Eleanor Livingston and Charles Adams share a dance during the Beacon Hill Civic Association Winter Dance Saturday night at the Mandarin Oriental hotel.

CAPTION: Business owner Jim Hadley at Copy Clone’s now-shuttered Mt. Vernon St. location.

Although Copy Clone closed its location across from the State House last week, owner Jim Hadley wants his loyal Beacon Hill clientele to know that the company will carry on in Plymouth, where it will continue to offer the same high-quality service it always has.
“I view it as a positive thing, even though it’s difficult to physically leave the Hill,” Hadley said. “Nothing really has changed. In fact, we’re going to be able to do our job better now.”
Copy Clone’s predecessor, Legislative Reporting Service, was launched in 1932 as a distribution service for State House legislation. As the business grew, the company purchased an expensive copy machine in the 1970s and began offering its services to the general public, thus marking the creation of Copy Clone.
In 1988, Hadley, who was working as service representative for Xerox, was called to Copy Clone to work on the copy machine. The previous owner offered Hadley a position with the company, which Hadley graciously accepted.
When the previous owner retired in 1998, Hadley purchased Copy Clone and brought his wife Kathy and the couple’s daughter, Jen, on board to work for the company. Today, Kathy still works for Copy Clone from the Hadley’s Plymouth home, and while Jen is no longer with the company, her brother, Danny, now works alongside Jim at the office.
As for the relocation to Plymouth, Hadley said the decision came when the Mt. Vernon Street building that Copy Clone has called home for the more than 30 years was sold in December.
Now, Hadley and Danny will each save three hours in daily commuting-time, which they hope to devote to customer service. “We will have more time to meet with customers, increase our levels of service and, hopefully, build our customer base,” Hadley said.
Also, Hadley said he already has a commitment for use of a conference room on the Hill to meet personally with customers and plans are also underway for a drop-off site in the neighborhood, where patrons can leave materials for Copy Clone to pick up.
“My attitude is our production will be based in Plymouth, but our business is still on Beacon Hill,” Hadley said.
Copy Clone
’s new address is, 10 Aero Park Drive, Suite 1
, Plymouth, MA 02360. For more information, call the business’ new phone number at 508-746-3022 or visit www.copyclone.com.

David Dixon, who leads Goody Clancy's Planning and Urban Design
Division, and Frank Mead of the Beacon Hill Village board of directors shared their special insights on rebuilding New Orleans at King's Chapel Parish House last month. Goody, Clancy and Associates Inc. is the architectural firm in charge of the master plan for rebuilding New Orleans.

To commemorate this year’s centennial anniversary of the Charles River Esplanade, The Esplanade Association (TEA) kicked off the 100-day countdown to its 100 Party yesterday, with the goal of attracting at least 100 new members to join the non-profit organization at the $100 Friends Membership level.
“We have a lot of members already, but with the centennial, we expect to generate more support for the park,” said Justin Burke, program coordinator of TEA, which, since its inception in 2001, has worked with the Department of Conservation (DCR) and Recreation to care for the 3-milew-long state park. “Many people don’t know it’s turning 100, and we want to increase ownership awareness and stewardship of the park.”
All new members who join at the $100 Friends level will be invited to the 100 Party, which takes place at South End hot spot 28 Degrees on Tuesday, May 11, from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Besides an impressive selection of food and drink, the event offers guests an opportunity to learn about centennial programming planned for the park and the chance to blow out the 100 candles on the Esplanade’s birthday cake. Everyone in attendance will also receive a complimentary TEA tote bag filled with swag and giveaways.
“It will be a modern, contemporary party tailored for the young professionalsat heart,” Burke said. “If the weather permits, we also hope to open the patio.”
The theme for the evening is “when gold meets green” because the proceeds, or the gold, will be used to help finance improvements on the green space that is the Esplanade.
“It’s planned as a one-time event, but if it’s a success, I could see it becoming our annual membership drive party,” Burke said.
Burke is also hoping that the new members will bring fresh ideas for Esplanade 2020, the 10-year vision for the park that TEA and DCR recently launched.
“The Esplanade is a treasured park that everyone loves,” Burke said,” and we want to ensure that it’s here for another 100 years.”
A ticket to the 100 Party is free with purchase of a $100 Friends Membership to The Esplanade Association. To become a Friend and to attend the 100 Party, visit www.esplanadeassociation.org or send a check payable to The Esplanade Association at: The Esplanade Association 100 + Countdown, 10 Derne Street, Boston, MA 02114.

A great night

What can be said, except that every year the party just keeps getting better and better.
We are referring to the annual Winter Dance by the Beacon Hill Civic Association that happened this past Saturday night.
From the house/dinner parties beforehand to the dancing to the music from a live band, more than 300 residents had an remarkable evening of fun and camaraderie until the early morning hours on Sunday.
The mix of age that attended the gala represented the range of age on the Hill from young professionals to long time residents.
The truly remarkable take away from this event is not getting dressed up or the fun, but that Beacon Hill is a village.
Everyone knows everyone else.
This sense of community and knowing your neighbors up and down any street on a first name basis is why Beacon Hill is one of the most desirable neighborhoods in the city.
This special quality will keep our neighborhood vibrant.
Thank you to the chairpersons of the event Jacqueline Fantuzzi, Alyson Lindsey and Kin Reohr and their committee for doing the detailed work for the months beforehand that made this event go off without a hitch.
We look forward to next year.