Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz announced on June 23 that she is joining the race for governor of Massachusetts. Chang-Diaz currently serves as the state senator for the Second Suffolk District, which includes parts of Jamaica Plain. The Boston Globe and other…
Boston’s Drinking Water Complies With State and Federal Standards According to MWRA Report
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) has begun mailing its Annual Water Quality Report to every household in its service area. In the report published online the MWRA includes statistics on the quality of Boston’s drinking water, which the Boston…
What’s Happening on Main Streets
By Ellen Walker Special to the Gazette Mission Hill Main Streets is pleased to announce this year’s 2021 Annual Award Recipients. The “Business of the Year” goes to Boston Building Resources for being innovative, providing great service and stability in…
City Officials Hold Community Meeting for Cannabis Establishment at 1441 Tremont St.
Richy Pena and his wife Jody Mendoza, owners of Team Green LLC, are proposing a retail cannabis dispensary at 1441 Tremont St. A public meeting was held on June 24, where the proposal was presented and questions and concerns from…
First Mission Hill Arts Festival Kicks Off Jazz-Inspired Summer
As the summer began to roll around, Mission Hill’s Luisa Harris knew that the community needed an outdoors pick-me-up, and at the same time, she also knew that the city’s musicians and visual artists needed to get their work back…
Hill Happenings
Mission Hill mourned the death of their beloved neighbor, Theresa Parks, last month – a week shy of her 85th birthday. Theresa, a 1954 Mission High graduate, was among the founders of Roxbury Tenants of Harvard, which fought passionately against…