By Beth Treffeisen Special to the Gazette Residents packed the City Council chamber on May 10 during a budget hearing for the Boston Transportation Department (BTD) to demand slower and safer streets in the city. In the crowd, residents sported bicycle t-shirts and some still wore their bike helmets after attending a memorial for...
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Residentes quieren calles más seguras
De Beth Treffeisen Especial a Gazette El 10 de mayo, en la cámara del consejo, una multitud de residentes asistió a la audiencia presupuestaria del departamento de transportación de Boston (BTD) para exigir calles más seguras. Residentes llevaban camisetas de ciclismo y aun cascos de seguridad luego de haber asistido a un servicio conmemorativo...
A year remembrance for Michael Colgan
Michael Colgan was born in 1944 in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin and died on May 3, 2016 at Milton Hospice. Michael grew up in Birmingham, England before arriving in America at 24 years old. He lived in various places in the United States, including in Hyannis (where he served as bar back), in...
Sights and Sounds, May 26, 2017
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues. June 6 for the June 9 issue. Send listings to reporter@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special events Komera Global Run Boston, a global movement of people around the world coming together to move in support of girls’...
Invitacion, May 26, 2017
Plazo para calendario de eventos: 6 de junio para la edición del 9 de junio. Mande eventos a reporter@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Código de área es 617, a menos que haya otro. Reuniones The Jamaica Pond Association, reunión mensual, Jamaicaway Tower, 111 Perkins Street, Jamaica Plain, lunes, 5 jun, 7-9pm. Abierta al público. Estacionamiento limitado. Reunión comunitaria...
JP Agenda, May 26, 2017
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues. June 6 for the June 9 issue. Send listings to reporter@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings JP Problem Properties Committee, first Wednesday of the month, 10:30am, E-13 Police Station Community Room, 3347 Washington St. Info: Liana Poston,...
Letters:
Racism is a headache A few weeks back in the Jamaica Plain Gazette, a reader wrote a letter stating that “racism is our limp.” Interesting metaphor but I see racism not as a limp but as a headache. We often spend to much time in our heads apparently in pain over a previous incident...