Upon entering Liz’s Hair Care, customers are greeted with a warm smile from whoever is sitting behind the front desk.  Liz’s Hair Care has been a part of the Mission Hill community for over 20 years, encouraging all customers to learn about caring for their hair.  The...

Every day at 10 a.m., Clarrissa Cropper or her husband, Leonard Egerton, open the doors to Frugal Bookstore — a family business in the heart of Roxbury and Boston’s only Black-owned bookstore. In 2024, Frugal Bookstore was named one of the City of Boston’s “Legacy Businesses”...

Home to 35 colleges, universities and community colleges, Boston is a scholarly hotspot — not just a college town, but a college city. With such a dense student population, there’s bound to be healthy rivalry between bordering institutions.  Insight from three of Northeastern’s...

Despite February’s signature high-speed winds and snow, the Longwood Collective’s seasonal Winter Wednesdays offered a preview of spring. The fourth and final installment of Winter Wednesdays took place Feb. 26 at Shapiro Plaza, featuring free coffee, live music and ice sculpting...

Every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Chicken & Rice Guys are parked at 2 Blackfan Circle for the Longwood Medical Area’s winter food truck series. On Jan. 14 and Jan. 29, there were two new additions to the annual series — Lordya Gourmet on Tuesdays and Tandoor...

Living in Roxbury for a week has the same health implications as smoking roughly 5 1/4 cigarettes. Toxic air pollutants have plagued Roxbury for at least a decade, according to collected Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, air emissions data. Air toxics are airborne...

The rhythm of drums, cymbals and gongs echoed through the streets of Chinatown Feb. 9 as colorful lions danced from storefront to storefront in the annual Lunar New Year parade. Hosted by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association of New England, or CCBA, the parade began...

Mission Hill liaison Maccon Bonner, who also serves the neighborhoods of Fenway-Kenmore, Mission Hill, Beacon Hill and Back Bay, spoke with The Huntington News in a virtual meeting Jan. 23 to discuss his experiences in the role and his goals to impress positive change in the...

When Vickie Henry — a resident of Jamaica Plain — bought her home, the quiet, tree-lined residential road of May Street seemed like the optimal spot. May Street, with its Victorian and Colonial revival-style houses and lush lawns, is relatively close to the Arborway, a major...

Once a month, the Fenway Community Center, or FCC, hosts a free market in which community members donate used goods for others to collect for free. At the center’s December market, which took place Dec. 10, volunteers handed out pizza and drinks, as well as reusable bags to...

To ring in the holiday season, Mayor Michelle Wu visited neighborhoods around Boston to light up the city’s Christmas trees, bringing cheer, treats and visits from Christmas characters to all of the city’s communities.  Beginning Dec. 7, The Enchanted Trolley Tour and...

For over 40 years, Rosie’s Place has been a safe haven for Boston’s women, a city with the second-highest homeless rate in the United States. Founded in 1974 as the first women-only shelter in the country, it offers far more than food and shelter — women can also access...