Veterans Day and Thanksgiving arrive this month, and the state of the nation gives both a somber tone. With the official end of the Afghanistan war in sight, veterans will be welcomed home, but often to a lack of jobs…
Category: Opinion
Letter: Celebrate Tainos, not Columbus
As Youth Leaders at Sociedad Latina, we spent Columbus Day learning and talking about what actually happened when Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas. In school, we’ve all learned that Columbus is an American hero. But as we got older,…
Hill Happenings
Gleaming sunshine hovered over Mission Hill on Oct. 20 for the annual Mission Hill Road Race, which starts and finishes at Kevin Fitzgerald Park. The race, which raises funds to maintain Fitzgerald Park, attracted several hundred runners and onlookers. The…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Richard Rouse/Special to the Gazette As the leaves cascade from the trees, we see 2012 coming to a close and traditional local events filling our calendars. Mission Hill Main Streets has planted flower bulbs again (with help from dedicated…
Editorial: Mission Hill’s best
Congratulations to this year’s Best of Mission Hill winners, chosen by the best authority around: the local community. The winners are the highlights of a thriving local business and nonprofit institution community that any neighborhood would be proud to have.…
Editorial: Register to vote
The Nov. 6 election will be a big one, and it’s time to make sure you are registered to vote so you can participate. With the state virtually guaranteed to be won by incumbent President Barack Obama, based on high…
Editorial: Presidential choices
Democratic incumbent President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are getting most of the attention in the presidential race. But they are not the only ones on the ballot in most states. Green Party candidate Jill Stein is pitching…
Op-Ed: New school choice ideas will serve us better
By Mayor Thomas M. Menino/Special to the Gazette In January, I made a promise to our city’s parents and children. Our families would like a school choice system that passes the common-sense test. Today’s system does not. In the Bowdoin/Geneva…
Letter: Thanks for Healthy Food Festival support
On behalf of the Mission Hill Health Movement, Mission Hill Main Streets, Sociedad Latina and the Tobin Community Center, I want to thank all those who participated in the Second Annual Mission Hill Healthy Food Festival. Many thanks to the…
Hill Happenings
On April 29, 1945, Holocaust survivor Steve Ross was rescued by American troops from the horrors of Dachau. Incredibly, Steve met one of his rescuers, World War II hero Allen Zucker, last month at Mike’s Donuts in Mission Hill The…