A Northeastern University (NU) graduate has created an Internet business called Obfessed that allows attendees of music festivals to rate their experience on an online platform and have a voice. “Our goal from the beginning has been to give festival…
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City to host meeting about vacant Heath St. lots
The City was slated to host a community meeting April 30, after the Gazette’s deadline, to garner feedback on developing vacant land located on Heath Street in the Back of the Hill area, according to a notice from the Department…
RCC’s Reggie Lewis Center set for renovation
The Reggie Lewis Center at Roxbury Community College (RCC) has been slated for a $4 million facelift that will include major building repairs, according to a press release from the Governor’s Office. Keith McDermott, director of the Reggie Lewis Center,…
McLaughlin Park slated for renovation
The McLaughlin Park, which is located between Parker Hill and Fisher avenues on top of Parker Hill, is slated for a $333,000 renovation, according to Boston Parks and Recreation Department (BPRD) project manager Allison Perlman. Construction is expected to start…
Residents learn about heart health
By Maggie Cohn/Special to the Gazette A group of Mission Hill residents celebrated Heart Month on Feb. 26 by attending a presentation by Aileen Sauris, a nurse-practitioner from Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Cardiovascular Wellness Service, and Shirley Brooks, from Northeastern…
1467 Tremont project open for comments
A mandatory Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) meeting for the mixed-use project at 1467 Tremont St. was scheduled for earlier this week, after the Gazette’s deadline. The new mixed-use, 4-story building proposed for 1467 Tremont St. would have 18 units of…
Local social work group publishes textbook
Mission Hill-based Boston Liberation Health (BLH) members have released a book, “Social Justice in Clinical Practice: A Liberation Health Framework for Social Work,” on incorporating social justice activism into social services work. Dawn Belkin Martinez, BLH’s co-founder and Lecturer in…
Church: No comment on redevelopment
The New York-based Society of Redemptorist Fathers, which operates the Mission Church and owns the church property, said it is unable to answer questions on the fate of the long-stalled redevelopment along Smith Street. Mary Weaver, director of communications for…
Former BCH doctor sentenced for child porn
LMA—Richard Keller, a former Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) doctor, was sentenced to six-and-half years in prison on child pornography charges in March in U.S. District Court, according to a press release. Keller, a 57-year-old from Andover, will have to register as a Level…