Boston has landed near the top of the 2020 ParkScore list compiled by The Trust for Public Land ranking how much access citizens have to parks and park amenities. The annual report uses mapping technology and demographic data to determine…
Month: June 2020
All BPS families receive Pandemic-EBT benefits
The Boston Public Schools (BPS), in conjunction with Project Bread, announced last month that all BPS and charter school students will be receiving the Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) food benefit that can be used to buy food from grocery stores while schools…
COVID-19 updates for Mission Hill
With ramped up COVID-19 testing the number of those infected with the COVID-19 virus in Mission Hill/Roxbury has become more clear. Since mid-May, 24 4,317 residents in Mission Hill/Roxbury have been tested and 21.4 percent percent of those tested have…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Ellen WalkerSpecial to the Gazette We are already halfway through the year and 2020 will be remembered as quite memorable! As the City guides us through the various phases of re-opening, it is a wonderful time of year to…
Mayor’s Garden Contest deadline July 10
Mayor Martin J. Walsh has announced that the 24th annual Mayor’s Garden Contest will take place this year keeping within current social distancing guidelines. Boston’s green thumbs have until 11:59 p.m. on Friday, July 10, to register. The contest provides the perfect opportunity to…
Mission Hill restaurant owners await city guidance for reopening
Numerous restaurants line the busy main streets of Mission Hill and survive on the bustling foot traffic as summer descends upon Boston. As the state released its Phase II guidelines for restaurants to start reopening on May 29, owners of…
Hill Happenings
It was a touching Memorial Day observance of our fallen Mission Hill veterans at Brigham Circle in a ceremony presided by Mission Hill Post 327 Commander Col. George Rollins. Memorial Day is a somber holiday, but it was nice to…