Thanks to local Main Streets organizations and JP-based housing nonprofits for staging important mayoral forums to raise the neglected issues of small business development and Boston’s staggering cost of getting a roof over one’s head. Those conversations should continue, and…
Author: Gazette Staff
Editorial: A different chess move
In the Aug. 2 issue, we praised the Boston Redevelopment Authority board of directors for its smart “chess move” of linking the redevelopment of Hyde Square’s former Norbert School building to a successful sale of the former Blessed Sacrament Church.…
Op-Ed: Small businesses belong on the mayoral agenda
By Betsy Cowan, Richard Rouse and Gerald Robbins/Special to the Gazette Small businesses form the backbone of each unique neighborhood of Boston, investing in the City through taxes, local purchasing and local hiring. In addition, small businesses add vitality to…
Letter: Faraone is right about canned speeches, but there’s a solution
In reading Chris Faraone’s column “Is there an echo in here, or is that a stump speech?” (“Politics as Unusual,” Aug. 2), I could commiserate with him regarding our mayoral candidates becoming repetitive at different forums. I’ve attended two education…
Letter: Commons at Forest Hills project will eat up local parking
The 289 residential unit project proposed for the 3-acre Hughes Oil site on Washington Street near the Forest Hills station will have only 168 parking spaces that tenants must pay extra to use. We know that people riding the subway…
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JPers win garden contest
Five Jamaica Plain residents scored wins—including two first places—in this year’s Garden Contest sponsored by Mayor Thomas Menino and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department, it was announced this week. Myrna Balk of Chilcott Place tied for first place in…
Sights and Sounds, Aug. 2, 2013
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., Aug. 13 for the Aug. 16 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special Events Summer Nights Out, sponsored by Hyde…
Invitación, Aug. 2, 2013
La entrega para la lista de Invitación es al mediodía, el 13 de agosto para la publicación del 16 de agosto. Manda a [email protected]. Atención: Marca el 617 antes de los números que salen abajo. Reuniones Zoning Board of Appeals,…