Last week the overall COVID-19 positive test rate in Mission Hill/Roxbury decreased steadily throughout January and the neighborhood’s weekly test rate is also down. According to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) of the 38,390…
Month: February 2021
This Month in Hill History
The Gazette’s top headlines from this month in local history: 2011 “Turner sentenced to three years in prison” Former City Councilor Chuck Turner was sentenced on Jan. 25, 2011 to three years in prison and three years of probation…
BPS Submits Budget Heavy on Social-emotional Help, Addressing Enrollment Declines
The Boston Public Schools (BPS) submitted its budget proposal to the School Committee Wednesday night, and it was a budget that included a $36 million increase in funding over last year in what is the second year of a $100…
Boston Public Library Announces Teen Music Maker showdown
The Boston Public Library announced it is partnering with The Hip Hop Transformation for the Teen Music Maker Showdown: a musical event series and statewide competition for teens. From February 5-25, Massachusetts residents ages 13-18 are encouraged to submit self-produced music tracks to…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Ellen Walker Special to the Gazette These days, the political field is going through so many changes, however, it is the local change that has caught our attention. Mayor Marty Walsh has nurtured the main streets program and helped…
Walsh Announces New ZBA Tracker
For the past decade Boston has experienced a development boom that can be hard to keep track of for the average resident. Unless you attend community group meetings regularly held each month in the neighborhood it can be difficult to…
National Grid Launches ‘Grid for Good’
National Grid recently launched Grid for Good, a new initiative designed to increase the social mobility and employment opportunities for disadvantaged young people in the communities they serve in the US and UK. This program is part of their Responsible Business…
After National Efforts, Ron Bell Plans to Return to Mission Hill
Some two decades ago, in the hot, late summer afternoons that are typical of Boston, one could routinely find Mission Hill native and Dunk the Vote founder Ron Bell canvassing the ins and outs of Mission Park – knocking on…
Minimum Wage Should be at $15
In 1971, the minimum wage across the United States, as mandated by federal law, was $1.60. Today, the federal minimum stands at $7.25. One might look at those two numbers and think that because the minimum wage has increased by…
Oregon Leads the Way on Drugs
For more than 50 years, America has been fighting the “war on drugs,” an endeavor that began under the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, who had the avowed purpose of arresting and incarcerating as many Blacks and other minorities…