The deadline for What’s Up listings is noon, Aug. 7 for the Aug. 10 issue. Email listings to [email protected]. Meetings Community Alliance of Mission Hill, Wed., July 18, 7pm, location & agenda TBA. Info: 733-8321/ [email protected]. Northeastern Task Force, planning…
Month: July 2012
Editorial: Where to park parklets
Trading parking spaces for “parklets” is a good idea that likely will boost business, beautify streets and literally curb our auto addiction. Whether a specific site is suitable for a parklet is a different question. It is good to hear…
Editorial: RCC’s key moment
Roxbury Community College is facing a crucial moment in its life. Its leadership has changed, and it finds itself in a classic tension between local control and state oversight. RCC has appeared disorganized and a harbor of low expectations in…
Editorial: Investigate T funding
The MBTA budget disaster has whacked Mission Hill. Low-income seniors, hospital patients and college students are all feeling the impact. The less money you have, the more the fare hikes are biting you. And that’s just for this fiscal year.…
Hill man named as college outreach official
LMA—The Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences recently announced that Steven Cortes, a Mission Hill resident, has joined the college as the new coordinator for community partnerships. Cortes is a 2002 graduate of Mt. Ida College in Newton, and…
Hill Happenings
Last month, Mission Hill mourned the death of Franny Ward, a former Mission High School basketball great, a longtime Mission Hill hoops coach, and mentor to the Mission Hill youths. Franny, a 1965 Mission High graduate who had been living…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Richard Rouse Construction on the 15 Francis St. entrance to Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is fully under way. Just recall any time you’ve done a home improvement and the resulting headaches it creates. The hospital is excavating…
Grammar Grads
What’s Up, July 13 – August 9
The deadline for What’s Up listings is noon, Aug. 7 for the Aug. 10 issue. Email listings to [email protected]. Meetings Community Alliance of Mission Hill, agenda will cover Soul Fire BBQ seeking a beer & wine license, a new proposed…
‘Parklet’ to replace parking spaces
Mission Hill will get one of the city’s first “parklets” next year in a new pilot program. A parklet is a small, semi-permanent public space that resembles a deck, created from two to three parking spaces. It may include tables…