The number of women on the City Council has doubled, as Andrea Campbell beat out longtime District 4 City Councilor Charles Yancey and Annissa Essaibi-George edged out incumbent Stephen Murphy for the last At-Large seat in the Nov. 3 election,…
Month: November 2015
Boston Creates presents feedback, community agrees on priorities
Boston Creates, the City’s first comprehensive master plan to empower local artist and support cultural institutions, held a meeting on Nov. 2 at Boston Latin School to summarize the findings from previous meetings, hear community feedback about those findings and…
Boston Creates presenta hallazgos, comunidad crea prioridades
Boston Creates, el primer plan maestro comprensivo de la Ciudad para empoderar a los artistas locales y apoyar las instituciones culturales, tuvo una reunión el 2 de noviembre en Boston Latin School para resumir las conclusiones de previas reuniones, escuchar…
Mission Hill Road Race
PNF filed for Goddard House project
Developers have filed a project notification form (PNF) with the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) to renovate and expand the former Goddard House property at 201 S. Huntington Ave. into more than 150 units. The developers, Eden Properties and Samuels &…
Q. and A. with Kameel Nasr, author of museum book
Author Kameel Nasr, a former Mission Hill resident, recently penned “The Museum Heist: A Tale of Art and Obsession,” which is based on the famous 1990 art theft at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. The Gazette conducted a question-and-answer session…
Building permit pulled for 105A. S. Huntington project
A building permit has been pulled for the 105A S. Huntington Avenue project, according to Boston Redevelopment Authority spokesperson Nick Martin. Anthony Nader, the developer for the project, did not respond to a request for comment. The project has long…
BRA to host meeting on S. Huntington Ave. guidelines
The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) will host an “open house” on Nov. 19 about integrating the S. Huntington Avenue guidelines into the City zoning code, according to a BRA email blast. The BRA completed the community-requested South Huntington Avenue Framework…
Best of Mission Hill 2015 Winners
The following are the “Best of Mission Hill” as chosen by Gazette readers. In the fifth annual reader survey, most categories had many nominees—especially “Friendliest Business.” Best Place To… Enjoy live entertainment Tie: Mission Bar and Grill, Mission Church Organ…
Three men arraigned for Hill homicide
Three men were ordered held without bail in connection to the Mission Hill homicide of Luis Bodden-Maximo, according to a Suffolk County District Attorney’s (DA) Office press release. Lee Gill of Natick, 24; Jerome Meade of Lynn, 21; and Javier…