ROXBURY CROSSING—Gov. Deval Patrick expressed his desire to radically change the community college system, including centralizing the authority of the state’s 15 campuses, in his Jan. 23 State of the Commonwealth address. For Roxbury Community College (RCC) Vice President Stephanie…
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Cientos protestan los recortes del T
Más de 125 oradores denunciaron la propuesta del MBTA a subir precios y cortar servicios en unas reuniones en Mission Hill. Por lo menos 500 personas asistieron a la reunión el 19 de enero en Roxbury Community College y el…
Nonprofit ‘taxes’: Some pay up, some refuse
Big nonprofit institutions recently paid $9.4 million in tax-like contributions under the City of Boston’s reformed “payment in lieu of taxes” or PILOT system. That is a 24 percent boost to income from the old system, according to a press…
School-move probe seeks missing data
The Boston Finance Commission (FinComm) investigation into the funding of the Boston Public Schools’ (BPS) controversial plan to move various schools has hit a patch of turbulence. BPS failed to provide key data, according to FinComm, and BPS told the…
Ground Breaking
Presidential primary is March 6
The U.S. presidential primary election in Massachusetts will be held March 6. It will help to select the nominees for the Democratic, Green and Republican parties in the November presidential election. Incumbent President Barack Obama is the only Democrat on…
Ross will not run for Congress
City Councilor Mike Ross has decided not to run for a U.S. Congress seat after openly considering the idea for weeks. “It wasn’t the right time for me, unfortunately,” Ross told the Gazette. Ross, a Mission Hill resident, said in…
Breakthrough!: Recent research from the LMA
Grief Boosts Heart Attack Risk Most people know love sometimes hurts, but a new study shines light on how much truth there is in that statement. Researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center have found that within 24 hours…
RTH head steps down
Girma Belay has “stepped down” from his position as executive director of Roxbury Tenants of Harvard (RTH), the organization that operates the Mission Park housing development, according to a brief statement issued by the RTH board. Belay, who had been…
BWH to build tower on Emmanuel campus
LMA—Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) is working with Emmanuel College to build and lease a 150-foot tower as part of Emmanuel’s “endowment campus.” The proposed tower would create 360,000 square feet for medical research and support space on Avenue Louis…