Miguel Fuentes, the owner of Mission Hill’s Fuentes Market, was among the small-business owners honored at a Latino Heritage Month celebration organized by At-large City Councilor Felix Arroyo at City Hall on Oct. 15. Fuentes has run the local landmark…
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Mission Hill changes little under new redistricting plan
The latest Boston City Council redistricting plan would have little effect on Mission Hill besides moving one precinct. The City Council is set to vote on the plan Wednesday, after the Gazette deadline. City Councilor Mike Ross, who lives in…
Wood thieves damage trees
Trees in the Mission Hill area and around the city have been damaged in recent weeks by wood thieves who hack off large knobs known as burls. A Dorchester man was arrested Oct. 3 in the Fenway on burl-stealing charges,…
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University Notes: Northeastern honors its veterans
Janet Napolitano, the U.S. secretary of homeland security, will be the keynote speaker at Northeastern University’s annual Veterans Day ceremony on Nov. 12. The ceremony begins at 2:30 p.m. at the university Veterans Memorial, adjacent to Egan Research Center on…
University Notes: Former university president Ryder dies
Kenneth G. Ryder, president of Northeastern University from 1975 to 1989, died Monday at age 88. Ryder, who began as a history instructor at Northeastern in 1949, served as associate professor, dean of administration and executive vice president before being…
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Mass. Eye & Ear building opens
The construction for the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary’s (MEEI) new facility at 800 Huntington Ave. was officially finished this week. MEEI’s clinics are expected to open before the end of the month following the ribbon-cutting this week. The building…