Month: May 2013
Arborway tree-planting slated for June 1
Trees will be planted June 1 on the “Arborway Hillside” at the Arborway and St. Rose Street to continue a woodlands restoration effort there, and volunteer tree-planters are needed. The hillside is an embankment along the outer Arborway that overlooks…
JP mail is misdelivered to Jamaica
A letter mailed to the Gazette in Jamaica Plain early this year took a three-month detour to the country of Jamaica. “Missent to Jamaica,” reads a stamp on the envelope, which was mailed around Jan. 22 and finally arrived at…
Courage Honor
Alzheimer’s Advocacy
Sign honors officer killed in Dot
A street signed honoring a Boston Police officer killed in the line of duty in 1988 was erected in Canary Square this month. Detective Sherman Griffiths actually died in a drug raid in Dorchester, but the sign was erected May…
JP residents honored as park heroes
Three Jamaica Plain residents are among the “Emerald Necklace Parks Champions” honored by the Emerald Necklace Conservancy (ENC) at a May 14 ceremony in the Fenway. Christine Cooper, Sarah Freeman and John Iappini are being recognized as “unsung heroes” by…
Play Ball
Food Delivery
Deadline passes for entering city election
The deadline has passed to pull nomination papers for the municipal elections, with 24 candidates entering the mayoral race. One Jamaica Plain resident—At-Large City Councilor Felix Arroyo—has pulled papers for that race. For the At-Large City Councilor race, 27 candidates…