Plazo para calendario de eventos: martes, 9 enero para la edición del 12 ene. Mande eventos a [email protected]. Para los números abajo, el código de área es 617. Reuniones El comité de servicio público de JPNC, reunión mensual, martes, 2…
Author: Gazette Staff
JP Agenda, Dec. 22, 2017
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues. Jan. 9 for the Jan. 12 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings The Public Service Committee of the Jamaica…
BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL
MAKING CHANGE HAPPEN
Hyde Square Task Force celebrated their “Annual Making Change Happen Breakfast” in Boston on Dec. 7.
INTERACTIVE LIGHTS
City Council Briefs
By Beth Treffeisen Special to the Gazette The City Council held its final hearing of the year on Dec.13. It was the last hearing for both Councilors Tito Jackson and Sal LaMattina who said their farewells after the hearing. Mayor…
Letters:
The bag debate We the taxpayers of Boston actually pay our City Councilors $99,500 per year to sit around debating the merits of paper vs plastic. Yep, you read that right. And soon we will be charged for putting our purchased…
City Council passes bag ordinance
By Beth Treffeisen Special to the Gazette The City Council during a hearing on Nov. 29 unanimously voted to pass an ordinance that levies a five-cent surcharge for using a thick plastic bag or a paper bag at a store…
Honeymooning in New Zealand
Ayuntamiento aprueba ordenanza de bolsas de plástico
Beth Treffeisen Especial a Gazette Durante una audiencia el 29 de noviembre, el Ayuntamiento aprobó unánimemente una ordenanza que cobra por el uso de bolsas de plástico grueso y de papel en la ciudad. La ordenanza prohíbe las bolsas de…