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Hidden gardens of Beacon Hill
For the 82nd year, the Beacon Hill Garden Club hosted "The Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill," a self-guided tour of the gardens at Beacon Hill residences.
MGH asks neighborhood residents to obtain 'cut-through' badges
Massachusetts General Hospital is asking West End and Beacon Hill residents who use the hospital as a short cut during their commute to obtain special security badges. Boston Globe, 5/18/11
Survey at local colleges: Mixing energy drinks, alcohol popular
More than 57 percent of students surveyed at four Boston universities report having consumed caffeinated beverages mixed with alcohol in 2011, despite warnings against the practice, according to an informal poll conducted by the Globe.
Boston Globe, 05/19/2011
Beacon Hill Civic Association elects officers, honors residents at annual meeting
The Beacon Hill Civic Association convened its 89th Annual Meeting Monday night, honoring the association’s first elected president with the Beacon Award and electing a new president. Boston Globe, 5/17/11
Esplanade Association celebrates 10th anniversary at annual meeting
The Esplanade Association, a non-profit group dedicated to the upkeep of the Charles River Esplanade, will hold its 10th annual meeting Thursday. Boston Globe, 5/18/11
Granary Burying Ground to get long overdue $300,000 facelift
Rust has corroded the wrought-iron gates. When it rains, the poorly seeded grounds fill with mud as runoff overwhelms the old drainage system. Many of the slate headstones are crumbling or illegible, and some of the tabletop tombs are sinking into the earth. Boston Globe, 5/15/11
At ceremony in his honor, retired veterans leader will keep giving back
Thomas G. Kelley spent the last four decades heroically dedicated to his country, fellow veterans and their families. And he will continue to give back at a special event this week. Boston Globe, 5/12/11
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Ducklings Mother's Day Parade
In an annual Mother's Day tradition, kids and adults put on their best duck outfits and, joined with hundreds of feathered friends, marched through the streets of Beacon Hill for the Duckling Day Parade.
Three held on high bail after denying role in downtown Boston stabbing
The three teenagers charged in the beating and near-fatal stabbing of an 18-year-old in the heart of downtown Boston Friday afternoon were identified in part by photos a witness took at the scene, authorities said today. Boston Globe, 5/4/11
Manhole fires close Beacon Hill streets
Several manhole fires near the intersection of Myrtle and Joy streets in Beacon Hill caused the streets to be closed while firefighters extinguished the fires. Boston Globe, 5/8/11
Boston Public Schools announces new innovation division
Boston Superintendent Carol Johnson today announced the launch of a division within the school department that will focus on finding ways for new schools to succeed. Boston Globe, 5/4/11
Unplugged and outdoors: Free WiFi coming to Common
Public parks are ideal for running, reading, and feeding ducks. Sending an e-mail, checking a grade or updating your Facebook status? Not so much. Boston Globe, 4/26/11
Boston launches online roadwork database, plans mail notices
As Boston’s road-repair campaign kicks into full gear, the city says it will for the first time begin notifying residents of planned roadwork by listing every project online and mailing letters to each household along a street shortly before construction begins there. Boston Globe, 4/28/11
New willow trees coming to the Esplanade
Come summer, visitors to Otis Grove on the Esplande can enjoy the shade of 10 new weeping willow trees. Boston Globe, 4/26/11
Quakers make their home at Beacon Hill Friends House
To the nearly two-dozen live-in residents, simplicity means more than purging excess things: It’s a spiritual life-stance, the core of their community-based living. Boston Globe, 4/25/11
Carved messages speak to the heart
There it sits, the magnolia tree in the Boston Public Garden, ushering in spring with new blooms. Tourists stop to snap pictures underneath the snowy canopy that greets visitors near Charles and Beacon streets just beyond the “Make Way for Ducklings’’ statues. Boston Globe, 4/20/11
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Swan Boat season is finally here
On Saturday, the Swan Boats returned to the lagoon at the Boston Public Garden. The boats have been a Boston tradition, run by the Paget family, for more than 130 years. A line of eager passengers formed to take an opening day ride, with Mayor Tom Menino and his granchildren enjoying the first ride around the pond.
4/19/11
CENSUS DATA
Beacon Hill population rose 3.5 percent from 2000
Beacon Hill saw its population grow by 3.49 percent over the past decade, according to census data recently released by the city. Boston Globe, 4/6/11
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Video: A painful intro
to Boston's schools
The lottery assigning Boston kindergartners to classrooms is designed to be fair, but with too few good schools to choose from, too many opt to leave. Boston Globe
- A look inside Boston’s school assignment maze
- Selection process starts with choices, ends with luck
- A mother has high hopes but no room for Plan B
- An ideal of city loyalty tested by uncertain future
- Second roll of the die has a lot at stake
- Full coverage: Inside Boston's school assignment maze
A tour of black history in Beacon Hill
The 1.6-mile Black Heritage Trail gives visitors a glimpse of a pre-Civil War Boston, when more than half of the city’s 2,000 black citizens lived in the neighborhood and the abolitionist movement gathered strength. 2/25/11
CRIME ON THE MBTA
Downtown Crossing saw most robberies on MBTA
Downtown Crossing saw the most reported robberies among all MBTA subway stops in 2010, according to recently released crime data from the transit agency. Boston Globe, 2/4/11
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- Alewife Station topped T stops in reported bike thefts last year
- Reported crimes quadrupled at Andrew Station last year
- Forest Hills station saw most assault reports last year
- Forest Hills station tops in vandalism reports for 2010
- South Station saw most reported crime last year, T says
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