More than 125 speakers blasted the MBTA’s proposed fare hike and service cuts at recent Mission Hill-area meetings. At least 500 people in total attended the meetings on Jan. 19 at Roxbury Community College and Feb. 1 at Heath Street’s Hennigan School. The RCC meeting featured most of the Mission Hill discussion. A few...
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Council map would link Hill, Roxbury; Ross would lose seat
A Boston City Council redistricting map proposed by civil rights groups would put Mission Hill into the same district as Roxbury in an effort to boost minority voting power. Mission Hill resident Mike Ross would lose his council seat, with Tito Jackson representing most of the neighborhood instead. Ross and Jackson told the Gazette...
Cientos protestan los recortes del T
Más de 125 oradores denunciaron la propuesta del MBTA a subir precios y cortar servicios en unas reuniones en Mission Hill. Por lo menos 500 personas asistieron a la reunión el 19 de enero en Roxbury Community College y el 1 febrero en la escuela Hennigan en Heath Street. La reunión en RCC presentó...
Nonprofit ‘taxes’: Some pay up, some refuse
Big nonprofit institutions recently paid $9.4 million in tax-like contributions under the City of Boston’s reformed “payment in lieu of taxes” or PILOT system. That is a 24 percent boost to income from the old system, according to a press release from Mayor Thomas Menino’s office. But some—including Wheelock College—are refusing to pay. And...
Presidential primary is March 6
The U.S. presidential primary election in Massachusetts will be held March 6. It will help to select the nominees for the Democratic, Green and Republican parties in the November presidential election. Incumbent President Barack Obama is the only Democrat on his party’s ballot. The Republican ballot will include active candidates Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul,...
Ross will not run for Congress
City Councilor Mike Ross has decided not to run for a U.S. Congress seat after openly considering the idea for weeks. “It wasn’t the right time for me, unfortunately,” Ross told the Gazette. Ross, a Mission Hill resident, said in a press release that he intends to support some other, yet to be named...
RTH head steps down
Girma Belay has “stepped down” from his position as executive director of Roxbury Tenants of Harvard (RTH), the organization that operates the Mission Park housing development, according to a brief statement issued by the RTH board. Belay, who had been on the job since 2005, could not be reached for comment. “RTH thanks Mr....
Occupy Roxbury group planned, draws fire
An attempt to form an Occupy Roxbury political organization is drawing fire from the existing group Occupy the Hood. Abe Spritzler, a 25-year-old lifelong Jamaica Plain resident, said he got the idea for Occupy Roxbury from his work with Occupy Boston and Occupy JP. A debut meeting Jan. 15 in Dudley Square was attended...
Op-Ed: Unifying the community colleges
By Gov. Deval Patrick We have 240,000 people looking for work and nearly 120,000 open jobs today in Massachusetts. How can we have so much opportunity available and so many people still looking for a chance? Business leaders tell me over and over again that it is because the people looking for jobs don’t...
Register for presidential primary by Feb. 15
The deadline for registering to vote in the U.S. presidential primary election in Massachusetts is Feb. 15. The election will be held March 6. It will help to select the nominees for the Democratic, Green and Republican parties in the November election. Independent or “unenrolled” voters can vote on any party ballot of their...