The Boston Redevelopment Authority board approved last month the proposed 40-unit residential project at 70 Parker Hill Ave. The building at 70 Parker Hill Ave. was formerly used by the New England Baptist Hospital, but has been vacant for 10…
Month: May 2015
Editorial: Thanks to Hoffman
Thanks to Jim Hoffman, who has retired after decades as the director of Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services. On his watch, the community development corporation is a key factor in Mission Hill’s vibrancy. It has helped to create and preserve…
Editorial: Fix the DND map
It’s great that Mayor Walsh and the Department of Neighborhood Development have created the city’s first comprehensive student housing report. It is not great that the report pretends Mission Hill does not exist. The DND continues to poison its reports…
Letter: Thanks for local marathon fundraising support
With this year’s Boston Marathon now behind us, I want to take a moment to highlight the incredible generosity of many in our community. For the past six months, I had been fundraising and training for the marathon as a…
Hill Happenings
Patrick “Sonny” Carroll, a distinguished Mission High graduate, class of 1943, passed away on April 12. Sonny was a member of the Mohawks, a grand assemblage of Mission Hill youths, bonded from childhood alliances in the ’40s to lifetime friendships.…
What Happening on Main Streets
April 15! The tax deadline date alone conjures up thoughts of frenzied accountants and panicky procrastinators. This year I didn’t expect the vision I encountered on Tremont Street while returning from a community meeting. Bearded men in grass skirts and…