Disgraced state drug lab chemist Annie Dookhan lied about her degree and made a minor corner-cutting of procedure in her previous job at a vaccine-making lab, according to a former coworker, who called on authorities to check Dookhan’s work. The…
Month: October 2012
Sen. Brown rallies JP supporters
Church owners give financial details
HYDE SQ.—Owners of the Blessed Sacrament complex released financial numbers on the site amid controversy about their plan to have expensive housing built at two buildings on the campus. They reiterated they will go forward with their plan, but are…
Crisis Management
Latino businesses honored at City Hall
Senate race involves JP Latino community
With the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Scott Brown (Republican) and Elizabeth Warren (Democrat) being a nail-biter, the Latino community could play a pivotal role in deciding the winner. Elizabeth Warren, who stopped by Doyle’s Cafe in Jamaica Plain on…
1 wounded in Egleston shooting
EGLESTON SQ.—A shooting at 1 Miles St. on Oct. 16 left a male victim with a wound to his upper chest, according to the Boston Police Department (BPD). BPD did not identify the victim of the early evening shooting or…
Capital Ideas
Voting Rights
City Archaeology Month highlights JP history
Boston’s city archaeologist is inviting Jamaica Plain into his lab for a lesson in local archaeology, including Native American and Colonial sites, some of which are thousands of years old. As part of the state’s Archaeology month, City Archeologist Joe…