A coalition of 13 housing organizations and advocates, including City Life/Vida Urbana and Boston Tenant Coalition (BTC), are criticizing the City’s plan for new housing creation and are petitioning new Mayor Martin Walsh to focus on lower-income residents. The City’s…
Month: January 2014
MFA hosts free open house
The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) will celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day with a free open house on Monday, Jan. 20. The day of family-friendly activities will include a story hour focused on Dr. King, art-making activities for kids…
Mayor Menino’s name to linger on signs
After 20 years as mayor, Thomas Menino’s name is on official signs and notices all over Mission Hill and the rest of Boston. But new Mayor Martin Walsh has indicated he has no plans to update the signs anytime soon.…
Police arrest man in vehicle break-in
Boston Police officers arrested a person suspected of breaking into a motor vehicle on Mission Hill on Dec. 29, according to bpdnews.com Officers were responding around 5 p.m. to a report of breaking and entering of a motor vehicle on…
Sargent watercolor exhibit closing
The Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) will close the exhibition of 92 rarely-seen John Singer Sargent watercolors on Jan. 20. The 92 watercolors on display were made during Sargent’s painting trips throughout the Mediterranean and the Middle East, and they…
MCPHS files IMP; no projects for Boston
MCPHS University, a pharmacy and health sciences school, “does not contemplate any new institutional projects in the City of Boston,” according to the new 10-year Institutional Master Plan (IMP) it filed with the Boston Redevelopment Authority on Dec. 11. The…
Mission Hiller pens children’s book
Following the axiom that writers write what they know about, Mission Hill resident Jennifer Mann recently penned a children’s book about two sisters called “Sunny Sweet Is So Not Sorry.” And Mann knows sisterhood, as she was one of four…
Participación, Jan. 10-Feb. 6, 2014
La entrega para la sección de Participación es mediodía el 4 de febrero para la edición 7 de febrero. Escribir [email protected]. Note: Todos los números tiene 617, a menos que dice otro número. Reuniones Community Alliance of Mission Hill,…
Hill Agenda, Jan. 10-Feb. 6, 2014
The deadline for Hill Agenda listings is noon, Feb. 4 for the Feb. 7 issue. Email listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Mission Hill Neighborhood Housing Services board…
Editorial: Walsh has full agenda and he deserves our support
Mayor Martin J. Walsh has taken over the reins of power at Boston City Hall, and he has set high goals for his administration. These goals are never easy to attain under the best of circumstances, and these are not…