first time on October 18.“The warmer months provide the perfect backdrop for our Open Street
  
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