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• Flaherty Gets Top Spot on The Ballot for November Election

  11-10-2019 13:36 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Boston City Councilor At-Large Michael F. Flaherty’s name was drawn for
  the coveted first spot on the ballot in a public ballot drawing held by the
  City of Boston’s Elections Department. The ballot drawing, which was held on
  Thursday, October 8, 2019 at 11:00a.m. at City Hall, set the stage for the
  citywide general election scheduled for Tuesday, November 5, 2019.Councilor Flaherty, who is seeking another term as a Boston City
  Councilor At-Large, had a strong showing of results in fi
  
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• Ready to Run

  22-04-2024 14:44 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Susan Roache decorated the Duckling Sculpture to celebrate the Boston Marathon and to bring attention to Marathon Daffodils, a non-profit organization started by her friend Diane Valle, that commemorates the resiliency shown after the 2013 Marathon Bombing.
  
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• Pokorny Recognized With Parks Champion Award and a Formal City Citation

  22-04-2024 14:43 via beaconhilltimes.com
  At the group’s 54th annual meeting on Tuesday, April 9, at the UMass Club of Boston,  the Friends of the Public Garden awarded its inaugural Parks Champion Award to Margaret Pokorny, who also received a formal city citation from Mayor Michelle Wu then in recognition of her 30-plus years of service to Boston’s green spaces.“Your seemingly endless capacity to advocate for the parks has inspired many others and made a significant and lasting impact on our community,” sa
  
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• Tom Brady Makes Significant Gift to Esplanade Association

  22-04-2024 14:42 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Thanks to a significant ‘leadership gift’  last week from the family of former New England Patriots great Tom Brady, the Esplanade Association will be able to not only expand its youth programming (which it will rename in his honor) but also to enhance its planned Charlesbank Landing multi-use facility. “I’m very grateful to the Esplanade Association, which does an incredible job to make this park a vibrant greenspace,” said Brady, who helped lead the Patr
  
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• MHS Hosts Making History Gala With Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Doris Kearns Goodwin

  22-04-2024 14:38 via beaconhilltimes.com
  On Thursday, June 6, the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) will host its Making History Gala at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston. The event will feature renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin. The evening will commence with a cocktail reception at 5:30 pm, followed by a three-course dinner, engaging speaking program, and live paddle raise. The fundraising event promises an unforgettable evening for history enthusiasts to come together to su
  
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• Wu Files FY25 Budget With Investments To Make Boston a Home for Everyone

  22-04-2024 14:37 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the timesMayor Michelle Wu today proposed her third annual operating budget, which builds on the administration’s steady progress to make Boston a home for everyone—where the City’s communities’ needs are met and dreams can grow. The recommended Fiscal Year 2025 Annual Operating Budget is $4.6 billion and includes budgetary growth of $344 million or eight percent over Fiscal Year 2024, and the Fiscal Years 2025-2029 Capital Plan totals $4.7 billion and creates
  
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• Blackstone’s To Host an Evening Artists Event To Fundraise for Women’s Lunch Place

  22-04-2024 14:37 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to TimesJoin Blackstone’s of Beacon Hill  for a Spring Artist Event at Blackstone’s featuring local artists Janice Hayes-Cha and PJ Szufnarowski on Wednesday, April 24,  from 5 to 7:30 p.m. This event benefits Women’s Lunch Place, a charity empowering women in need. Refreshments will be served. Come celebrate spring, support a great cause, and discover new art! Blackstone’s will be donating 10 percent of all sales from the entire day to Women’s Lun
  
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• Citywide Community Service Event Love Your Block Set for April 20

  22-04-2024 14:36 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Love Your Block is a Citywide community service event comes to the West End on this Saturday, April 20. The Office of Civic Organizing (OCO) invite community members to lead in hosting a neighborhood cleanup or joining a cleanup as an individual volunteer. Love Your Block neighborhood beautification projects include cleaning up trash on sidewalks and streets, park revitalization, and flower planting. The Love Your Block application is open for volunteers to sign up to become a host or join
  
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• WLP Member Alyssa Moore To Run Marathon in Support of Women Experiencing Homelessness

  12-04-2024 09:45 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to TimesAlyssa Moore, an integral member of the Direct Care team at Women’s Lunch Place, is gearing up to run the iconic Boston Marathon on Monday. Her mission goes beyond personal achievement; she’s running to raise funds and awareness for women experiencing homelessness and poverty.Moore’s  decision to apply for the charity team was deeply rooted in her experiences at Women’s Lunch Place. In her role, she forges connections with women in need, offering not
  
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• Taking in the Eclipse

  12-04-2024 09:44 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Phillips Street resident Rob Whitney took this picture through a Celestron telescope in Newport, VT, which
  is close to the Canadian border. “The Baily’s Beads effect is a phenomenon where sunlight peaks through a valley on the surface of the moon,” wrote Whitney. “During Monday’s eclipse, you could see a small Baily’s Bead at the bottom of the sun around the corona, which is the outermost layer of the sun and what produced the ring of light when the moon pass
  
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• Swan Boats Return

  12-04-2024 09:43 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Workers are seen preparing the Swan Boats for the launch of the upcoming season on Monday, April 8, in the Public Garden. The Swan Boat season kicks off Saturday, April 13, at 10 a.m.
  
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• Traffic Advisory for Boston Marathon/Patriot’s Day activities

  12-04-2024 09:38 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Marathon Weekend Events this year will have two main races on the Saturday before the running of the 2024 Boston Marathon.In addition to the events being hosted by the Boston Athletic Association, the City of Boston will be hosting Boston One Day on April 15, and the Patriots’ Day Parade on Monday, April 15.Parking restrictions will be in place for all of these events. Please plan accordingly and follow all posted signage.People attending events are encouraged to walk, bike, or take pu
  
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• Mass House Passes Bill To Remove Outdated and Offensive Terms in General Laws

  12-04-2024 09:27 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesMassachusetts House of Representatives  passed two bills on Wednesday, April 3, that update the Massachusetts General Laws by removing out-of-date and offensive terms related to persons with disabilities, and by renaming the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission (MRC) as MassAbility.“As lawmakers, we know that words matter,” said Speaker of the House Ronald J. Mariano (D-Quincy). “This legislation is our latest effort to ensure that our stat
  
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• Boston Invests in Enhanced Emergency, Coastal Resilience Planning With FloodMapp

  12-04-2024 09:26 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesMayor Michelle Wu  announced that the City of Boston has awarded the City of Boston Flood Modeling RFP to FloodMapp to provide real-time flood monitoring to enhance emergency preparation, response, and recovery during flood events, marking a significant step forward in the city’s resilience, an important part of the Mayor’s Green New Deal. “Making Boston a Green New Deal city involves having the best means of preparing for, handling, and mitigating
  
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• Boston Hosts Citizenship Day

  12-04-2024 09:26 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the Times Mayor Michelle Wu, the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA), and Project Citizenship are hosting Citizenship Day on Saturday, April 27, 2024 at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury. The annual event is an opportunity for people who are eligible for naturalization to get free legal help with their citizenship application. People must first call 617-694-5949 to make an appointment. “Citizenship Day is an important and beloved tradition for our Of
  
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• RMV Cautions Public To Beware of Deceptive and Mimic Websites

  12-04-2024 09:25 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is reminding customers to use only Mass.Gov/RMV for information or to perform many transactions, including when trying to renew a license or registration. While there has been no sharp increase in reports of deceptive and mimic websites to the RMV, this is a busy time of year for customer transactions so the RMV is issuing this reminder to the public about sites which have been created to mislead customers into thinking they have reached the off
  
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• …And a Manic Monday

  12-04-2024 09:24 via beaconhilltimes.com
  We had not intended to view the eclipse, so despite the hype, we had not purchased special eclipse eyewear. We figured we’d focus on what was happening around us — the birds and other animals, the shadows, the suddenly-cooler air — rather than on the interplay between the moon and the sun.But a neighbor drove up as we were standing outside our home and mentioned that he had an extra pair of eclipse eyewear, which he offered  to us. So we took it and got a chance to view th
  
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• A Freaky Friday

  12-04-2024 09:24 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Did you feel the earthquake Friday morning?We were sitting in our recliner in our home when the whole house started shaking and the chair started moving rapidly back and forth. We live on the coast, so at first we thought it might be a change of direction or increase in the velocity of the wind, which can cause our house to creak and the windows to rattle a bit. But we saw no change in the ripples on the water, so we then thought that perhaps a big truck was on the roadway. But there was no
  
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• State Budget Woes: Here We Go Again

  12-04-2024 09:23 via beaconhilltimes.com
  With state revenue falling off a cliff and almost $1 billion being spent (on an annualized basis) to house, feed, and care for immigrants who have made their way to Massachusetts from the southern border (and with no end in sight), the outlook is bleak for our state’s finances.Gov. Maura Healy last week announced a hiring freeze for state employees. In addition, the governor’s $58 billion budget proposal’s allocation for local aid, particularly for education assistance, is fall
  
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• Dawn Staley: A Great Leader

  12-04-2024 09:23 via beaconhilltimes.com
  We wish to offer our congratulations to the South Carolina women’s basketball team for their incredible undefeated season and national championship, but more importantly, we wish to express our appreciation to their head coach, Dawn Staley, for exemplifying what sportsmanship is all about.Coach Staley is a class act. Her post-game press conference, in which she spoke glowingly about Caitlin Clark and the Iowa team, was the epitome of winning with grace. She clearly rates among the top coac
  
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• Wu Marks Creation of New City Planning Department With Signing Ceremony

  04-04-2024 08:11 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Standing behind the Last Tenement at 42 Lomasney Way – the only historic building from the old West End to survive urban renewal in that neighborhood – Mayor Michelle Wu signed an ordinance on Tuesday, April 2, which will allow for the creation new planning department in the City of Boston for the first time in 70 years.The ordinance restores planning as a core function of Boston city government, ensuring its inclusion in the city’s budget and allowing for the transfer of curre
  
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• Spring Turkey Trot

  04-04-2024 08:09 via beaconhilltimes.com
  A group of wild turkeys took advantage of the nice weather on Tuesday
  and decided to go for a stroll on Walnut Street. It seems that the mild
  winter has attracted several wild animals to the Beacon Hill area recently
  
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• BHAC Subcommittee Hears Preliminary Plans for 9 Spruce Court

  04-04-2024 08:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission convened a virtual subcommittee meeting on Friday, March 29, to discuss preliminary plans for modifications to the exterior of the property at 9 Spruce Court.Nick Landry, founding principal of Boston-based DRT (design/resource/team), and Tony King, DRT’s director of operations, own the six-unit building,, which they intend to convert it into a single-family residence.(While Spruce Street is a public way, Spruce Place and Spruce Court are both privat
  
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• Wu Announces Applications for futureBOS Now Available

  04-04-2024 07:58 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Mayor Michelle Wu and the Office of Youth Employment and Opportunity (YEO) launched futureBOS, the 2024 Summer Youth Employment Program, including all Successlink job opportunities, for Boston youth and young adults ages 14 – 24. Young people interested can find summer job opportunities through futureBOS, the newly redesigned webpage hub for all youth employment opportunities throughout the City. futureBos will guide young people to better navigate the application, onboarding, and hiring p
  
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• Neighborhood Cleanups Are Planned for This Weekend in Several Neighborhoods

  04-04-2024 07:58 via beaconhilltimes.com
  “Love your Block cleanups are a perfect way to enjoy the upcoming spring weather while helping your local community look vibrant and clean,” said Mayor Michelle Wu. “The City is proud to help supply the tools to host group cleanups and assist individuals in finding a Love Your Block volunteer opportunity near them.”Cleanups will take place in every neighborhood of Boston over the course of three weekends. Saturday, April 6: Allston/Brighton, Back Bay/Beacon
  
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• Wu Proposes Legislation To Protect Residential Property Owners

  04-04-2024 07:57 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesMayor Michelle Wu announced that she will file a home rule petition that would protect residential property owners from a potentially dramatic increase in their property taxes due to declining commercial property values. The proposal would allow the City to lessen increases in residential property tax bills caused by declining commercial values by temporarily shifting more of the property tax levy onto owners of commercial and industrial properties. Under the present statutor
  
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• Community Reinvestment Grant Program Announced

  04-04-2024 07:57 via beaconhilltimes.com
  District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced that community non-profit organizations in Suffolk County can apply for grants of up to $10,000 through his office’s Community Reinvestment Grant (CRG) program.Last year, Hayden’s Community Reinvestment Program delivered the largest amount of funding to community partners in Suffolk County CRG history, with grants ranging from $4,000 to $7,500.“I am extremely proud of the amount of funding we distributed last year. In total, we were able
  
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• Mass. Requires Analysis of Cumulative Impacts for Air Quality Permits Near EJ Populations

  04-04-2024 07:56 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Healey-Driscoll Administration moved to address air quality issues in or near environmental justice areas by announcing amendments to state air pollution regulations.  The communities of Revere, Everett, Chelsea, Charlestown and East Boston are considered in environmental justice areas.  The changes require certain facilities seeking air emissions permits in  or near communities with environmental justice populations to conduct a cumulative impact analysis, which evaluates exi
  
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• Cartwright Announces Candidacy for Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County

  04-04-2024 07:56 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Suffolk County Attorney Allison S. Cartwright announced she is running for Clerk of the Supreme Judicial Court in Suffolk County. Cartwright is looking to build on her thirty-plus years of legal representation and management in the Clerk position, which oversees critical functions within the court system including managing the court’s single justice caseload concerning bail reviews, appeals form state registration boards and agencies, and appeals from lower courts. Additionally, the Clerk
  
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• Lyric Stage Boston Presents ‘The Drowsy Chaperone’

  04-04-2024 07:55 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Lyric Stage Boston charms its way into spring by presenting the fun and fizzy musical comedy “The Drowsy Chaperone” with Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison and Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar.Directed and Choreographed by Larry Sousa° with Music Direction from Matt Stern, the winter blues will melt away and audiences will be delighted by the jubilations of a good old-fashioned musical comedy that will bring smiles, laughs, and much needed joy.A comfortable cha
  
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