Month: August 2013

DCR completes sidewalk study

After almost three years in development, the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), along with the Emerald Necklace Conservancy and consultants Pressley Associates, presented a sweeping rehabilitation and expansion plan for the Emerald Necklace’s sidewalks, crossings and paths at…

NU housing study delayed again

A long-awaited, Northeastern (NU)-commissioned student housing study has been delayed yet again. It is now expected to be released a week before the comment period for NU’s institutional master plan (IMP) closes. At NU’s last Community Task Force meeting on…

CAMH delays vote on RTH project

The Community Alliance of Mission Hill (CAMH) voted to delay a vote for a Roxbury Tenants of Harvard (RTH) 10-story residential tower at the former Massachusetts Mental Health Center site at a July 17 meeting. RTH representatives presented the project…

Local ‘noise rock’ band releases EP

A Mission Hill-based band is getting hands-on support from a small-scale Jamaica Plain-based label. Designer, a “noise rock” band comprised of Berklee College of Music students that live in Mission Hill, plays “really tense, fun, noisy music,” according to drummer…