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• Hill House Holds Annual Fundraiser

  26-10-2023 11:05 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Hill House held its annual FUNdraiser event at Five Iron Golf in Government Center. The theme was a celebration of the classic 80s comedy movie “Caddyshack.” Shown are Committee members Heidi Dooley, Mimi Eger, Alaska Elia Amanda Szeniawski, Lilli Homer, and Katy Keches.
  Gabby Robinette with Katie and Aaron Norris, who paid excellent homage to Ted Knight.
  Chelsea O’Brien and Caroline Howe.
  
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• Livingstone’s Bill To Expand Beacon Hill Historic District Garners Community Support

  26-10-2023 11:04 via beaconhilltimes.com
  A bill sponsored by Rep. Jay Livingstone to expand the boundaries of the Beacon Hill Historic District garnered the support of several community leaders during a public hearing of the Joint Committee on Municipalities and Regional Government held on Oct. 17 at the State House.Rep. Jay Livingstone.
  The proposed legislation (H.4076, “An Act enhancing the Historic Beacon Hill District”), which mirrors a home-rule petition that was passed unanimously by the Boston City Council  and
  
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• MFA Organizes Piet Mondrian Exhibition Drawn From Gift From Maria and Conrad Janis

  26-10-2023 11:02 via beaconhilltimes.com
  This fall, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), presents an exhibition of works by Piet Mondrian (1872–1944), celebrating a transformational gift that elevates the MFA to one of the leading institutions outside of the Netherlands for the study and display of the artist’s early work. On view from November 11, 2023 through April 28, 2024, Mondrian: Foundations is the first monographic exhibition of Mondrian’s work at the MFA, presenting 11 paintings and 17 works on paper that s
  
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• Jury Convicts Former Boston Center for Adult Education Executive

  26-10-2023 11:01 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesA Suffolk County jury last week found the former Executive Director of the Boston Center for Adult Education (BCAE) guilty on embezzlement and forgery charges, District Attorney Kevin Hayden announced.Susan Brown, 70, of Marblehead, was convicted of one count of larceny over $1,200, one count of forgery, one count of forgery of a document, and one count of falsifying entry in corporate books. Brown will be sentenced on November 9 in Suffolk Superior Court.The evidence present
  
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• ‘American Dream: Selling Boston’ Showcases Upstairs Downstairs Home

  26-10-2023 11:01 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to TimesPrepare to be charmed as Beacon Hill’s iconic antique store, Upstairs Downstairs Home, takes center stage in the TV show “American Dream: Selling Boston.”In a delightful interview with store owner Laura Cousineau, Irene Kerzner from Concierge Home Sales explores the transformation from a chic antique store into a beloved Beacon Hill mainstay we know and love today. From its humble beginnings as the “little store around the block,” Upstairs Downstairs
  
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• BHAC Approves Modified Streetlight Design With Cell Antenna Adjacent To Mount Vernon Street

  26-10-2023 11:00 via beaconhilltimes.com
  The Beacon Hill Architectural Commission voted 6-0, with one abstention, to approve an application to replace an existing streetlight equipped with a cellphone antenna  adjacent to 161 Mount Vernon St. with a different style fixture at the same location during the commission’s monthly hearing on Thursday, Oct. 19, which took place virtually.The commission had previously approved by a vote of 6-1-0  an application to install a cell antenna to serve T-Mobile users on a replacement
  
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• BHV Offers Senior Fitness Assessment & Class

  26-10-2023 10:58 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Special to the TimesHow Fit Are You? Join Cindy Sullivan Fitness and Beacon Hill Village (BHV) for a Senior Fitness Assessment & Class.Have you ever wondered about your fitness level and how to enhance it? In collaboration with Beacon Hill Village, Cindy Sullivan, an expert in Midlife and Senior Fitness, is offering complimentary classes to help you find out. Mark your calendar for Tuesday, November 7, at 11 am, when Cindy and BHV will gather at the Beacon House on Myrtle Street. Cindy will
  
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• We Must Confront The New Axis of Evil

  26-10-2023 10:57 via beaconhilltimes.com
  When former President George W. Bush coined the term “Axis of Evil” to refer to the nations of Iran, No. Korea, and Iraq in his 2002 State of the Union speech, his comments were largely derided.  Even in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center just a few months previously, Bush’s juvenile comments were seen as jingoistic hyperbole about three countries that posed no real threat to the United States.At the time of Bush’s speech, Russia was a va
  
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• The Dominoes Are Falling Toward Trump

  26-10-2023 10:57 via beaconhilltimes.com
  With the crisis in the Middle East and the dysfunction among Congressional Republicans garnering all of the headlines these days, the many trials and tribulations of former President Donald Trump have been relegated in recent weeks to what we in the newspaper business refer to as “below the fold” news stories.But the recent plea bargain agreements with the Fulton County District Attorney of two of Trump’s lawyers, Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, who helped him concoct vario
  
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• Obituaries 10-26-2023

  26-10-2023 10:56 via beaconhilltimes.com
  Lucille Arlene Keener-Carver-FraimShe Made Everyone Feel SpecialLucille Arlene Keener-Carver-Fraim, 86, of Clarksville, TN. passed away October 9, 2023. Lucille was born in Malden on January 11, 1937, the daughter of the late Ernest W. Keener and Rose (Rea) Keener. She was the wife of the late Ernest E. Carver and George W. Fraim.Our angel now has her wings. Lucille was surrounded by the love of her family members as she passed. She is survived by her children: James Carver, Brenda (Carver) Acke
  
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