Special to the Gazette On Thursday, Feb. 16, Mayor Michelle Wu came to Jamaica Plain and joined the Hyde Square Task Force, affordable housing developers, and community organizations at the site of the former Blessed Sacrament church to announce $67…
Month: February 2023
JPNC Housing Comm. Discusses Shattuck Project
The Housing and Development Committee of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council held a regular monthly meeting last Tuesday, February 21. Chairperson Renee Stacey Welch and the approximately 20 committee and community members who were in attendance took up a wide-ranging…
JP Resident Dranaya Owens Named Brookview House Director
Special to the Gazette Brookview House is pleased to announce that Dranaya Owens has joined the organization as Director of Community-Based Services. In this role, Owens will oversee the activities and operations of Community-Based Services, which focus on empowering individuals…
Project Bread’s Walk for Hunger Returns May 7
One of Massachusetts’ most iconic events is back! Project Bread’s The Walk for Hunger, the Commonwealth’s largest and oldest day of community action against hunger, is seeking walkers for a new 3-mile route. Back in-person for the first time since…
Mayor Wu Announces Citywide Permanent Outdoor Dining Program
Special to the Gazette Mayor Michelle Wu announced the City of Boston’s Permanent Outdoor Dining Program, in coordination with the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion (OEOI), the Streets Cabinet, and the Disabilities Commission. The permanent program creates a predictable,…
JP Observer: ChatGPT: Is AI Armageddon Upon Us?
As if newspaper columnists and other journalists needed something else to freak people out about this year, along came ChatGPT. It was released by nonprofit creator OpenAI in late November so people can have things written to order for them.…
MWRA To Temporarily Shut Down Fluoride System
Starting in late February, the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority will be replacing portions of the equipment that feeds fluoride into its drinking water. During this period, MWRA will not be adding fluoride to the water. This work is expected to…
Whittier Street Health Center Receives $500,000 Grant
Whittier Street Health Center, a community health center with a mission to serve as a center of excellence that provides high quality and accessible health care and social services that achieve health equity, social justice, and the economic well-being of…
Councilors Seek To Make Swimming in City Safer
At the February 8 of the Boston City Council, Council President Ed Flynn and Councilor Kendra Lara refiled a hearing order to discuss water safety awareness and increasing access to swimming lessons in the City of Boston. This hearing order…
Sixteen-Year-Old Charged With Stabbing Murder
A 16 year-old girl, Wilmary Mejia Matos of Roxbury, was arraigned in the West Roxbury Division of the Boston Municipal Court last Monday (February 13) for the alleged stabbing murder of 21 year-old Brianna Brown early on the Saturday evening…