In a historic election where four women candidates of color and one male candidate of color all vied for Mayor of Boston, voters on Tuesday have narrowed the field of seven candidates down to two. Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi…
Janey calling on more bodegas and corner stores to join Double Up Food Buck program
Acting Mayor Kim Janey is looking to expand a successful program already up and running at some bodegas and corner stores across the city. The city’s Double Up Food Bucks program has increased the buying power of SNAP recipients in…
Mission Hill/Roxbury COVID-19 infections decrease
During the last week of August the weekly COVID positive test rate soared over 5 percent but infections have dropped throughout September. According to the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) weekly COVID report, 1,422 Mission Hill/Roxbury residents were tested between…
Mission Hill voters went with Wu and Janey
Boston voters as a whole picked Michelle Wu and Anissa Essaibi George to advance to the November General Election for Boston Mayor, but Mission Hill voters supported Wu and Acting Mayor Kim Janey for Mayor during Boston’s Preliminary Election. Voters…
Essaibi George announces “Listen & Learn” conversation tour
On September 27, Councilor Annissa Essaibi George announced the start of her Listen & Learn Tour, a series of events and conversations that will inform her official Equity, Inclusion and Justice Agenda. Since announcing her candidacy for Mayor of Boston…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Ellen Walker Special to the Gazette What an exciting month! Thousands of students returned to Mission Hill, the E Line tracks were fixed in record time providing safe passage across Huntington Avenue for all and the 2nd annual MHMS…