Maura Hennigan, the clerk of the Suffolk County criminal court system and a JP resident, violated campaign finance law last year and must pay $2,000, the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance ruled yesterday. Hennigan had court employees label envelopes intended for sending out her political campaign materials, with the work done in...
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Construction chopper to slow J-way traffic on Sunday
PONDSIDE—A helicopter is slated to land at Daisy Field and haul equipment to the roof of the 30-story Jamaicaway Tower on Sun., April 22, resulting in some traffic restrictions on the Jamaicaway, according to the president of the tower’s board of directors. The $100,000 helicopter ride is the only way to get a new...
Apartments slated for Indian site
S. HUNTINGTON—A large apartment complex with 190 to 200 units is being planned for a parcel next to the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB) on S. Huntington Avenue, according to a Letter of Intent filed with the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) last week by Cedar Valley Development. The multi-building development will include...
Residente de JP es nuevo representante latino
Residente de JP Miguel Chávez ha sido seleccionado como el nuevo representante latino para el alcalde Thomas Menino. La comunidad latina ha crecido durante años y tiene mucho que hacer, dijo Chávez al Gazette. El será un vínculo entre los latinos de Boston y el alcalde. “Quiero darle la bienvenida a Miguel a mi...
Casey Arborway adds 7th lane
The latest sketch for the Casey Arborway project shows a new, additional turning lane. The so-called seventh lane, which allows westbound buses to turn south from Route 203 into the lower busway at Forest Hills station, was shown but not announced at the public meeting on March 29 at English High School. The change...
Cemetery chief talks future of art programs
The abrupt, mysterious suspension of popular arts programs at Forest Hills Cemetery last year was actually part of a “positive” reevaluation process that is getting the programs back on track, cemetery CEO George Milley told the Gazette this week in the first detailed interview given by any insider in the controversy. “I think it’s...
Ula owner talks menu hits and misses
After five years in their Brewery Complex home, Ula Café owners Korinn Koslofsky and Kate Bancroft have perfected dozens of recipes, including some that were never loved very much outside the kitchen. Koslofsky’s favorite “failure” was a childhood-inspired treat: vanilla wafer banana butterscotch pudding. “It just did not sell. We never knew what it...
Court clerk under fire, trades jabs with opponent
Already under investigation for alleged campaign violations and blasted by a recent TV news report for leaving the office during the work day, Clerk of Criminal Courts and JP resident Maura Hennigan told the Gazette that politics are behind the budding scandals. She and one would-be opponent in this fall’s election, Robert Dello Russo,...
Parents create designs for school relocation
Three parents at the Mission Hill K-8 School—two of them architects—have drawn up the school’s own designs for its new home in Jamaica Plain, where it will controversially move as soon as September. The free designs, complete with floor plans, were submitted to Boston Public Schools in January. They aim to improve conditions at...