Category: News
Residents respond to Wentworth dorm plan
Wentworth Institute of Technology’s (WIT) plan for a seven-story, 305-bed dorm at 525 Huntington Ave. received mixed reviews during a sparsely attended community meeting July 31 at WIT’s Blount Auditorium. The $42 million, 118,000-square-foot dorm is to be built on…
Local officials split on crime reform bill
Local elected officials are split on “Melissa’s Bill,” a so-called “three strikes” crime reform bill that imposes mandatory sentences on repeat violent offenders. The bill is named after Melissa Gosule, a 27-year-old Jamaica Plain resident who was raped and murdered…
Caribbean fest to include local concert
Boston Carnival Village, the annual Caribbean festival, comes to Roxbury Crossing on Aug. 23 with the “Kings & Queens Show” at the Reggie Lewis Center. The show, starting at 6 p.m., features costumed performers and and many musicians, including Jamaican…
4 charged with hurling items at cops
Four men are charged with hurling bottles, a chair and a propane tank off a roof deck at police officers on the street below in a July 7 incident at 717 Parker St, according to the Boston Police Department (BPD).…
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CAMH opposes condo project
The Community Alliance of Mission Hill (CAMH) voted during a July meeting to oppose a nine-unit condominium project at the corner of Parker and Alleghany Streets that requires 13 zoning code variances, according to CAMH President Jessica Casey. The vote…
Fire injures 2
A fire caused by a carelessly discarded cigarette injured two residents at 808 Parker St. in the early morning hours of Aug. 8, according to the Boston Fire Department (BFD). One resident was hospitalized with burns and another with smoke…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Richard Rouse/Special to the Gazette It never fails to astonish me what generates response from readers of this column. I refer to last month’s commentary on three-deckers. Several devotees told me by phone and on the street about their…
Capuano has office in RCC library
U.S. Representative Michael Capuano has a little-known part-time community office in Roxbury Community College’s (RCC) library. While the office mostly works through booked appointments, the door is open to deal with anything a constituent would want, said Capuano District Rep.…