Dear Members and Friends:
Happy Holidays to all! We hope you are enjoying the season and taking time to meet with friends, family and community. Wishing you the very best this season.
Holiday Events throughout the city
The holidays are here, and in Boston, that means it’s time for holiday traditions like Snowport or the Boston Common tree lighting. This year, a new winter festival is joining the city’s lineup of holiday happenings. Located in Boston’s Charlestown neighborhood, Winter Fest transforms Hood Park into a two-acre winter wonderland – making it the biggest holiday attraction in the city. With dazzling lights, immersive experiences and plenty of family-friendly festive activities, Winter Fest is the perfect holiday outing for all to enjoy. To cap it all off… First Night!
Holiday Giving
Now through 12/21, Winter Clothing Drive drop off at Fenway Community Center.
On behalf of the Boston Public Health Commission, the Fenway Civic Association and the Fenway Community Center invite you to donate new or gently used clean clothing and footwear during the Winter Clothing Drive, drop off dates and times on the flyer below.
Now through 12/28, The Fenway Chalet – is donating a portion of their profits to FENWAY CARES – stop by for a beverage, while you’re there for a holiday tree or wreath! Heated tent for comfort. (flyer below)
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UPCOMING
City of Boston Holiday schedule – what’s open/closed etc.
Wednesday, December 25, 2024 – Christmas Day
Wednesday, January 1 – New Year’s Day
Boston is expanding free museum, zoo and aquarium days to more families – click the link for more info – starting in January!
ONGOING
Mondays, 9-10 a.m., Age Strong Chair Yoga (virtual) Join the City of Boston sponsored free virtual class. Repeats weekly through June 16, 2025.
Every Other Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.until done, Fenway Cares Food Distribution
Next date: 12/18 – at 2 locations:
West Fenway – Fenway Community Center, 1282 Boylston (enter-Jersey)
East Fenway – Symphony Community Park, 39 Edgerly Road
Volunteers are welcome to sign up for all dates and both locations! Volunteer
MGH/MBG Community Care Health Clinic – 2-5 p.m. on Fenway Cares dates, East Fenway, in Morville House, 100 Norway Street. Offerings may include blood pressure monitoring, blood sugar testing, COVID-19, flu, and pneumonia vaccines.
For ongoing cultural events, check the ArtsBoston calendar.
DEVELOPING NEWS – BOSTON CITY COUNCIL: On Friday, December 6, Tania Fernandes Anderson, City Councilor District 7, was arrested on federal public corruption charges. (District 7 consists of East Fenway, Roxbury, Dorchester, and part of the South End.) The second term Councilor has pleaded not guilty, announced she has no plans to resign, and attended the last council meeting of 2024 on December 11th. Councilors Flynn, Fitzgerald and Murphy offered an order for a hearing to establish an ethics committee at the Boston City Council, the offer was tabled until the next meeting in January. City Council terms are two years. The next election is November 2025.
DEVELOPMENTS BY STATUS:
409 Huntington Avenue, 262 St. Botolph St., 142-146 St. Mary’s Street
Kenmore Hotel, Fenway Corners (West), Fenway Corners (North), Fenway Center, Boston University – Warren Towers Renovation, 819 Beacon Street,
601 Newbury Street, 20 Charlesgate West, 2 Charlesgate West, 165 Park Drive, 1400 Boylston Street, 1241 Boylston Street, 112-114 Queensberry St, 109 Brookline Avenue
See you around!
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