La entrega para la sección de Participación es mediodía el 9 de julio para la edición 12 de julio. Escribir [email protected]. Note: Todos los números tiene 617, a menos que dice otro número. Reuniones Reunión de Wentworth Task Force,…
Month: June 2013
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Hill Agenda, June 14-July 11, 2013
The deadline for Hill Agenda listings is noon, July 9 for the July 12 issue. Email listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Wentworth Task Force meeting, agenda to…
Editorial: The parklet boondoggle
The up-to-$25,000 cost of the City-funded “parklet,” aka free sidewalk seating for private businesses, is as amazing as the fact that it took a Gazette Freedom of Information Act request to get that number. The parklet program looks like a…
Editorial: The abuses of spying
Recently revealed government spying on peaceful protestors and potentially everyone’s phone records, email and Internet activity are outrageous violations of the First and Fourth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. They are shocking examples of fear overcoming wisdom and power overcoming…
Activists protest police spy center
A small group of civil liberties activists staged a protest June 1 at Boston Police headquarters against a controversial anti-terrorism intelligence center based there. The protest followed recent articles in the Jamaica Plain Gazette and DigBoston about how the Boston…
Hill Happenings
As the youngest of six, I’m a lucky guy to have had a terrific big brother. Thanks, John. John Martin passed away peacefully in Las Vegas June 2 after an enduring illness. A deluge of memories of John billowed through…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Richard Rouse/Special to the Gazette Summer will soon descend upon Mission Hill, and I’m happy to report that our Thursday Farmer’s Market in Brigham Circle commences on June 20 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. This year the Great…
Obama to speak at Markey rally June 12
President Barack Obama will appear at a campaign rally for U.S. Senate candidate Ed Markey on Weds., June 12 at the Reggie Lewis Center. The rally is a campaign event for the Democratic Senate candidate, but it is open to…