Month: December 2016
Holidays in JP: MAYOR’S ENCHANTED TROLLEY TOUR AND TREE LIGHTING
JP Agenda, Dec. 9, 2016
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., Dec. 20 for the Dec. 23 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings JP Zoning, Weds. Dec. 21 at Farnsworth…
Holidays in JP: English High School football team in action on Thanksgiving Day
Call for artists for alternative space pilot project
Artists can now apply for rehearsal space at the AT&T flagship store through the City of Boston’s Alternative Space Pilot Project, according to a press release. The AT&T flagship store is located on Boylston Street in the Back Bay, and…
Several issues resolved over 76 Stonley Road project
The Stonybrook Neighborhood Association (SNA) and the developers of 76 Stonley Road project have resolved several issues over the proposal, according to SNA member Sue Cibulsky. The Boston Planning and Development Agency board during its Nov. 17 meeting approved the…
Invitacion, Dec. 9, 2016
El plazo para la sección de participación es al mediodía, martes, el 20 de diciembre para la edición del 23 de diciembre. Mande eventos a [email protected]. Note: marca el 617 antes de los números que salen abajo, a menos que…
Letter: Gettysburg Address
November not only brings Election Day and Thanksgiving, but the too-often forgotten anniversary of the Gettysburg Address. On Nov. 18, 1863, a humbled president gave from the heart an address to the nation on the hallowed ground of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania—words that still have poignancy…
Letter: Air traffic noise a nuisance
Morning after morning, day after day, The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Control Tower directs thousands of flights off Logan’s Runway 27. That runway’s air traffic flies directly over Jamaica Plain after inundating South End and Roxbury then proceeding to Roslindale…
Letter: The Ninety-second Samaritans
The Sunday after Thanksgiving, I was walking down South Street toward Harvest Market when I saw a battery-powered wheelchair on its side on the sidewalk across the street. There was someone strapped in it. As I ran across the street,…