Author: Rebeca Oliveira

Programa de ingles pierde sus fondos

La Alianza Hispana, una organización sin fines de lucro basada en Roxbury, que tiene un centro en Mission Hill, está al punto de cerrar su primer programa después de la decisión de Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE)…

One-day parklet to take new form

By Rebeca Oliveira and John Ruch/Gazette Staff A City-sponsored one-day trial of an upcoming parklet on Tremont Street will not take place next month, but community members will be encouraged to claim parking spaces as temporary parks on their own…

Adult ELL program defunded

La Alianza Hispana, a nonprofit based in Roxbury that has a center in Mission Hill, is on the brink of closing its English Language Learning program following the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s (DESE) decision to cut the…

A Brief History of S. Huntington

How the Institutions Came to Town S. HUNTINGTON—S. Huntington Avenue, after nearly a century of heavy institutional use, is readying for fast changes: two 200-unit luxury apartment buildings are under consideration by the City, and a new boutique hotel just…

BPS: Buses will run on time

Boston Public School (BPS) Superintendent Carol Johnson discussed plans to improve busing schedules in the coming school year during a roundtable interview with reporters last week. BPS’s new transportation director, Carl Allen, and Johnson have been hard at work on…

A look inside the EnVision Hotel

S. HUNTINGTON—The Gazette received an exclusive tour of the new boutique hotel on S. Huntington Avenue. EnVision Hotel Boston offers 39 stylish and well-proportioned rooms, including two two-bedroom suites that overlook Olmsted Park and Leverett Pond. “You want to make…

NU dorm moves forward after lawsuit settlement

Northeastern University’s (NU) controversial Grandmarc dorm project will move forward after the developers settled two resident lawsuits. “Everybody’s pretty excited. It was a long slog,” said John Tobin, NU’s vice president of city and community affairs. “We still believe it’ll…