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Fri, 06/26/2009 - 8:00pm

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Local activists will appeal
A lawsuit seeking restoration of MBTA Green Line trolley service through central Jamaica Plain was thrown out of court last month after a judge ruled it was filed too late.

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Fri, 06/26/2009 - 8:00pm

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Youth Center delayed
JACKSON SQUARE—Developers Jackson Square Partners (JSP) have secured funding for neighborhood public in-frastructure improvements, but construction of a “youth and families center” in the neighborhood is being delayed, the JSP team said in a recent meeting at the Gazette office.

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Fri, 06/26/2009 - 8:00pm

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Prepare to have your door knocked and your baby kissed. The Election Department has released its first official list of candidates who will appear on this fall’s ballot.

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Fri, 06/26/2009 - 8:00pm

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English High School headmaster Jose Duarte will be replaced by Sito Narcisse, an educator most recently working in the Pittsburgh Public School system, the Gazette has learned.

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Fri, 06/26/2009 - 8:00pm

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SOUTH ST.—After being shuttered for more than a half-year, the boutique Indigena at 42 South St. finally closed for good last week. Workers cleared out the storefront and posted “for rent” signs in the windows on June 17.

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Fri, 06/26/2009 - 6:00am

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MBTA will put Parcel U back out this year
FOREST HILLS—Traffic conditions and concerns about continued community oversight of a public land sale process vied for attention with the introduction of local developer WCI Corp’s plans for MBTA-owned land in Forest Hills at a June 16 community meeting at the State Lab on South Street.

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Fri, 06/12/2009 - 12:00pm

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The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council this week decided to postpone its election—initially scheduled for this weekend—until September.

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Fri, 06/12/2009 - 12:00pm

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Officials began moving against two landlord brothers last month after it was revealed that one of them, Douglas Smith, is wanted for insurance fraud and arson.

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Fri, 06/12/2009 - 12:00pm

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Public outcry over a Boston Public Schools (BPS) plan to save on transportation costs by moving from a three-zone to five-zone system led BPS superintendent Carol Johnson to shelve the plan early this month.

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Fri, 06/12/2009 - 12:00pm

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Council: Century-old lines affect voters, districts
The city’s voting precincts—the smallest units of voting districts—have not been redrawn in more than 90 years, causing voter-access problems and oddities in Boston City Council districts, according to City Coun-cil President Mike Ross.

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Fri, 06/12/2009 - 12:00pm

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T bus maps invent, move Stop & Shops
A Stop & Shop supermarket is operating inside the Arnold Arboretum, according to one of two incorrect MBTA bus route maps that invent or move supermarkets in Jamaica Plain.

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Fri, 06/12/2009 - 8:00pm

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City promotes industry that has local foothold
Video games, the great artform of the new millennium, have millions of players. The video game industry has its own kind of players, too—states and cities hungry for a slice of its multi-billion-dollar pie.

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Fri, 06/12/2009 - 7:00am

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Mayor’s office: ‘Nope’
PONDSIDE—City Councilor and mayoral candidate Sam Yoon on May 13 called for an independent appraisal of the city-owned Jamaica Plain mansion where former Boston Mayor James Michael Curley once resided.

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Fri, 06/12/2009 - 11:00am

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Changes name to Beth Israel Deaconess HealthCare—Jamaica Plain
JP CENTER—After 33 years as an independent practice, the Urban Medical Group at 545 Centre St.—a practice focusing on primary care for elderly and chronically ill patients—was taken over by Beth Israel Deaconess HeathCare June 1.

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For nurse Mary Ann Kopydlowski, the political is personal, and it’s what fuels her work as a nurse with Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program (BHCHP) and as a board member of the Jamaica Plai