A Northeastern University student living in Mission Hill was charged with two violent sexual assaults June 15 that left two women with knife wounds and terrorized the neighborhood. Patrick Barry, 21, a Medford resident recently living at 878 Huntington Ave.,…
55 Shattuck demo delay review postponed
The Boston Landmarks Commission (BLC) was slated to review during a July 9 meeting whether the proposal to demolish the 55 Shattuck St. building on the Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) campus triggers a demolition delay zoning regulation, according to BLC…
Mission Hill gets 2nd Farmers’ Market
Mission Hill now has two options for fans of Farmers’ Markets: the weekly Thursday Farmers’ Market at Brigham Circle and a new market on Tuesday afternoons at Roxbury Crossing. Both are now offering fresh fish in addition to fresh produce.…
Parklet to be installed next month
Mission Hill’s parklet, one of Boston’s first four, will be installed in late August, according to Boston Transportation Department (BTD). A parklet is a small, semi-permanent public space that resembles a deck, created from two to three parking spaces. It…
NU files IMP and 1st building
Northeastern University (NU) filed its institutional master plan (IMP) and a project notification form (PNF) for the first project on its docket, an 180,000-square-foot Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Building (ISEB), with the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) last month. Meanwhile, state…
Markey wins U.S. Senate seat
Democratic U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (5th District) beat Republican Gabriel Gomez on June 25 to claim the U.S. Senate seat left vacant by John Kerry. Third-party candidate Richard Heos, who represents the Twelve Visions Party, came in a distant third.…