The local B2 Police Station reports that there have been four break-ins in Mission Hill homes over the past week, and residents are urged to be alert, according to City Councilor Mike Ross’s office. Residents should call 911 to report…
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Art Park site guidelines updated
The City has issued updated proposal guidelines for redeveloping the City-owned land between Parker and Terrace Streets, which currently contains community gardens and the Art Park. The redeveloped site would have a larger gardening area and might contain art elements.…
Dorcena runs for mayor to end ‘dictatorship’
Will Dorcena has come out swinging in his campaign for the Mayor’s Office, calling incumbent Thomas Menino a “teddy-bear tyrant” who runs a “dictatorship,” with the S. Huntington Avenue development controversies as prime examples. In an interview last month at…
Brigham Circle Tree-Lighting
Wheelchair soccer league comes to Tobin
Mission Hill has a new sports team to cheer for: the Boston Brakers, the city’s first league “power soccer” team. Power soccer involves the use of electric wheelchairs outfitted with bumpers to direct soccer balls. The Brakers had their inaugural…
Dorcena se presenta a alcalde
Will Dorcena se presenta a alcalde de Boston en 2013 y dice que Menino es un “osito tirano” que tiene “una dictadura”. Citó como ejemplo la controversia reciente del complejo habitacional de S. Huntington Ave. En una entrevista el mes…
VA garage site has early a.m. work
S. HUNTINGTON—New work, some of it in the early morning, is under way at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center garage construction site at 150 S. Huntington Ave., where noise previously has been an issue for neighbors. A large crane was…
Eye (And Ear) Opening
Cops: Gunfire wounds 1
A blast of gunfire apparently left one person wounded at 61 Prentiss St. on the border of the Alice Taylor Homes housing development on the afternoon of Nov. 19, according to the Boston Police Department (BPD). Officers responding around 5…
Ordinance attempts to tamp down parties
The City Council’s Government Operations Committee is currently reviewing an ordinance that will try to rein in out-of-control parties in the city. The “nuisance control” ordinance, which was introduced by City Councilor Sal LaMattina, could have hosts of loud and…