Mission Hill

A child in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood is in stable condition after falling out of a window on Wednesday night.

An investigation is underway after a child is said to have fallen from a third-story window in an apartment building in Mission Hill.

A young boy fell from a window in Boston late Wednesday night, but survived the fall and was out of the hospital within a day. The 5-year-old is believed to have fallen from a three-story apartment building on Calumet Street in the city’s Mission Hill neighborhood, according to Boston police. A window screen could be seen on the ground...

Police in Boston are asking for help from the public in identifying a suspect accused of aggravated assault. The incident occurred on Saturday shortly after noon in the city’s Mission Hill neighborhood, police said. No further information was immediately made available. Authorities are asking anyone with information on the suspect to contact detectives assigned to Roxbury at 617-343-4275. Anyone...

After it was announced that Mission Hill School in Boston will close, the district has started the process of placing its students in new schools for next year.

A Boston school will close for good by the end of next month following a scathing report on years of misconduct.

The Boston School Committee has voted to close Mission Hill K-8 School, acting on the recommendation of Superintendent Brenda Cassellius after an investigation found the school systematically failed to protect students from threats of sexual misconduct and abuse from other students for nearly a decade. The law firm Hinckley Allen, which Boston Public Schools commissioned for the investigation, conducted 65…

An investigation found Mission Hill K-8 School systematically failed to protect students from threats of sexual misconduct and abuse from other students for nearly a decade. The law firm Hinckley Allen, which Boston Public Schools commissioned for the investigation, conducted 65 interviews and collected over two million documents from October 2021 to March 2022. The investigation found sexual misconduct, bullying,…

The superintendent of Boston Public Schools is recommending the permanent closure of Mission Hill K-8 School over years of allegations about sexual and physical misconduct.

Boston’s superintendent has recommended the school close.

After a scathing report outlining allegations of sexual and physical misconduct at the Mission Hill K-8 School, Boston Superintendent Brenda Cassellius is calling for its permanent closure.

Boston school officials are calling for an elementary and middle school in Mission Hill to close following allegations of sexual and physical misconduct among students. Superintendent Brenda Cassellius recommended the permanent closure of Mission Hill K-8 School in Jamaica Plain at the end of this academic year. Boston Public Schools said Wednesday that a report from law firm Hinckley Allen,…

An investigation remains underway after a stray bullet nearly struck two women in a third-floor unit in Jamaica Plain.

A pair of roommates in Boston had a close call when a stray bullet went into their apartment. Shots were fired near the Stop & Shop on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain. Less than half a mile away, Gabriella Gucagite was warming up a burrito in the kitchen of her Mission Hill apartment when a bullet flew right by her….

Shots were fired in Boston Thursday night, and one went into an apartment.

Howling winds, the crack of splintering wood and a thundering crash so powerful neighbors said it felt like their apartments were shaking. “I heard glass, so I knew it was going to be something bad,” said Phoenix Stebbins, whose roommate’s car was damaged. “It sounded like either all of the trash cans came falling down the street or a...

A large branch snapped off of a tree overnight, crashing down onto two cars in Mission Hill

A boutique Boston fitness studio is on the move. TRILLFIT, a Black-owned fitness studio in Boston’s Mission Hill neighborhood, is expanding, after a fateful meeting on a flight, and a pandemic pivot that proved quite fruitful. “We keep getting signs from the universe that this is the path, move forward,” said Heather White, co-founder of TRILLFIT. In the weeks...

This Black-owend boutique Mission Hill fitness studio is on the move.

You may not have seen one in your neighborhood — but there have been a lot of social media posts about coyote sightings recently. “It was around 10 in the morning and we happened to be looking out the window,” said Elba Mendez, a resident of Boston’s Hyde Park neighborhood. “Well, actually my husband said, ‘Look Elba. There’s a coyote.’”…