Horizons for Homeless Children announced the appointment of Dianne Luby as its new president and chief executive officer last month. Luby had been serving as interim CEO of the organization, dedicated to improving the lives of homeless children and their…
Month: January 2014
Student population in JP spikes
Jamaica Plain’s student population has dramatically increased since 2011 according to an annual census, with the number of graduate students almost doubling in that time. JP’s student residents used to be evenly split between graduates and undergraduates, though that is…
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Heart surgery survivor raises money with road races
Jamaica Plain resident Ashley Girard was a Northeastern University (NU) student in 2006 when she walked into the campus health center with flu-like symptoms. She left with a recommendation to visit a heart specialist and was soon undergoing open-heart surgery…
Editorial: Walsh deserves our support
Mayor Martin J. Walsh has taken over the reins of power at Boston City Hall, and he has set high goals for his administration. These goals are never easy to attain under the best of circumstances, and these are not…
Editorial: Bear Dens a symptom of park malaise
The sorry state of the historic Bear Dens in Franklin Park is symptomatic of the City’s long disregard for its outstanding park system. Mayor Walsh, already smartly pledging to fix City Hall Plaza’s open space disaster, has an excellent opportunity…
Editorial: Walsh moving BRA in right direction
The Boston Redevelopment Authority is regularly subjected to JP criticism and lawsuits, and rightly so. It’s an overpowered, unaccountable dinosaur. Mayor Walsh is moving in the right direction with promised BRA reform. He is pledging an independent audit of the…
Op-Ed: Welfare ‘reform’ would only deepen a poverty crisis
By Georgia Mattison and Margaret Rhodes/Special to the Gazette One might think that the legislature would be busy figuring out how to provide more help for those in need. But no, instead the Senate and House Conference Committee is considering…
Letter: JP’s earlier eagle visit
With the recent sightings of a bald eagle on Jamaica Pond (jamaicaplaingazette.com, Dec. 28, 2013), it should be noted that we had a visit from one eight or nine years ago that was featured on the front page of the…
Letter: SNA backs Arborway Yard move
The Stonybrook Neighborhood Association membership fully supports Allan Ihrer’s proposal of moving the Arborway bus yard project to the American Legion Highway site. This large property, which directly abuts our neighborhood, has great potential to upgrade and beautify the area,…