While Mission Hill generally votes Democratic in presidential elections, it should be thinking Green instead, said Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein in an exclusive Gazette interview. She said that incumbent President Barack Obama “has been able to get…
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Warren habla sobre religión, violencia
Elizabeth Warren, la candidata democrática para el Senado, habló sobre varios temas comunes de su campaña durante un foro reciente en Roxbury Community College (RCC), pero también mencionó los temas menos comunes como la libertad de religión y la violencia…
BPS proposes new busing plans
Boston Public Schools (BPS) and its External Advisory Committee (EAC) have announced five possible plans for a new busing system that could offer up to 23 busing zones, likely starting in 2014. The BPS overhaul also will introduce a new…
Officials push NU for more dorms
After a notable absence from Northeastern University (NU) community task force meetings so far this year, state Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez and City Councilor Mike Ross both clamored for more on-campus housing at the Sept. 20 task force meeting. NU, meanwhile,…
Marijuana, suicide among ballot questions
Mission Hill residents will soon have an opportunity to help decide whether to legalize medical marijuana and whether to allow terminally ill patients to commit suicide. The issues have been placed as questions on the state ballot for the Nov.…
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Children’s Hospital plans 11-story building
LMA—Boston Children’s Hospital is proposing an 11-floor, 41,000-square-foot clinical building on Shattuck Street that would contain a 30-bed neonatal unit. The proposed building would require the removal of several buildings and might displace green space. And according to a rough…
Election results: Hennigan wins court clerk race
The Sept. 6 primary election results have been counted, and in the most contentious local race, the incumbent retained the seat. Robert Dello Russo was attempting to unseat Maura Hennigan for the clerk of the criminal division of the Suffolk…
No pop-up parklets for Mission Hill
No one-day parklets popped up in Mission in honor of Park(ing) Day Sept. 21, Boston Transportation Department (BTD) spokesperson Tracey Ganiatsos told the Gazette. Sept. 21 observes “Park(ing) Day”, an international movement to reclaim parking spaces as temporary public parks…
Register to vote by Oct. 17
To vote in the Nov. 6 election that includes the presidential race on the ballot, voters must be registered by Oct. 17. To qualify for registration, a person must be a U.S. citizen, a resident of Massachusetts, and 18 or…