By Michael Coughlin Jr. Last month, during its voting hearing, the Boston Cannabis Board (BCB) rejected a proposed dispensary at 1576 Tremont St. called Soni DOT without prejudice, meaning the applicant can apply again at the same location. The planned…
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Best Mission Hill Tomato Contest
500 Huntington Ave. Project Tabled by BPDA Board
By Michael Coughlin Jr. The Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) Board tabled a project at its meeting last month that would create an abundance of open space and two mixed-use buildings with life science and retail space at 500…
Hill Happenings
By Maurice “Mossy” Martin Condolences to the family of Jackie Geary, who passed away last month. A 1965 Mission High graduate, Jackie was a hard worker and a terrific athlete. He worked at Boston Gas and was a part time…
City of Boston recognizes International Overdose Awareness Day
Special to the Gazette Mayor Michelle Wu and the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) are calling attention to the heartbreaking consequences of the opioid epidemic as they marked International Overdose Awareness Day on Saturday, August 31. The entire City of…
A Student’s Guide to Mission Hill
The following is some basic information for students moving into the Mission Hill area: General Boston Get renter’s insurance. It might seem like an unnecessary expense until you have a break-in, or your upstairs neighbor’s toilet overflows while they’re out…
Red Sox and Pats are Taking the Fans for Granted
For the third year in a row and fifth time in six years, the Red Sox appear doomed to fail to reach the playoffs, a stretch of futility that the Patriots promise to mimic almost precisely if they fall short…
The Hostages are Just Pawns
The brutal deaths this past week of six innocent civilian hostages who were taken captive by the Hamas terrorists on October 7 has shone a bright light on a simple reality: The hostages are nothing but pawns, if even that,…
Annual Family Fun Day in Mission Hill
Planning Department Hosts 500 Huntington Ave. Public Meeting
By Michael Coughlin Jr. On Tuesday, the City of Boston Planning Department welcomed folks to a public meeting regarding plans for a development at 500 Huntington Avenue, a site which currently includes Wentworth Institute of Technology’s Sweeney Field and…