The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., March 26 for the March 29 issue. Send listings to reporter@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special Events “Art for Music” silent auction, to benefit the JP Music Festival, March 24 date is cancelled, rescheduled event to be...
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., March 26 for the March 29 issue. Send listings to reporter@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Egleston Square Peace Garden redesign meeting, Sat., March 16, 10am, Egleston Sq. YMCA, 3134 Washington St. Info: 724-554-0632. JPNC Housing and...
La entrega para la lista de Invitación es al mediodía, el 26 de marzo para la publicación del 29 de marzo. Manda a news@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Nota: hay que marcar 617 antes de los números que salen abajo, si no tiene otro número. Reuniones Reunión de diseño de Egleston Square Peace Garden, sábado, 16 marzo, 10am,...
By Rebeca Oliveira and John Ruch/Gazette Staff The Boston School Committee voted 6-1 to approve a new home-based, zone-free school choice plan last night. The approved plan does not include walk-zone priority and will take effect in the 2014-2015 school year. The plan does away with zones and uses a child’s address as a...
JACKSON SQ.—MBTA Transit Police are seeking an armed robber who stole a passenger’s iPad computer at gunpoint inside the Jackson Square T Station on March 9. The victim was robbed on the Orange Line platform around 12:50 p.m. The suspect fled in the direction of the Bromley-Heath housing development, according to Transit Police. The...
Former Mayor Raymond Flynn supports the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council’s (JPNC) right to sue the City in its controversial lawsuit, he told the Gazette in a phone interview today. Flynn created the JPNC and other neighborhood councils around the city in the 1980s to advise City Hall. He said he did not consider them...
With 7 inches of snow and counting coming down in a worse-than-expected snowstorm today, complaints from Gazette readers are also piling up, especially about the City’s decision to keep Boston Public Schools open. By early this morning, many side streets had not been plowed since last night, and some on hills had children sledding...
HYDE SQ.—The Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF) is in talks with the owners of the former Blessed Sacrament Church about making a bid for the property. “The Hyde Square Task Force and the JP Neighborhood Development Corporation are currently engaged in positive discussions in which we are exploring what a viable offer for the...
S. HUNTINGTON—The former Goddard House nursing home at 201 S. Huntington Ave. is for sale, according to a “confidential investment offering” ad flyer obtained by the Gazette. The property hit the market yesterday and the sale is being handled by Colliers International. It will remain on the market for about four weeks to see...
PONDSIDE–Security camera images of the suspect in two armed robberies at the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts were released today by the Boston Police Department, along with a slightly updated description. The small, blurry images do not clearly show the suspect’s face. They were taken inside an ATM lobby at a bank...