At the monthly Main Streets board meeting, I started getting flashbacks of my college geology class. Our guest speaker started describing geological drumlins formed by the glacier that covered the Boston area during the ice age. Of course the drumlin,…
Category: Opinion
Hill Happenings
More than a 100 parishioners gathered at Mission Church for a fundraiser last month in memory of the late Father Joseph Manton. Father Manton, who died in 1998, served at Mission Church for 60 years. The eminent priest arrived on…
Affordable-housing policy
We at the Gazette are pleased that the City has finally revised its affordable-housing policy, but are disappointed with the final product. The new policy will bring in much-needed money to the City’s affordable-housing fund through raising the amount developers…
MBTA, a grade A business
We would like to commend the people running the MBTA for having a terrific business plan. The T continues to break down and have delays frequently, leaving the average Joe or Jane stranded on their way to or from work.…
Gun violence has no place in our neighborhoods
By Mayor Martin Walsh I traveled to Washington, D.C., and stood with President Barack Obama as he took measures to make our communities safer. Requiring all gun purchases to include a background check is a common sense, simple step, which…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
The New Year brings hope and optimism to Mission Hill. With the holidays concluded I’d like to give a thumbs-up to those who did more shopping “locally” and a pat on the back to all the businesses that helped to…
Editorial: Happy holidays
We at the Gazette would like to wish you a happy and safe holiday season. It is a time to gather with friends and family, and recognize the love that we have in our lives. Let us give thanks for…
Editorial: Goddard House: A mixed bag
We are glad that the developers are preserving the 1927 Goddard Housing building, protecting a slice of history for our community. Too often preservation is brushed aside in the greedy rush for money. One needs only to look at the…
Hill Happenings
Mission Hill lost a beautiful woman when Cathy (Clifford) Gately passed away last month. A lifelong Hill resident, Cathy served on the board of Roxbury Tenants of Harvard for many years. If you knew Cathy, you were blessed. I was…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
“There’s a tree in the (EnVision) Hotel, one in the park as well, the sturdy kind that doesn’t mind the snow.” It truly is “Beginning to look a lot like Christmas” and Mayor Marty Walsh kicked off the Mission Hill…