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• Wu expands Boston Family Days with free, professionally guided tours

  28-08-2026 07:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Mayor Michelle Wu announced that the 2026 Boston Family Days program now includes free, professionally guided tours across the city, giving Boston students and their families new ways to explore the neighborhoods, landmarks, and stories that have shaped Boston for generations. Running from August through early October as part of the City’s Boston 250 commemoration, the new partnership brings together local tour organizations to make Boston’s history and culture more accessible this f
  
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• Wu announces Kerry Jordan as Executive Director of City of Boston Election Department

  28-08-2026 07:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Boston Mayor Michelle Wu announced Kerry Jordan as the new Executive Director of the City of Boston Election Department and provided an update on the department’s ongoing operational and modernization efforts ahead of the September 1 State Primary. Jordan will assume the role effective September 8, 2026. Until then, Commissioner of City Records Paul Chong, who is serving as Acting Head of the Elections Department, will continue leading day-to-day operations.
  “Over the last several ye
  
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• Old South Church installs Middle Passage Slave Trade educational exhibit

  28-08-2026 07:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  As America marks its 250th anniversary year, Old South Church in Boston is inviting the community to confront the nation’s history with honesty—including the painful history of slavery and the lives and labor of the people who shaped this country.
  Gathered in 1669, Old South Church has a long and complex history. Its story includes radical abolitionists and the publication in 1700 of what is believed to be the first anti-slavery tract on this soil. It also includes early ministers an
  
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• Musical ventriloquist Kevin Driscoll brings laughter and music to Boston’s Hale House

  28-08-2026 07:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  It was an afternoon filled with music, laughter, birthday wishes and plenty of audience participation when nationally recognized Musical Ventriloquist Kevin Driscoll entertained residents and staff at Hale House, located at 273 Clarendon Street in Boston’s historic Back Bay.
  “Awesome audience, fantastic facility, and super staff!” said Driscoll following the performance. “We were honored to entertain the residents and staff at the Hale House with our musical ventriloquis
  
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• Massachusetts Fire Departments achieve nation’s fourth-highest emergency response rate

  28-08-2026 07:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Department of Fire Services announced that Massachusetts fire departments have achieved the fourth-highest reporting rate in the country for the National Emergency Response Information System (NERIS). 90% of Massachusetts fire departments have reported more than 1.3 million apparatus responses to more than 788,000 incidents. This achievement reflects the state’s commitment to leading the nation in public safety data collection and will help local and state officials make informed decis
  
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• Flynn continues to advocate on public safety around Beacon Hill

  28-08-2026 07:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  As a violent summer in the City of Boston begins to come to an end and families prepare for their students to return to school, Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn continues to focus his advocacy on public safety and ensure we as a city are providing a safe and healthy environment for all residents, families, students and workers in downtown, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, and the Boston Common.As the school year approaches, Councilor Flynn has met with concerned parents and educators to discuss concerns abo
  
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• DCR warns drivers about “Storrowing” on move-in day

  28-08-2026 07:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Ahead of Greater Boston’s college move-in day on Tuesday, September 1, 2026, the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is reminding drivers of moving trucks and other large vehicles to avoid roads with low-clearance bridges, including Storrow Drive, Soldiers Field Road and Memorial Drive.DCR works with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) and Massachusetts State Police (MSP) to alert drivers that these parkways, commonly known as the River Roads, are restricte
  
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• Co|So announces next show ‘Fantastical Realities’

  28-08-2026 07:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Copley Society of Art (Co|So) is excited to announce its next Juried Members Show: Fantastical Realities starting September 17. In this exhibition, works explore unexpected color and dimensions, psychological interiors, speculative futures and reimagined pasts. Artists interpret this theme broadly, from surreal landscapes and legendary narratives to quiet distortions of everyday environments. In uncertain and rapidly changing times, we invite you to imagine new realities through artistic vis
  
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• Conservancy, Citizen Plaintiffs respond to Mass. Supreme Judicial Court decision in Franklin Park White Stadium case

  28-08-2026 07:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Emerald Necklace Conservancy President Karen Mauney-Brodek issued the following statement in response to the court’s decision on the Franklin Park White Stadium case:
  “We’re disappointed by this outcome, which means that a new professional for-profit sports stadium and entertainment complex in Franklin Park will not be subject to the high level of scrutiny, formal review of alternatives, and required approvals that our state’s constitutional public recreation land protect
  
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• Aquarium documents 2,000 animals, including whale sharks, during aerial survey

  28-08-2026 07:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Aerial survey observers with the New England Aquarium sighted more than 2,000 animals during a recent flight over the Northeast Canyons and Seamount Marine National Monument, showcasing the area’s extraordinary biodiversity.Scientists with the Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life flew over the Monument in their survey airplane on August 16 and sighted 15 different marine species. The team initially counted 1,800 dolphins across four species and later sighted a sperm whale,
  
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