Special to the Gazette Mayor Michelle Wu, the Parks and Recreation Department, the Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA), the Planning Department, and the Franklin Park Coalition, invite artists of all ages to participate in the Icons of Franklin Park…
Month: July 2025
Emerald Necklace Conservancy Organized the Planting of 55 New Trees along the Jamaicaway
Over the past month, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy proudly oversaw the planting of 55 new trees along the Jamaicaway, made possible through community support and the efforts of Senator Mike Rush. Expert contractors carried out the planting, using trees carefully…
Hill Happenings
By Maurice ‘Mossy’ Martin God Bless Father John Duffy C.S.P., who recently celebrated 50 years as a Catholic priest. Father Duffy grew up on the Hill at 100 Calumet St., and I remember this wonderful man at Mission High School…
Happy Fourth of July
With the Fourth of July falling on a Friday this year, many of us will be enjoying a long holiday weekend for which the weather is expected to cooperate. The Fourth of July brings back fond recollections from our youth,…
Enjoy a “Safe and Sane” Fourth
Back at the turn of the last century (i.e., 1900), newspapers exhorted their readers to observe a “safe and sane” Fourth of July. That’s because in communities big and small all across America, the founding of our nation had become…