Mayor Michelle Wu on Monday announced the formation of a COVID-19 Advisory Committee, which is comprised of a group of 17 individuals with various backgrounds. The Committee is chaired by Dr. Bisola Ojikutu, Executive Director of the Boston Public Health…
Month: December 2021
Task Force tracks loud parties, shifts burden onto landlords
Any time a Mission Hill resident calls 911 to report a loud house party, the address is added to a database managed by the Mission Hill Problem Properties Task Force. The database was created by Task Force member Dave…
Grupo de trabajo investiga fiestas ruidosas
Cada vez que un residente de Mission Hill llama al 911 para denunciar una fiesta ruidosa, la propiedad se agrega a una base de datos administrada por el grupo de trabajo de propiedades problemáticas de Mission Hill. La base de…
ABCD kickoff annual Fuel Assistance program
Applaud Biden Admins’. increase to fuel assistance nationwide With temperatures in Mission Hill expected to dip into the 30s at night this week many low-income residents will be left out in the cold. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause uncertainty…
Mission Hill/Roxbury’s weekly COVID positive test rate increases
Just as expected and like health officials warned, Mission Hill/Roxbury’s weekly COVID positive test rate increased last week with the majority of new cases most likely traced back to the Thanksgiving Holiday where many gathered indoors maskless with friends and…
BPL launches Spice Bank Collective in partnership with GBFB
As the holidays roll around and the season of giving is upon us, the Boston Public Library (BPL) has announced a Spice Bank Collective in partnership with the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB) in an effort to provide more diversity…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Ellen Walker Special to the Gazette Everyone was celebrating Veterans Day this year! MHMS’ well attended annual event to honor all veterans in Brigham Circle on Thursday, November 11th. The Mission Hill American Legion Post 327’s Captain Thomas Maroni…
First Night Boston 2022 returns
Annual Celebration of New Year’s Eve returns to Copley Sq. First Night Boston, New England’s largest New Year’s Eve Party, returns this year to celebrate the start of 2022. After a successful online celebration last year, First Night will gather…
Council holds hearing on $8 million expansion of fare-free bus pilot program on three routes
The City Council Committee on Boston’s COVID-19 Recovery held a hearing on November 29 regarding a “message and order authorizing the City of Boston to accept and expend the amount of Eight Million Dollars ($8,000,000) in the form of a…
News Briefs
Audubon applauds agreement to make significant investments in nature and climate with ARPA plan As the major $4 billion American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) spending bill moves toward final passage and Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk for approval, Mass Audubon…