El plazo para la sección de Participación es al mediodía, martes 4 junio para la edición 7 junio. Mande eventos a [email protected]. Los números telefónicos empiezan con el código 617. Reuniones Junta de directores de Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing, primer lunes del…
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City Council Hopes to Gain $5 Million for Supportive Housing with New Order
By Lauren Bennett The City Council Committee on Government Operations held a hearing on April 18 regarding an order that “seeks to accept an adjustment of the local room occupancy excise rate by .05 percent points to 6.5 percent for…
Hill Happenings
By Mossy Martin Mission Hill lost a great man last month when Charley Kelly passed away at age 94. Charley, a Mission High School graduate in 1943, was a star basketball player, part of the famous Kelly basketball duo, along…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Ellen Walker Special to the Gazette Monday, April 16, was a busy day here in the Boston area. The running of the 123rd annual Boston Marathon was held in typical hard to predict New England weather – starting with…
Support Senator Markey’s Effort to Ban Robocalls
Robocalls are the new plague of the digital and cell phone era. According to some estimates, Americans received 48 billion robocalls last year, up from 30 billion in 2017. It used to be that only a person’s land line would…
Will April Showers Bring May Flowers?
As Bob Dylan noted, you don’t need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind is blowing’. Similarly, we have not needed a weatherman to tell us that this has been a particularly rainy April. However, we learned this…
Op-ed: Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Care and Data
By Alexander Acosta A little more than a year ago, I had the opportunity to visit Maryhaven treatment facility in Columbus, Ohio, to hear from those recovering from the effects of addiction. The visit was an impactful one. I met…
A Fond Farewell
Main Streets Bd. Appoints New Executive Director
By Jenny Brown On any given day, Ellen Walker may be walking down Huntington Avenue in Mission Hill, taking note of a new pothole that needs to be fixed, helping local business owners secure a permit, or working to drive…
Zakim Not Seeking Re-election, Four Candidates Seeking Seat
By Lauren Bennett City Councilor Josh Zakim has announced he is not seeking re-election after serving three terms on the council, which means that District 8 will see a new face next year. Zakim said he is hoping to…