Boston Public Schools (BPS) Supt. Brenda Cassellius announced last weekend the membership of a new Exam School Admissions Criteria Working Group. The Boston School Committee discussed the appointment of the group at the July 22 meeting to make recommendations regarding…
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Mayor, colleges give update on reopening college campuses
Mission Hill and its residents are neighbors to some of the more well known colleges and universities in Boston. With higher education institutions like Wentworth Institute of Technology, North Eastern University as well as Emmanuel College and Simmons University nearby,…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Ellen Walker, Special to the Gazette With all the heat advisories and humidity, it sure feels like this has been a record July for hot weather here in Boston. One of the upsides has been a month full of…
Mission Hill resident runs two-man marathon to fight racial justice
For several years, Daven Rajesh, a Mission Hill resident and student at Northeastern University, could be found out on the river or on the basketball court. But last month, he and his good friend Wes Gordon laced up their running…
Walsh gives COVID-19 updates, Cassellius discusses BPS reopening plan
Mayor Walsh held a press conference on Friday, July 31, where he provided updates on the City’s COVID-19 efforts, as well as invited Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Brenda Cassellius to speak more about the status of the BPS reopening…
Roxbury Community College to offer online, remote, hybrid, and in person classes in fall 2020
Roxbury Community College (RCC) recently announced plans to offer a combination of online, remote, hybrid and in-person classes for its students in the fall 2020 semester. In person classes will be held in spaces that allow instructors and students to remain…
Mayor appoints Alejandra St. Guillen to Boston Cannabis Board
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced last week the appointment of Alejandra St. Guillen to Boston’s Cannabis Board, which was created this spring to strengthen the City’s focus on equity in the new marijuana industry. St. Guillen lost by only a few votes…
Letters to the Editor
Supporting environmental justice legislation To the Editor, As a diverse group of city and town elected officials representing hundreds of thousands of Massachusetts residents, we write in support of environmental justice (EJ) legislation for our communities — specifically H. 4264,…
Mission Hill site will host City Drive-In Movie series Movies shown include ‘Harriet’ and ‘Trolls’
If all one can do in public this summer is stay in their car, why not make a movie night out of it? That’s exactly what the City has proposed, announcing a July series of Drive-in Movie events, with Mission…
City Council passes budget MH Councilor breaks ranks with Council progressives
By John Lynds With the ongoing racial tension sweeping across the nation and calls for police reform in almost every major U.S. city there was an emotional debate last week in the City Council over Mayor Martin Walsh’s proposed budget.…