Plant Sale and Flea Market Gardeners looking to kick off the spring season should head to Adams Park on Saturday, May 9, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Roslindale Village Main Street Plant Sale will offer seedlings and starters…
Month: May 2026
Orange Line extension study nearing June deadline
Staff Report The future of transit in Roslindale is currently under the microscope as state officials finalize a critical feasibility study for the extension of the Orange Line. The study, which was greenlit by the Massachusetts House with a…
Planning advances affordable housing in Roslindale, Charlestown and Longwood Medical Area
Special to the Gazette The Planning Department this month recommended approval of the Harvard ERC District and Greenway Plan. In addition, staff recommended approval of four new development projects representing approximately 1,738,114 square feet (SF). All were approved. The…
Whittier Street Health Center to host 26th annual Men’s Health Summit
Special to the Gazette 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,…
Wu, community leaders join Pennrose and Hyde Square Task Force to break ground on Blessed Sacrament Church redevelopment
Special to the Gazette Pennrose and Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF) today celebrated the groundbreaking of the Blessed Sacrament redevelopment, which will transform the vacant 1913 historic church in Boston’s Jamaica Plain neighborhood into a vibrant mixed-use, mixed-income development.…
Virtual meeting scheduled for3326 Washington Street project updates
Staff Report The Boston Planning Department has announced a virtual public meeting to provide an informational update regarding the proposed development at 3326 Washington Street in Jamaica Plain. Scheduled for Monday, May 18, 2026, the session will run from…
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts celebrates National Bike Month with free $20 Bluebikes credits
Special to the Gazette In recognition of National Bike Month and National Mental Health Awareness Month, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts (“Blue Cross”), the title sponsor of Greater Boston’s municipally owned bike-sharing system, Bluebikes, will offer a free…
YES Gala raises $850,000 to support outdoor and leadership programming for Boston youth
Special to the Gazette More than 300 supporters attended Youth Enrichment Services (YES) 15th Annual Black Diamond Gala on Thursday, April 16, at the Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel. The event raised $850,000 to support YES’s leadership and outdoor programs,…
JGE Architecture + Design celebrates completion of Brookley Flats, Boston’s largest affordable homeownership development
Special to the Gazette JGE Architecture + Design is pleased to announce the completion of Brookley Flats, a new multifamily residential development in Jamaica Plain that delivers 45 affordable homeownership opportunities, including dedicated artist live/work units, within a thoughtfully…
Housing, health, hunger: This is why America is failing
Americans’ optimism about their future has sunk to an all-time low, according to a recent Gallup Poll (which was conducted, we might add, before the war with Iran had begun). Why the malaise when we have record-low unemployment…