A blast of gunfire apparently left one person wounded at 61 Prentiss St. on the border of the Alice Taylor Homes housing development on the afternoon of Nov. 19, according to the Boston Police Department (BPD). Officers responding around 5…
Month: December 2012
Ordinance attempts to tamp down parties
The City Council’s Government Operations Committee is currently reviewing an ordinance that will try to rein in out-of-control parties in the city. The “nuisance control” ordinance, which was introduced by City Councilor Sal LaMattina, could have hosts of loud and…
Soccer Star
BRA ‘corridor plan’ meeting scheduled
The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) was scheduled to host a community meeting Dec. 12 to “start the conversation” on the first draft of a S. Huntington Avenue “corridor plan,” BRA spokesperson Melina Schuler told the Gazette. The meeting was scheduled…
Capuano, Sánchez respond to ballot questions
U.S. Rep. Mike Capuano (7th District) told the Gazette he supports the non-binding ballot question on the Nov. 6 ballot that called for cuts in military spending to sustain social programs. Meanwhile, the non-binding question that called for overturning the…
Hill Happenings
On Aug. 23, 1968, Mission Hill’s Joe Conlon, a Green Beret assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group, was stationed at headquarters at Marble Mountain in the Republic of Vietnam. Shortly after midnight, Conlon heard several explosions and realized the…
Joslin expert: Mayor, others can cope with diabetes
With Mayor Thomas Menino’s recent type 2 diabetes diagnosis, Joslin Diabetes Center’s Dr. Osama Hamdy talked with the Gazette about what the common illness can mean for the mayor and for anyone. Joslin is the world’s largest diabetes research center…
T’s ‘Urban Ring’ plan revives
A study proposing to link the MBTA’s Blue and Silver lines in the long-delayed Urban Ring transit project is scheduled to start in January. It was announced during a Dec. 3 Urban Ring community advisory committee (CAC) meeting, held in…
Route 39 project delayed again
The Route 39 bus improvement project has been delayed another season, starting spring 2013 instead of this winter, according to MBTA spokesperson Joe Pesaturo. The project has been repeatedly delayed. The MBTA said in September that the project was being…