Month: June 2012

Editorial: The Community Alliance

The Community Alliance of Mission Hill (CAMH) has a new president, and we look forward to the organization moving forward with renewed energy. CAMH is a crucial neighborhood association that should be the City’s go-to place for discussing local zoning…

Editorial: NU opportunity

The last time a community “task force” reviewed Northeastern University’s development plans, early unity among the Mission Hill, Roxbury and Fenway neighborhoods collapsed and good ideas—such as enlivening the brick-wall face NU presents to Huntington Avenue—fell by the wayside. NU…

Editorial: Keeping meetings open

The May 3 meeting of the City-appointed Impact Advisory Group (IAG) for the Home for Little Wanderers redevelopment must have been pretty interesting, considering that most IAG members later issued a letter blasting the project. But we can only guess,…

NU Task Force aims to engage communities

Northeastern University’s (NU) new community Task Force wants to engage the surrounding communities to a much larger extent than during the last institutional master plan (IMP) process. “We want to make sure neighborhoods that are impacted have representation,” said Task…

Hill Happenings

Condolences to the family and friends of Dennis Scanlan, a beloved Mission Hill resident who passed away May 18. A 1962 Mission High School graduate, Dennis worked for the MBTA as a bus driver after serving his country in the…