Reuniones Reunión anual de Mission Hill NHS, elecciones de junta. Lunes, 9 abril, 630pm, MassPharm Griffin Academic Center, 670 Huntington Ave., sexto piso. Info: 566-6565. Art Park reunion, con BRA y DND. Mission Church, 1545 Tremont St. miércoles, 11 abril, 630pm. Info: John Dazell, 918-4334. Reunion de Northeastern Task Force, miércoles, 25 abril, 6-8pm....
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Hill Happenings
Congrats to Joannie Kern, a 1959 Mission High School graduate, who was a Gala Honoree at the Mission Possible banquet last month, which celebrates the legacy of the Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood. Joannie, a lifelong Mission Hill resident, has helped raise thousands of dollars, enhancing the Xaverian High School scholarship fund. Xaverian...
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Richard Rouse Nature celebrates its rebirth with the arrival of spring and the flora is dressing up the district with budding trees and blossoms all over. So it is with local acquaintances attending neighborhood celebrations, such as the Community Alliance of Mission Hill event at The Crossing on the Ides of March on...
More apartments coming to S. Huntington
S. HUNTINGTON—A large apartment complex with 195 units is being planned for a parcel next to the North American Indian Center of Boston on S. Huntington Avenue, according to a Letter of Intent filed with the Boston Redevelopment Authority last week by Cedar Valley Development. Cedar Valley purchased the 1.1-acre parcel at 105A S....
T plans fare boost, limited Green Line service
The MBTA plans an overall 23 percent fare increase and will eliminate weekend Green Line streetcar service between Brigham Circle and Heath Street, according to a budget summary document released March 28 following months of controversy about the T’s sorry financial state. Originally facing a $185 million budget deficit for fiscal year 2013, the...
YMCA to demo another part of building, erect gym
The YMCA officials plan to demolish a corner of the historic building at 316 Huntington Ave. and build a slightly bigger addition as part of extensive renovations in a separate but related project to the Northeastern University (NU) Grandmarc dorm project. This is a different undertaking from the demolition of the gym building that...
Art Park site is up for green development
The Art Park site is slated to become part of a “green building” project along with a site in Roxbury, the City announced recently. The Mission Hill site, which is located between Parker and Terrace Street, was land the City acquired through tax foreclosure and was unsuccessful at redeveloping before, according to John Dalzell,...
High schools boast top grad rates
Local public high schools have sky-high graduation rates, including two—Boston Latin School and the Kennedy Academy for Health Careers—that top the 2011 list. New Mission High ranked highly as well, graduating almost 88 percent of its students within four years. They were part of an uptick that pushed the Boston Public Schools (BPS) overall...
Club hopes to generate women scientists
Some Northeastern University (NU) students and staff are hoping that, through their work with the Science Club for Girls (SCFG), the next generation of scientists and engineers will include a lot more women. SCFG is a non-profit collection of educational programs for girls that encourages them in the fields of science and engineering and...