Category: Opinion

Editorial: Fix the map, already

The Boston Redevelopment Authority for years used a deliberately incorrect map of Boston neighborhoods to analyze census data. Mission Hill doesn’t exist on the map, being lumped into Jamaica Plain, which itself is drawn with wacko borders. The map infected…

Editorial: Rethinking redistricting

The controversy about the City Council redistricting plan raises real concerns about minority representation and ham-handed incumbent protection. But it is just a symptom of underlying problems and our city leadership’s stubborn refusal to let the people rethink their form…

Hill Happenings

God bless Father Robert Lennon, C.Ss.R., who celebrated 60 years as a Redemptorist priest Aug. 25 after the 12:10 Mass at Mission Church. Father Lennon has been at Mission Church since 2000. To commemorate Father Lennon’s remarkable life, parishioners gathered…

Hill Happenings

Congrats to former Mission Hill resident John Healy, who is now Fr. Healy after being ordained last month by Cardinal Seán O’Malley at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross. In 2006, Fr. Healy’s beloved wife Mary suddenly passed away from…

Editorial: Beyond NU’s dorm

Northeastern’s new dorm is moving ahead. It’s a good thing for Mission Hill because it will help to diversify residential areas that too often have become fraternity row. It is, in fact, exactly what this community asked for, and NU…