Month: December 2011
Two for Tea
Woman with stroller assaulted
A man sexually assaulted a woman pushing a baby stroller in broad daylight in Franklin Park on Nov. 28 until golfers drove him away, according to the Boston Police Department (BPD) and park advocates. The man did not hurt the…
Honored for Serving
House burglaries hit JP South
A month-long wave of house burglaries—many of them at night—has hit the South Street area. At least eight house break-ins were reported between mid-October and last week, according to the local E-13 Police Station. Most of them were on Jamaica…
Arborway Yard could be a ‘problem property’
State and city legislators are considering placing the temporary Arborway bus yard on a “problem properties” list to kick-start the building of a permanent facility. The problem properties list is maintained by a local group of law enforcement and city…
Congress district split OK’d
Gov. Deval Patrick signed a new Congressional redistricting plan into law Nov. 21 that shifts a huge slice of Jamaica Plain into a new Congressional district. Under the new map, 10 voting precincts covering the Forest Hills, Jamaica Hills and…
Health advice
Bon Savor’s stranded owners look to sell
Bon Savor’s owners have put the 605 Centre St. restaurant for sale after two years of being unable to re-enter the U.S. Ibonne Zabala and Oleg Konovalov, the owners, have been in Zabala’s native Colombia since a 2009 vacation, when…
Slavery flyer is torched
CENTRAL JP—A flyer about Harvard University’s links to slavery was burned next to the front door of the Haymarket People’s Fund last month in an apparent act of protest. “This is shocking, considering that JP is thought to be a…