LMA—Boston Children’s Hospital is proposing an 11-floor, 41,000-square-foot clinical building on Shattuck Street that would contain a 30-bed neonatal unit. The proposed building would require the removal of several buildings and might displace green space. And according to a rough…
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Election results: Hennigan wins court clerk race
The Sept. 6 primary election results have been counted, and in the most contentious local race, the incumbent retained the seat. Robert Dello Russo was attempting to unseat Maura Hennigan for the clerk of the criminal division of the Suffolk…
No pop-up parklets for Mission Hill
No one-day parklets popped up in Mission in honor of Park(ing) Day Sept. 21, Boston Transportation Department (BTD) spokesperson Tracey Ganiatsos told the Gazette. Sept. 21 observes “Park(ing) Day”, an international movement to reclaim parking spaces as temporary public parks…
Register to vote by Oct. 17
To vote in the Nov. 6 election that includes the presidential race on the ballot, voters must be registered by Oct. 17. To qualify for registration, a person must be a U.S. citizen, a resident of Massachusetts, and 18 or…
2nd Annual ‘Best of Mission Hill’ Winners
The following are the “Best of Mission Hill 2012” as chosen by Gazette readers. Best Place To… Enjoy live entertainment Mission Church See art Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Work Brigham and Women’s Hospital Consumer Favorites…
Suspect loses shorts, charged with exposure
A Boston man faces indecent exposure and resisting arrest charges after allegedly discarding his shorts while fleeing after urinating in public on Sept. 2. Chris Trenti, 21, allegedly urinated on the front steps of Martin’s Beeper at 1564 Tremont St.…
Students speak on RCC allegations
As a cloud of controversy hangs over Roxbury Community College (RCC), including a federal investigation into accusations of underreporting crime and a state audit into financial and other issues, the Gazette recently went to the RCC campus to find out…
NU to be out in force for road race
The 5K Mission Hill Road Race is just around the corner and one local university expects a strong showing. John Tobin, Northeastern University’s (NU) vice president of city and community affairs, said he expects “hundreds” of people from the school…
WIT revises Huntington dorm plan
The Wentworth Institute of Technology (WIT) has slightly shrunk its proposed dorm at 525 Huntington Ave. The revised dorm tower would still be seven stories tall, but would have less square-footage and more sidewalk space around the building by as…
BPS buses mostly on time
Boston Public Schools (BPS) announced last week that school buses reached a 93 percent on-time performance by Mon., Sept. 17, a level of service that took 26 weeks to reach last school year. Additionally, 97 percent of school buses arrived…