Category: Opinion

Hill Happenings

Runners, young and old, will participate in the annual, crowd-pleasing Mission Hill Road Race on Saturday, Sept. 24, at 9 a.m., beginning and ending at Kevin Fitzgerald Park.  The M.H. Road Race was the brainchild of “Big Jim” Moynihan. Back…

Letters to the Editor

A successful Mission Hill Arts Festival To the Editor, What a wonderful tapestry we created together at this year’s Mission Hill Arts Festival!  Artists, audiences, co-host, collaborators, sponsors, volunteers, and the welcoming Mission Hill community, we were all able to…

Letter to the Editor 8-5-22

Take the first step toward a nicotine-free life Dear Editor,      The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is running Take the First Step, a campaign that educates adults about free resources designed to help them quit smoking, vaping, or using other…

Fourth of July memories

This weekend brings the Fourth of July, the celebration of the birth of our nation and an opportunity for all of us to partake in summertime fun with friends and family.  The Fourth of July brings back fond recollections from…

Congratulations To the Class of 2022

These have been difficult times for all of us, but particularly for our young people, who have sacrificed so many of their rites of passage to the demands of the pandemic during these past two years. For older people such…

Hill Happenings

The Boston City Council has been discussing reparation payments by the city to Black Bostonians.  I contacted Mission Hill City Councilor, Kenzie Bok and stated that I’m against such payments. This is a divisive proposal. We are all aware of…