Calling the Casey Arborway project a “second Big Dig,” Mayor Thomas Menino told the Gazette he would have preferred to see the existing overpass remain there. Menino said sometimes people have to think outside the box and his vision would…
Month: May 2012
Apartment project faces delay, opposition
S. HUNTINGTON—Eleven out of 13 members of the city-appointed Impact Advisory Group (IAG) for the proposed apartment building at 161 S. Huntington Ave. have signed a letter opposing the project. The opposition came on the heels of a Boston Landmarks…
Answering the Call
Dominican presidential race comes to JP
You can take the voter out of the Dominican Republic, but you can’t take the Dominican Republic out of the voter. That’s why both candidates in this week’s Dominican presidential election campaigned in Jamaica Plain, which is home to a…
JP dominicanos votan por presidente
Se puede sacar al votante de la República Dominicana, pero no se puede sacar la República Dominicana del votante. Puede ser por eso que el Kennedy School y English High School fueran dos centros de votación para las elecciones generales…
Casey group talks new park and parking
FOREST HILLS—The Casey Arborway Design Advisory Group (DAG) brainstormed ideas for an acre of land to be added to the Southwest Corridor Park (SWCP) and other livability concerns at their May 16 meeting. Parking near the West Roxbury Courthouse was…
Jurassic Franklin Park
Man arrested for drug-related murder
A suspect has been charged with murder in the April 27 shooting death of a Jamaica Plain man inside his Hyde Park Avenue apartment, according to the Boston Police Department (BPD). The killing of Mariano Malave involved a drug deal…
Daycare founder charged with assaults
Linda Chery-Valentin, founding director of Jamaica Plain’s Arc-En-Ciel Day Care Center and Montessori School, is facing felony charges after allegedly driving her car at a rector and a parishioner at Our Lady of the Cedars of Lebanon Church, where her…
O’Malley to address vets
City Councilor Matt O’Malley will address veterans at the American Legion Post 076 as part of the post’s Memorial Day ceremony. The post, located at 280 South St., will also lay a wreath on its memorial stone to honor fallen…