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• West End Museum Undergoing Renovations From Flood Damage

  28-09-2023 09:42 via beaconhilltimes.com
  After succumbing to a flood in early 2022, the West End Museum is now undergoing renovations, with its main gallery expected to reopen next March 15.On Jan. 15 of last year, a sprinkler check-valve ruptured on the fourth floor of West End Place at 150 Staniford St., leading to flooding in nearly 30 units on the building’s bottom four floors, as well as in the adjacent West End Museum and office space.The West End Museum is seen undergoing renovations.
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• Charlesbank Landing Receives Gift of $5 Million From Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation

  28-09-2023 09:41 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesOn Saturday, Sept. 23 at their annual Moondance Gala, the Esplanade Association (EA) publicly announced, and garnered more, major support for Charlesbank Landing on the Esplanade.Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation Executive Director Lynne Doblin, Trustees Nicolas Dulac,
  Jessica Knez Dulac, Charlesbank Landing lead Architect Maryann Thompson, Debra Smith Knez, and James Audrey Foster Executive Director Jen Mergel (left to right).
  This once-in-a-generation project will t
  
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• Wu Joins Boston Public Schools in Distributing 40,000 Free Books

  28-09-2023 09:37 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesThe Boston Teachers Union (BTU), in partnership with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and First Book, distributed more than 40,000 free books to Boston Public Schools students and families Saturday at its 10th annual Back to School Fair at the union hall in Dorchester.Special guests Boston Mayor Michelle Wu, AFT Secretary-Treasurer Fedrick Ingram, and BTU President Jessica Tang addressed approximately 1,500 attendees who braved the rain to celebrate the beginning of
  
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• Beacon Hill Women’s Forum Hold First Meeting of the Season

  28-09-2023 09:37 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Story by Marianne SalzaThe electrifying ambiance in the Hampshire House during the first Beacon Hill Women’s Forum (BHWF) of the 2023-2024 season was compared to “sparkling champagne” by Founder/Co-President Lisa Macalaster.“The energy in this room is fabulous,” beamed Macalaster, after ringing a bell. “This is amazing. There are many faces from way back when, and so many new faces.”Beacon Hill Women’s Forum is an organization of multi-generation w
  
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• BHAC Approves Application for J. McLaughlin’s Awning and Exterior Signage

  28-09-2023 09:36 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission unanimously approved an application as submitted from the J. McLaughlin clothing store to replace its awning and modify its exterior signage at the commission’s monthly public hearing, which was held virtually on Thursday, Sept. 21.Christopher Daly, a retail project manager for Larson Architecture, said the retail establishment at 34 Charles St. has had its awning and outside signage for around 12 years, and that the awning is now approaching the en
  
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• United Way, the Boston Foundation Award $570,000 From the Migrant Families Relief Fund

  28-09-2023 09:35 via beaconhilltimes.com
  United Way of Massachusetts Bay and The Boston Foundation announced the first of two rapid distributions of $570,000 to 12 community-based organizations from The Massachusetts Migrant Families Relief Fund.  The fund was created last month in partnership to address the growing humanitarian crisis faced by migrants seeking asylum in Massachusetts and to support the local, trusted community-based organizations that have deployed an all-hands-on-deck effort to meet the essential needs of new ar
  
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• MassDOT To Develop and Evaluate Options for Eventual Replacement of the Tobin Bridge

  28-09-2023 09:35 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced that it has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to procure a transportation planning and engineering consultant team to develop and evaluate options for the eventual replacement of the Maurice J. Tobin Bridge.  The Tobin Bridge carries Route 1 over the Mystic River, directly connects Boston and Chelsea, and provides connectivity to the regional transportation network. With Annual Average Daily Traffic across the brid
  
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• Anarchy in Congress

  28-09-2023 09:34 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Imagine if a foreign government or some terrorist group were to hack into the U.S. government’s computers and bring all of its operations to a halt. Everyone in the country would be outraged.That is the scenario we are facing this week — except that the “hack” that is threatening to shut down our government is not originating from some outside source, but rather is coming from an anarchist group of about 15 Republican members of Congress who are refusing to approve a budg
  
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