Plazo para calendario de eventos: martes, 12 sept para la edición del 15 sept. Mande eventos a [email protected]. Código de área es 617, a menos que haya otro. Reuniones Distrito E-13, reunión mensual, jueves, 7 sept, 7pm, Curtis Hall Community…
Month: August 2017
JP Agenda, Aug. 25, 2017
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues. Sept. 12 for the Sept. 15 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Public Service Committee of the Jamaica Plain…
Start of Parkman/Perkins improvement project delayed
The start of construction for the improvement project at the intersection of Francis Parkman Drive and Perkins Street has been delayed, according to state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) spokesperson Mark Steffen. Construction was supposed to began sometime this…
BREATHTAKING
IDP report shows increase in affordable housing over 17 years
The City has released its first report on the Inclusionary Development Policy (IDP), the program that requires private developers to include affordable housing as part of their proposals, according to a press release. The report describes the additional affordable housing…
Staff turnover in Walsh administration
Mayor Walsh’s Chief of Staff Daniel Koh will be leaving his role with the City of Boston and will be replaced with David Sweeney effective Sept. 1, according to a press release. Sweeney has served as chief financial officer (CFO)…
Residents to participate in Hubway expansion planning
Boston residents are invited to participate in community planning workshops this fall to discuss the upcoming expansion of Hubway, the regional public bike share system, according to a press release. There will be 28 workshops as part of year-long City…
Letters:
Disappointed with Lynch vote I am deeply disturbed that my Congressional Representative, Stephen Lynch, recently voted in favor of two bills which vilify my immigrant friends and neighbors and are based on false assumptions about them. They would waste taxpayer…
Op-Ed: How we’re creating affordable housing
By Mayor Martin Walsh Boston is a diverse city made up of residents of all backgrounds, all education levels, and job sectors spread out over 23 neighborhoods. Some of us were born and bred here, some with families that have…
HSTF youths making waves
TD Garden and the state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) have agreed to pay more than $2 million towards the construction of the proposed Jackson Square Recreation Center after teens from the Hyde Square Task Force found the Garden…