This is the time of year to count blessings. Ours is the privilege of serving the great residents of a great neighborhood in a great city. The Gazette works not only for JP, but with JP. Many of our stories…
Author: Gazette Staff
Letter: Thanks for Connolly Library Halloween support
The 6th annual Halloween Party and Parade at the Connolly Branch Library and Hyde Square community was a spectacular success! Over 250 children and adults enjoyed a costume party with food, face-painting and pumpkin-decorating at the library before parading through…
JP students earn school honors
Seven Jamaica Plain students at Brookline’s Dexter Southfield School earned academic honors distinctions for the first marking period this fall. Tenth-graders Nicole Iannella and Louisa Vincent earned High Honors, meaning an average grade of A-minus or above. Earning Honors, meaning…
Five Years of Hope
JP Reads announces short fiction contest winner
JP Reads has announced Jamaica Plain resident Rachel Bergquist as the winner of its first annual Flash Fiction Contest. JP Reads is an organization that encourages JP residents to read a selected book and then holds an annual series of…
JP Agenda, Nov. 8, 2013
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., Nov. 19 for the Nov. 22 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Boston Police Latino Monthly Meeting, Thu., Nov…
Sights and Sounds, Nov. 8, 2013
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., Nov. 19 for the Nov. 22 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special Events 18th Annual Taste of Jamaica Plain,…
Editorial: Congratulations to Walsh
We congratulate Marty Walsh on his hard-earned victory in the Boston mayoral race. We eagerly await his administration and its promise of a City government that is more transparent, more efficient, more inclusive and more focused on equity—and just as…
Editorial: Thanks to Connolly
We owe thanks to John Connolly for his mayoral campaign. While unsuccessful, his bold campaign helped to shape the race and, ultimately, the City’s future direction. Connolly was the first incumbent elected official to enter the race at a time…
Editorial: Mayoral power
The first new mayor in a generation is a shake-up that offers a good chance for Bostonians to alter mayoral power as well—both to increase it and to spread its wealth. Some key ideas: Mayoral term limits. This race clearly…