By Keon White-Jones Growing up in Roxbury, you could always find me tutoring my peers in school. Today, you can spot me in a red jacket, giving back to my community with City Year. After graduating from Brighton High School, I…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
Recalling how old timers would affirm that… as you age, time flies by more rapidly with each passing year. How right they were. The year of 2018 now sits in the rearview mirror while improved technology eliminates many of life’s…
Plastic bag ordinance goes into effect
The plastic bag ordinance goes into effect today, Dec. 14, and many Mission Hill businesses appear ready for the measure that bans thin plastic bags. The ordinance, which passed the City Council unanimously in November 2017 and was signed by…
Mission Hill native announces run for At-Large City Councilor seat
Alejandra St. Guillen, a Mission Hill native who is currently the director of the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement, has announced that she will run for a At-Large City Councilor seat next year. The current At-Large City Councilors are Michelle…
BEING HONORED
DND Chief: City has many affordable-housing units, but more needed
The City recently released a report on Boston’s income-restricted housing—commonly referred to as affordable housing—that found nearly 20 percent of housing units are marked as income-restricted. But Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) Director Sheila Dillon said that is not enough.…