At its June meeting the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) board approved the project on Terrace Place that will bring 47 new residential units to Mission Hill. South Boston-based Blair Capital is planning to construct a six-story, 40,000 square…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Ellen Walker | Special to the Gazette Webster Dictionary defines an entrepreneur as “one who organizes, manages and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise.” Over the next few months we are going to highlight some of Mission…
MBTA announces service changes to Orange Line
The MBTA and Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently dropped a bombshell on commuters that rely on Orange Line service. Two weeks ago the MBTA announced weekday subway service changes that took effect last Monday on the Orange Line as well…
Hotel Vendome Fire 50th anniversary ceremony honors nine fallen firefighters
On June 17, a remembrance ceremony was held for the nine firefighters who lost their lives in the four alarm Hotel Vendome Fire 50 years ago—the largest tragedy in the history of the Boston Fire Department. Fire Lieutenant Thomas J.…
Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular back at the Esplanade this year
After two years of virtual Fourth of July events because of COVID-19, the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular is returning to the Hatch Shell on the Charles River Esplanade. Though the free program will be in-person this year, it will also…
Mission Hill/Roxbury’s weekly COVID positive test-rate increases slightly
Mission Hill/Roxbury’s weekly COVID positive test rate increased slightly last week after weeks of decline according to the latest data by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC). This week the BPHC announced it is recommending that all Boston children and…