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Beacon Hill residents wrote an open letter requesting gas lamps in the neighborhood be replaced with electric bulbs to protect trees harmed by gas leaks. COURTESY OF IAN HOWARD VIA WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Beacon Hill residents push to replace gas lamps with LED lighting

Katarzyna Jezak December 4, 2020
Those trees were planted in 1977 — the same year the gas lamps were installed. Roughly more than two-thirds of the trees have since died, while the remaining five are in bad health, according to the letter.
Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announces the 2017 program for Love Your Block, a program that builds community morale through neighborhood cleanups. PHOTO BY DYLAN KIM/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh expands citywide neighborhood beautification effort

Carina Imbornone February 9, 2017

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced Feb. 3 that the Love Your Block project, a high-impact service initiative aimed at cleaning up Boston neighborhoods, will now be a permanent program in the city,...

Boston Public Works plans to spread out the piles of snow over several locations this upcoming winter, instead of one large pile in South Boston. PHOTO BY OLIVIA NADEL/DFP FILE PHOTO

Boston to improve snow removal efforts for upcoming winter

Carolyn Hoffman October 27, 2015

After a winter that brought a record amount of snow to the city and halted businesses and transportation statewide, the City of Boston looks to improve snow removal efforts for the upcoming snow season. Boston...

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