Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services (MHNHS) held its Third Annual Arbor Day and First Arbor Day Celebration as a certified Arboretum in Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park on April 26th! MHNHS Board and Staff, Northeastern Arboretum staff, Mission Hill neighbors, students…
Month: May 2024
CAMH Mulls Proposed Dispensary on Tremont St.
By Michael Coughlin Jr. At its monthly meeting in April, the Community Alliance of Mission Hill (CAMH) listened to a presentation proposing the introduction of a dispensary at the former Punjab Mini Mart site at 1576 Tremont Street. A team…
City Council Members Hear From Rat Control Consultant
In a scene in a Three Stooges film, a patient in a mental health hospital, pointing to a button-hole on his shirt, tells the Stooges, “I’ve seen rats come out of that hole!“ and everyone in the audience laughed. Well, the…
Mayor Wu Announces Launch of Wake Up the Night Grant
Special to the Gazette Mayor Michelle Wu and the Office of Nightlife Economy have announced the launch of the City’s Wake Up the Night Grant, which will award individuals and organizations up to $10,000 for nighttime activations. The application…
MHS Hosts Making History Gala With Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Doris Kearns Goodwin
On Thursday, June 6, the Massachusetts Historical Society (MHS) will host its Making History Gala at the Fairmont Copley Plaza in Boston. The event will feature renowned presidential historian and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin. The evening will commence…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Courtney Wright Special to the Gazette “May is a month of rebirth, of renewed vitality and energy.” -Lailah Akita Despite April being a wash weather wise, I am optimistic for a sunnier May and season ahead (even if the…
College Protesters Should Embrace Being Arrested
Acts of civil disobedience by definition imply that a person knowingly is breaking the law and is willing to accept the legal consequences. When Rosa Parks took a seat at the front of that bus in Alabama and was arrested…
Opponents of Aid to Ukraine Should Watch Franklin
Here’s the plot-line: A world superpower, led by a ruler-for-life who does not tolerate dissent, invades a young sovereign nation, which at one time had been part of the superpower, with a large military force in order to restore the…