Author: Gazette Staff
Beetle Busters
Collective has fresh take on art
By Tommy Dean, Special to the Gazette HYDE SQ.—A group of artists called the Fresh Collective held a debut exhibit in their Sheridan Street home earlier this week, setting the stage for more art to come. The group is inspired…
Chemical Crusaders
Editorials: Reasons to vote
Many people will sit out the Sept. 6 primary election amid a bunch of uncontested races and an election date moved from the usual third Tuesday to the first Thursday. Still, the local ballots present JPers with some motivation to…
Editorial: Rethinking redistricting
The controversy about the City Council redistricting plan raises real concerns about minority representation and ham-handed incumbent protection. But it is just a symptom of underlying problems and our city leadership’s stubborn refusal to let the people rethink their form…
Letter: Church should be community space
My name is Chloe and I’m 9 years old, and I live in a house across from the Blessed Sacrament Church campus. I have heard and read that the current plan is to turn the church building into expensive condos.…
Letter: People, not dogs, are the problem
I live in JP, have for many years, and have lived with dogs for many years. I am writing in response to being referred to as one of “these people.” (“Editorial: Dogs as vandalism,” July 20.) I agree that people…
Letter: Red Sox striking out with fans
Just as the U.S. House of Representatives seems hell-bent on rejecting any bills put forth by the Obama administration, no matter how much good they might do to further help this country out of the economic decline spawned by the…
Letter: JPNDC was already untrustworthy
A collective “Et tu, Brute?” must have arisen over at the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation when they read these remarks by Richard Heath in the Aug. 3 Gazette: “The community got left out… [we] who went to rallies and…