Author: Gazette Staff
Holidays in JP: ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM AT FENWAY PARK
Holidays in JP: HOLIDAY STROLL
Sights and Sounds, Dec. 4, 2015
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues. Dec. 15 for the Dec. 18 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special events Celebrating Olmsted 2022, “Passages to Yosemite”…
The Olmsted tour
Gerry Wright Special to the Gazette [Editor’s note: Below is a description by Gerry Wright of a cross-country tour he went on during the summer performing The Olmsted Play and new initiatives that resulted from that.] The motivation for the…
Obituary: Mildred Hailey
Mildred Hailey, a Jamaica Plain resident and longtime leader of the Bromley-Heath housing development, died on Nov. 18. She was 82. Hailey founded the Bromley-Heath Tenant Management Corporation (TMC) along with Anna Mae Cole more than 40 years ago. It…
Obituary: Holly Cavender-Wood
Jamaica Plain resident Holly Cavender-Wood, 38, died in her home on Eliot Street on Nov 13. Born in Newport, Rhode Island and raised in Holland, Pennsylvania, Holly arrived in JP in 2007. Many residents may recall seeing her walking Pip,…
Letter: Post office needs Spanish-speaking workers
Thank you for continuing to publish letters, stories, and editorials about the scandalous lack of customer service at the JP Post Office. According to your most recent story, the United States Post Service claims that installing a new manager will…
Letter: Bigger issues than post office
I have never written a letter to the editor before, but your editorial in the Nov. 20 edition about poor service at the local post office prompts a reply: Unless I am too dense to recognize satire when I read…
Letter: Service at JP Post Office not so bad
If we compare our post office efficiency with other Boston branches, I think the JP branch is serving us very well. The idea that we cannot wait a few minutes to be served, reflects a general impatience that is surfacing…