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…
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Residents respond to Wentworth dorm plan
Wentworth Institute of Technology’s (WIT) plan for a seven-story, 305-bed dorm at 525 Huntington Ave. received mixed reviews during a sparsely attended community meeting July 31 at WIT’s Blount Auditorium. The $42 million, 118,000-square-foot dorm is to be built on…
Local officials split on crime reform bill
Local elected officials are split on “Melissa’s Bill,” a so-called “three strikes” crime reform bill that imposes mandatory sentences on repeat violent offenders. The bill is named after Melissa Gosule, a 27-year-old Jamaica Plain resident who was raped and murdered…
Caribbean fest to include local concert
Boston Carnival Village, the annual Caribbean festival, comes to Roxbury Crossing on Aug. 23 with the “Kings & Queens Show” at the Reggie Lewis Center. The show, starting at 6 p.m., features costumed performers and and many musicians, including Jamaican…
4 charged with hurling items at cops
Four men are charged with hurling bottles, a chair and a propane tank off a roof deck at police officers on the street below in a July 7 incident at 717 Parker St, according to the Boston Police Department (BPD).…