Beacon Hill News

Your buddies are a patchwork of smart, sweet, high-maintenance chicks. Here are the goods you need to show each one of them you actually care.

Treat yourself to unique locales where ambience surrounds you, treasures await you, and the season offers you its delights.

It's Thanksgiving, time to reflect on the things for which we are grateful: family and friends, good fortune, and - of course - good food.

A restored Beacon Hill home mixes old with new for high drama. The 1835 Greek Revival town house on Mount Vernon Place could be the setting for a Henry James novel, and, in fact, the author used to live around the corner on a street he once declared the most respectable in America.

Ten years after George La Perle first imagined building a home on Beacon Hill, there are only two things keeping it from happening -- his neighbors and himself.

Need to stock up on some home goods? Hit Economy Hardware 's Moonlight Madness Sale this evening from 5 to 10.

The fifth-floor reading room at the Boston Athenaeum offers ideal conditions to curl up with a book.

An aging infrastructure. A massive debt load. And 51 unfunded projects classified as a a oedanger to life and limb of passengers and/or employees.a Those are just a few of the problems facing the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, the agency that oversees the Red Line and other transit lines that together provide for 1.2 million rider ...

Envision all your dreams come true; 12 days of shopping in just a few hours amidst the sounds of Victorian Carolers, a Full Brass Ensemble and the Apollo Club of Boston! Once your bags are full with new found specialty gifts and holiday merchandise, take a load off your feet and stroll down a few blocks to one of Beacon Hilla s fine restaurants ...

Beacon Hill was settled in 1625 and its always diverse history is traceable - and walkable - nearly 400 years later Sanctuary lamps near the altar at the Church of the Advent.

Nothing says, "I'm a 21st century loser,'' like admitting you've fallen in love with an Android.

The man whose car state Senator Anthony Galluccio rearended described yesterday the shock from the impact - and from the discovery that Galluccio had quickly driven away from the scene.

Blue custom-sewn drapes have been installed alongside the new Super Glo white screen.

The two mayoral candidates this week offered a preview of the closing weeks of the campaign as incumbent Thomas Menino defended a record of lower crime during his tenure and a history of fighting foreclosures, while City Councilor At-Large Michael Flaherty hammered the mayor over underperforming schools in the system and City Hall's e-mail deletion ...

The Democratic ward committees in Ward 4 and Ward 15 voted last night to endorse Tom Menino's re-election bid, the Menino campaign reports.

Mitch Blum strides across the road in defense of Boston jaywalking: ... True story: when I lived in Beacon Hill a cop once yelled at me for not jaywalking across Cambridge Street.

It's all over the news! The Frisky writes Why Todd English Is The Worst Fiance Ever .

Local treats for out-of-town pals. blink617 is going on a trip and wants to bring a little piece of Boston to the out-of-town hosts.

John Boutique . . . "The Zookeeper" star Rosario Dawson grabbing dinner with friends and taking a few pictures with fans at the Beacon Hill Hotel & Bistro on Charles Street .

David Nunes, a Colorado developer with close ties to the Kennedy family, will present plans for a $4 billion casino just off Interstate 495 at a Board of Selectmen's meeting Oct.