Author: Gazette Staff
First Communion
JP Agenda, June 6, 2014
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., June 17 for the June 20 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings JPNC Zoning Committee, Wed., June 18, 7pm,…
Editorial: Thank you, first responders
In late 2012, the Gazette staff decided to create this annual special section of stories about JP’s first responders—the police officers, firefighters and EMTs who keep us safe, yet often work unnoticed and un-thanked. Since then, the months just before…
JP First Responders: JP’s Police Report in 1872
In 1872, Jamaica Plain was part of the Town of West Roxbury, and its police station was based in what is now a condo building at 28 Seaverns Ave. According to a police incident log for several months of that…
Invitacion, June 6, 2014
El plazo para la lista de eventos es el 17 de junio al mediodía para la publicación del 20 de junio. Mande a [email protected]. Atención: Marca el 617 antes de los números que salen abajo. Reuniones JPNC Zoning Committee, miércoles,…
Good Samaritans
Law Day
Editorial: Another BRIC in the wall
The latest revelations about Boston Police spying in Jamaica Plain are many, but they can be summed up easily: daily, even hourly, violations of the Constitution by a spy center with more tax money than sense. It’s easy to laugh…
Editorial: Thanks to longtime leaders
Two of JP’s great neighborhood leaders will retire this month. Both are the sorts of leaders whose name you may never have heard, but whose work has touched your JP life. Laura Foner, the children’s librarian at Hyde Square’s Connolly…