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Hill Agenda, March 7-April 3, 2014
The deadline for Hill Agenda listings is noon, April 1 for the April 4 issue. Email listings to reporter@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services board of directors, first Monday of every month, 6-7:30pm, Mission Church Parish Center, 1545 Tremont...
Participación, March 7-April 3, 2014
La entrega para la sección de Participación es mediodía el 1 de abril para la edición 4 de abril. Escribir news@missionhillgazette.com. Note: Todos los números tiene 617, a menos que dice otro número. Reuniones Community Alliance of Mission Hill, agenda pendiente, tercer miércoles del mes, 7-8:30pm, Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington...
Editorial: Reviewing historic reviews
The vanishing of a charming 1926 tavern building from Huntington Avenue is yet another case study of why Boston’s historic review processes need reform and better support. Whether the building merited saving is beside the point. This was a well-liked building on a prominent street, its fate a matter of general neighborhood and city...
Editorial: Replace the LMA Guidelines
The LMA Interim Guidelines should be tossed into the recycling bin of history and replaced with a serious, inclusive master plan for the LMA. The guidelines are a reprehensible Boston Redevelopment Authority trick that institutionalized back-room dealing-making. They are a broken promise. Their very name of “Interim” is an insult to the community they...
Letter: City needs better preservation rules
Thank you for covering the advocacy of the Friends of Historic Mission Hill for saving and reusing our historic buildings. (“Local history group keeps fighting for landmarks,” Feb. 7.) Fortunately, we are not alone in these efforts. When interviewed for your articles, our mention of others in Mission Hill who support and work for...
NU seeks students for youth development program
Northeastern University is seeking local sixth-graders from housing developments around the university for a youth development program and will hold a March 1 information session. The Youth Development Initiative Project offers academic and counseling services after-school, as well as a six-week summer program focused on career ideas, life skills and academic courses. Among Mission Hill’s housing...
Man charged with attempted B&E
A Roxbury man was charged with attempted to break into a Delle Avenue apartment building early this morning, according to the Boston Police Department. Decosta Turner, 23, was arrested following a report of a breaking and entering in progress at 56 Delle Ave. around 2 a.m. According to BPD, Turner was seen emerging from...