A program that provides meals to hundreds of needy and isolated seniors in the Jamaica Plain area is slated for a 25 percent state budget cut. Ethos, a JP-based organization that provides many of those meals, says the cut is a double whammy. That’s because the state just ran out of money to provide...
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Retirees offer advice to younger generation
The Gazette joined a group of seniors at J.P. Lick’s last week for a cup of coffee and good advice. The retiree group, organized by Arva Clark, meets weekly to discuss different topics. The group is so popular that Clark has recently added a second regular meeting. She can be reached at 971-9419. Some...
Patrons’ scent forces librarians to move
HYDE SQ.—A strong fragrance worn by Connolly Branch Library patrons triggered health issues for two librarians who were forced to temporarily transfer elsewhere, and the library’s Friends group is raising a stink about it. The Friends group wants longtime librarians Jane Bickford and Amy Manson back and a fragrance-free policy to keep them there....
BPS bus-arrival time improving
School buses in Jamaica Plain are running more punctually than earlier in the school year when they were arriving as late as an hour. “They fixed it three or four weeks ago,” said JP parent Marc Lipsitch, a parent of two children at the Hernandez School, whose bus was running 30 minutes late in...
Un perfume obliga mudarse a los bibliotecarios
Dos bibliotecarias del Connolly Branch Library fueron obligadas a mudarse temporalmente después de sufrir unos síntomas de malestar causados por un perfume fuerte llevado por unos clientes. El grupo Friends de la biblioteca se está quejando. El grupo Friends quiere prohibir las fragancias fuertes para que regresen las bibliotecarias Amy Manson y Jane Bickford....
Seaverns Ave. trees to return
A construction project at 21 Seaverns Ave. has caused the felling of two trees, causing neighbor complaints. New trees will be planted, the property owner told the Gazette. Owner Paul Donovan said his project spent a year being vetted in neighborhood processes. He cut down the trees to install a driveway and parking area....
