Month: July 2012

Editorial: Where to park parklets

Trading parking spaces for “parklets” is a good idea that likely will boost business, beautify streets and literally curb our auto addiction. Whether a specific site is suitable for a parklet is a different question. It is good to hear…

Editorial: RCC’s key moment

Roxbury Community College is facing a crucial moment in its life. Its leadership has changed, and it finds itself in a classic tension between local control and state oversight. RCC has appeared disorganized and a harbor of low expectations in…

Editorial: Investigate T funding

The MBTA budget disaster has whacked Mission Hill. Low-income seniors, hospital patients and college students are all feeling the impact. The less money you have, the more the fare hikes are biting you. And that’s just for this fiscal year.…

Hill Happenings

Last month, Mission Hill mourned the death of Franny Ward, a former Mission High School basketball great, a longtime Mission Hill hoops coach, and mentor to the Mission Hill youths. Franny, a 1965 Mission High graduate who had been living…

What’s Happening on Main Streets

By Richard Rouse   Construction on the 15 Francis St. entrance to Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is fully under way. Just recall any time you’ve done a home improvement and the resulting headaches it creates. The hospital is excavating…