Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) was expected to announce the development of an “endowment campus” research and office building on Sweeney Field, bordered by Huntington Avenue, Parker Street and Ruggles Street, at a Jan. 8 meeting after the Gazette’s deadline. WIT would seek a private company to lease the property and construct and use...
Hotel completes $25K donation to Jamaica Pond
S. HUNTINGTON—Four years after first committing to do so, the enVision Hotel at 81 S. Huntington Ave. has completed its promised $25,000 donation to the upkeep and maintenance of Jamaica Pond Park. “It’s meant exclusively for the maintenance and restoration of Jamaica Pond,” Jamaica Pond Association (JPA) member John Iappini told the Gazette at...
Police warn of break-ins
A wave of break-ins at homes and the Tobin Community Center have the Boston Police Department (BPD) warning Mission Hill residents to be on the alert. Burglars hit four Mission Hill homes in five days last month, including addresses on Huntington Avenue and Calumet, Cherokee and Wensley streets. Thieves also broke into the community...
NU to honor student neighbors
Northeastern University (NU) is asking the community for nominations for the best student neighbor living off-campus. NU’s Office of Off-Campus Community Services created the “Good Neighbor Award” to “recognize Northeastern students that value the community they live in and strive to be a good neighbor to those living around them,” said Matthew Crimmins, a...
Capuano might run for U.S. Senate seat
With John Kerry, the senior U.S. senator from Massachusetts, expected to be confirmed soon as the next U.S. secretary of state, elected officials are gearing up for another special election. U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (5th District) has declared his intention to run, while U.S. Reps. Mike Capuano (7th District), who represents Mission Hill, and...
What’s Up, Jan. 11-Feb. 7, 2013
The deadline for What’s Up listings is noon, Feb. 5 for the Feb. 8 issue. Email listings to reporter@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Gibbons Playground improvements, first in series of meetings about improving play areas and plaza at 23 Delle Ave. playground, hosted...
Participacion, Jan. 11-Feb. 7, 2013
La entrega para la sección de Participación es mediodía el 5 de febrero para la edición 8 de febrero. Escribir news@missionhillgazette.com. Note: Todos los números tiene 617, a menos que dice otro número. Reuniones Las mejoras de Gibbons Playground, la primera reunión del serie sobre las mejoras a las áreas de recreo y...
S. Huntington ‘vision’ plan discussed
The Boston Redevelopment Authority’s (BRA) first community meeting about creating a “corridor vision” for upcoming S. Huntington Avenue redevelopment drew both questions and support from about 80 residents, officials and developers on Dec. 12 at the Hennigan School at 200 Heath St. A follow-up meeting was scheduled for Jan. 9, after the Gazette’s deadline....
Playground to get facelift
Gibbons Playground at Delle Avenue and Sewall Street is slated to get a $275,000 facelift as soon as this fall. The City’s Parks Department is holding the first of at least three meetings to get public input on Tues., Jan. 14. “We will be soliciting the community’s opinion on what works well, what doesn’t...
Editorial: Yes to ‘NU neighborhood council’
Mission Hill should take up John Tobin on his remarkable offer to create a Northeastern University “neighborhood council.” It is virtually unheard-of for a university to meet formally, regularly and openly with community members to address town-and-gown issues. Tobin, NU’s v.p. for community and government outreach, is a former Boston city councilor and knows...
Editorial: Shop Mission Hill
Mission Hill Main Streets is doing good work in promoting local businesses in the LMA, including the “Nutcracker” posters reminding people to “Shop Mission Hill” that went up in Brigham Circle last month. The LMA is an amazing place, one of the world’s great centers of medical care and research, with many businesses of...
Editorial: The T won’t fix itself
The partial restoration of Green Line service all the way to Heath Street is good news and a great effort on the part of the cash-strapped MBTA. Development on S. Huntington Avenue is booming and transit service is needed more than ever there. But the MBTA can’t always fix itself. A year ago this...
Editorial: Remembering Dr. King
On Jan. 21, our country officially remembers Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a leader who changed the nation forever with his non-violent opposition to injustices done to African-Americans and—as is often forgotten—anyone who is poor. He put his life on the line for those principles and he paid the ultimate price at the hands...
Hill Happenings
Congrats to Marion McCarthy and Col. George Rollins on their recent engagement, with a wedding date on the horizon. George is a West Point graduate who grew up in the Mission Hill projects, as did his honey, Marion. Marion’s daughter, Nicole Condon, passed the Nursing Board Exam last month, following in her mother’s footsteps,...
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Richard Rouse/Special to the Gazette A Happy New Year to those of you who avoided falling over that fiscal cliff. In 2013, we atop the bluff of Mission Hill can still enjoy reading our Gazette. Holiday festivities were in abundance throughout this neighborhood where year-round fellowship and goodwill are always in season. This...
City declares flu crisis, offers free vaccination
The City of Boston has declared a public health emergency due to a severe flu epidemic sweeping the city and the nation, and is offering free vaccinations to help stop the sometimes fatal disease. Since Oct. 1, about 700 cases of the flu have been reported to health authorities, which is 10 times the...
Court upholds double-murder convictions
The state’s highest court has upheld the convictions of two killers in a 2001 double murder of Mission Hill residents, one of them a Northeastern University student. Terrance Brown and Nathan Rivera, both 31, are serving life sentences without parole for fatally shooting two people inside a 40 Parker Hill Ave. apartment in a...
Northeastern files master plan
Northeastern University (NU) filed its Institutional Master Plan (IMP) with the Boston Redevelopment Authority today. The IMP has been the source of contention as NU Task Force members and elected officials, including City Councilor Mike Ross and local state Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez, have demanded that the school create more student housing, while NU has...
S. Huntington ‘vision’ plan questioned, praised
The Boston Redevelopment Authority’s (BRA) first community meeting about creating a “corridor vision” for upcoming S. Huntington Avenue redevelopment drew both questions and support from about 80 residents, officials and developers on Dec. 12 at the Hennigan School at 200 Heath St. The BRA is conducting its “corridor study” in response to community demands...
Police warn of house break-ins
The local B2 Police Station reports that there have been four break-ins in Mission Hill homes over the past week, and residents are urged to be alert, according to City Councilor Mike Ross’s office. Residents should call 911 to report any suspicious or unusual activity, even if it does not seem like an emergency....
Art Park site guidelines updated
The City has issued updated proposal guidelines for redeveloping the City-owned land between Parker and Terrace Streets, which currently contains community gardens and the Art Park. The redeveloped site would have a larger gardening area and might contain art elements. The new guidelines, which were updated through comments from the last community meeting and...
Dorcena runs for mayor to end ‘dictatorship’
Will Dorcena has come out swinging in his campaign for the Mayor’s Office, calling incumbent Thomas Menino a “teddy-bear tyrant” who runs a “dictatorship,” with the S. Huntington Avenue development controversies as prime examples. In an interview last month at the Gazette office, Dorcena, an energetic, 40-year-old Hyde Park resident, matched the tough talk...
Brigham Circle Tree-Lighting
The annual Brigham Circle tree-lighting and Mayor’s Enchanted Trolley Tour came to Mission Hill on the afternoon of Dec. 8. Many gathered to enjoy entertainment, local goodies and a visit from Santa Claus. Mayor Thomas Menino was unable to host this year as he recovers from a recent hospitalization, but his wife Angela was...