Northeastern University was recently awarded $500,000 for its Foster Innovation for Seafood Handling (FISH) program as part of $3.7 million in new grants from the Massachusetts Manufacturing Innovation Initiative (M2I2). The program is spearheaded by Professor Taskin Padir and “bring[s] collaborative…
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City Council Holds Hearing on Early Voting in Municipal Elections
The City Council Committee on Government Operations, chaired by Councilor Michael Flaherty, held a hearing on Jan. 28 concerning a petition for a special law regarding an act authorizing the City of Boston to offer early voting in municipal elections.…
CAMH Escucha Propuestas De Tres Proyectos Locales
Alrededor de 35 personas se reunieron en la escuela de salud pública Harvard T.H. Chan el miércoles, 16 de enero, para la primera reunión de 2019 de la Alianza Comunitaria de Mission Hill (CAMH). Los asistentes incluyeron a unos dieciséis…
Nominations Now Open for Bps Educator of the Year Awards 2019
The Boston Public Schools (BPS), City of Boston, and the Boston Teachers Union (BTU) are pleased to announce that nominations are now being accepted for the 2019 Boston Educator of the Year Awards. The Educator of the Year Awards recognize…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
The year 2019 began quite differently with an interesting (for me) medical challenge. As some of you might have heard, I underwent heart surgery right after Christmas to correct a defective aortic valve that I’ve been aware of for the…
Hill Happenings
About 80 revelers gathered at the West Roxbury Elks to celebrate “Big Jim” Moynihan’s surprise 70th birthday party. A hulking soft-spoken man, Jim is my childhood friend and we grew up in the Mission Hill project in the 1950s and…
Local Resident Nelson Rivera among Boston EMT Graduates
On Monday, Jan. 14, Mayor Martin J. Walsh together with Boston EMS celebrated the graduation of 19 Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) recruits including Nelson Rivera of Mission Hill, in a graduation ceremony at Faneuil Hall held before family, friends and colleagues.…
City Kids Presents Laptop Computers to 50 High Achieving Students at West End House
City Kids, a youth education nonprofit program developed by City Realty, donated Chromebook laptop computers to 50 high achieving students at the West End House Boys & Girls Club in Allston. The computer donation provides a necessary tool to the high school…
Developers continue work on 9 Burney St. project
The developers for the 9 Burney St. development are continuing to work on the project and plan to announce next steps for the proposal soon. The developers—Mitch Wilson and Russell Preston—are proposing to demolish an existing three-family structure at 11…