by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | Jun 7, 2012 | Blog
Beginning June 17th you can hike, bike and enjoy the view on part of Chickatawbut Road every Sunday without worrying about traffic. The Department of Conservation and Recreation will close Chickatawbut Road between Route 28 in Milton and Willard Street in Quincy to...
by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | Jun 7, 2012 | Blog
The Quincy City Council and the Quincy Mayor’s office issued a formal Request for Proposals (RFP) for recreational uses at the Quincy Quarries. The 31-page RFP can be read here. In the past few days, articles have appeared in the Quincy Patriot Ledger and the Boston...
by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | Jun 4, 2012 | Preservation Campaigns
In 2003 the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority began developing plans to convert the eastern half of the Blue Hills Reservoir into two 10 million gallon buried drinking water storage tanks. The reservoir, built in the 1950’s had been inactive as a public...
by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | Jun 4, 2012 | Preservation Campaigns
As part of our continuing efforts to keep our members informed and our political leaders responsive, Friends of the Blue Hills held a forum for candidates running in 2010 for the position of State Senate. About 100 Blue Hills advocates attended the forum to meet...
by Friends of the Blue Hills - Admin | Jun 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
As people who care about the park, we have an enormous job. We want to protect the Reservation from inappropriate development, keep the forests healthy and and make sure we can continue to enjoy all the Blue Hills has to offer. The Board of the Friends of the Blue...
