City Councilor Mike Ross has decided not to run for a U.S. Congress seat after openly considering the idea for weeks. “It wasn’t the right time for me, unfortunately,” Ross told the Gazette. Ross, a Mission Hill resident, said in…
Month: February 2012
Breakthrough!: Recent research from the LMA
Grief Boosts Heart Attack Risk Most people know love sometimes hurts, but a new study shines light on how much truth there is in that statement. Researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have found that within 24 hours…
RTH head steps down
Girma Belay has “stepped down” from his position as executive director of Roxbury Tenants of Harvard (RTH), the organization that operates the Mission Park housing development, according to a brief statement issued by the RTH board. Belay, who had been…
BWH to build tower on Emmanuel campus
LMA—Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is working with Emmanuel College to build and lease a 150-foot tower as part of Emmanuel’s “endowment campus.” The proposed tower would create 360,000 square feet for medical research and support space on Avenue Louis…
Dazzling Debut
LMA ‘grand rounds’ offer old-school doc talks
LMA—Before the Internet and smartphones, doctors and nurses who cared for the same patient would have to sit down and talk to each other. The health care team would walk around hospital wards and visit patients, running through each one’s…
Occupy Roxbury group planned, draws fire
An attempt to form an Occupy Roxbury political organization is drawing fire from the existing group Occupy the Hood. Abe Spritzler, a 25-year-old lifelong Jamaica Plain resident, said he got the idea for Occupy Roxbury from his work with Occupy…
Day of Service
NU dorm work could start soon
Work on the new Northeastern University (NU) dorm on Huntington Avenue might start before the month is out. NU has been working on the project’s financing for weeks, and “we should know something pretty good in the next few weeks,”…
Participación, Feb. 10-March 8
La entrega para la sección de Participación es mediodía 6 de marzo para la edición 9 de marzo. Escribir [email protected]. Reuniones Brigham Green proyecto de estacionamiento casa abierta al público, martes 21 febrero, 6:30pm, One Brigham Circle, sala de conferencia…