A group of Jamaica Plain businesses are getting into the holiday spirit and holding a Dec. 6 shopping initiative called “Shop w/a Cause” that will give up to 10 percent of all purchase prices to local nonprofits, according to a…
Month: December 2014
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Invitacion, Dec. 5, 2014
El plazo para la lista de eventos es el 16 de diciembre al mediodía para la publicación del 19 de diciembre. Mande a [email protected]. Atención: Marque el 617 antes de los números que salen abajo. Reuniones JPNC Comité de ambiente,…
JP resident leads Boston Baroque orchestra
Lifelong violinist resident Christina Day Martinson suffered a injury that could have ended her career years ago. Instead, that injury is directly responsible for the Jamaica Plain resident’s current position as concertmaster with the Boston Baroque orchestra. Day Martinson started…
Editorial: Thanks to JP’s Olympic protesters
Thanks to the JP activists who have begun sticking up for our parks and all Boston residents against an out-of-control, secret Olympics plan. That they held the first community meeting about a Boston Olympics—and the only one prior to bid…
Editorial: JP’s living tradition of activism
It is impressive to see JP continue to be a font of high-profile political activism, with First Baptist Church serving as a home base to the local Black Lives Matter movement, and one of its ministers organizing peaceful demonstration tactics…
Editorial: Shopping local
This is a good season to shop local—and to appreciate what JP has to offer. The variety of unusual and wonderful goods available for local purchase is remarkable, as the Gazette discusses in this issue. And the business community is…
Letter: Thanks for Connolly Halloween support
The Connolly Branch Library and the Hyde Square community celebrated their 7th annual Halloween Party and Parade on Oct. 31. Over 100 children and adults enjoyed a costume party with food and fun activities at the library, before parading through…
Op-Ed: A gentrifier’s guide to being a good neighbor
By Susan Naimark The super-hot housing market in Jamaica Plain is a scourge to some and a goldmine to others. If you’ve been around the neighborhood long enough, you know this isn’t the first round of gentrification, but the latest…
Letter: There’s no money for those JP T fixes
It is all very well and good to ask for more service on the MBTA Route 38. (“JP Observer: Two for T: JP needs better service from The Ride and 38 bus,” Nov. 21.) The MBTA does not have enough…