As co-organizers of the annual Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Cleanup (April 27will be our 28th year), Michael Reiskind and I were somewhat chagrined, but in complete agreement, with the observations which Sara Driscoll and Judy Kolligian expressed in their anti-litter letter…
Month: March 2013
Letter: BRA exaggerated streetcar extension costs
According to the March 15 Gazette, BRA transportation manager James Fitzgerald would have Gazette readers believe that restoration of streetcar service along S. Huntington Avenue from Heath Street to Perkins Street, a distance of seven-tenths of a mile, “would take…
Letter: Budget should tax the rich, end war
More than a year ago, the Occupy movement arose to express national frustration with high employment, enormous student debt and foreclosures. Occupiers had it right when they highlighted the gap between the 1 percent and the 99 percent. Wealthy individuals…
JP Agenda, March 29, 2013
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., April 9 for the April 12 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Jamaica Plain Town Hall, hosted by City…
Sights & Sounds, March 29, 2013
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., April 9 for the April 12 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special Events St. Mary of the Angels parish…
Invitación, March 29, 2013
La entrega para la lista de Invitación es al mediodía, el 9 de abril de marzo para la publicación del 12 de abril. Manda a [email protected]. Nota: hay que marcar 617 antes de los números que salen abajo, si no…
Source: Mayor Menino will not run for reelection
Mayor Thomas Menino, who has served a record-breaking 20 years in office as perhaps the city’s most popular and influential leader, has told close allies that he will not run for reelection and will announce that tomorrow, according to a…
Connolly pledges ‘new energy’ as mayor, blasts Menino
City Councilor John Connolly pledged to improve everything from public schools to the arts scene, while blasting incumbent Mayor Thomas Menino’s City Hall as lacking vision and transparency, in Connolly’s first major interview about his mayoral campaign. “While I deeply…
Former Martha Eliot official questions ending service
A Jamaica Plain doctor who is a former official at Martha Eliot Health Center in a letter to the Gazette is questioning Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) decision to end adult service at the health center. Dr. John Jewett, who worked…
Woman knocked down, robbed on Arborway
ARBORWAY—A woman was knocked down and robbed by two suspects on the Arborway near the Jamaica Place intersection on the evening of March 20, according to Boston Police reports confirmed to the Gazette by Capt. Paul Russell, commander of Jamaica…