Mission Hill mourned the death of their beloved neighbor, Theresa Parks, last month – a week shy of her 85th birthday. Theresa, a 1954 Mission High graduate, was among the founders of Roxbury Tenants of Harvard, which fought passionately against…
Author: Mossy Martin
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Happy belated birthday on March 3 to Eric Alden, a terrific advocate for our Mission Hill community. Eric is the vice president of Mission Hill Main Streets, and in 2018, he was the recipient of the Mission Hill Main Streets…
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Best wishes in retirement from the BPD to Tony Nunez, fondly known as Mission Hill’s singing policeman. Besides being a dedicated police officer, Tony is a talented singer. A few years ago many of Tony’s Mission Hill neighbors and I…
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George Salah, my fellow member of the Mission Hill Post 327, will celebrate his 97th birthday this month (Oct. 25). George is a World War II veteran who drove Navy landing craft in the Europe and Pacific theaters. He won…
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Members of the Mission Hill Post 327 gathered at Siros Restaurant on Marina Bay, Quincy, last month for a meeting and somewhat of a reunion since the onset of COVID-19. We welcomed three new members, Lt. Col. Enoch “Woody” Woodhouse; our first…
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Happy 80th birthday (July 22) to Illanga Scott, the lone survivor of the G-Cleffs, a local pop soul vocal group. Also in the band were Illanga’s three brothers Teddy, Chris, Tim Scott and their next-door neighbor from Roxbury, Ray Gipson.…
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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…
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I started writing my column a week early because it’s St. Patrick’s Day, and with the country at a standstill because of the coronavirus, I’m sitting at home instead of being in a gin mill with my brother Dan, enjoying…