Category: Opinion

Hill Happenings

On Aug. 23, 1968, Mission Hill’s Joe Conlon, a Green Beret assigned to the 5th Special Forces Group, was stationed at headquarters at Marble Mountain in the Republic of Vietnam. Shortly after midnight, Conlon heard several explosions and realized the…

Editorial: The mobile City Hall

Having failed to move City Hall to the Waterfront, the mayor has instead introduced a “mobile City Hall” in the form of a truck that will drive around the City to offer basic license applications and parking ticket pay-ups. It’s…

Editorial: Happy holidays

With the holidays here and the official start of winter on the way, we hope you enjoy this unique time of celebration and reflection. We are in the midst of Hanukkah, the Jewish commemoration of the rededication of the Holy…

What’s Happening on Main Streets

By Richard Rouse/Special to the Gazette   On the Monday before Thanksgiving, well over 300 Mission Hill neighbors primed their palates at the 2nd  annual ‘Savor the Flavor of Mission Hill’ event at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences…

Editorial: A planning partnership

The Boston Redevelopment Authority is to be commended for creating a “corridor plan” for rapidly changing S. Huntington Avenue. It’s late, but not too late, and it shows a responsiveness to community concerns that the BRA has long sorely lacked.…

Editorial: Giving thanks

Veterans Day and Thanksgiving arrive this month, and the state of the nation gives both a somber tone. With the official end of the Afghanistan war in sight, veterans will be welcomed home, but often to a lack of jobs…