Hill Happenings

By Maurice ‘Mossy’ Martin St. Alphonsus Hall, designed by Franz Joseph Untersee, was built on Smith Street in 1898. Mission Hill residents are aware that the majestic auditorium was razed a few months ago. The demise of St. Alphonsus Hall…

What’s Happening on Main Streets

By Courtney Wright Special to the Gazette The story of Black History Month begins in 1915, half a century after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished slavery in the United States. That September, the Harvard-trained historian Carter G. Woodson and the prominent…