Author: Gazette Staff
JP Agenda, Feb. 24, 2017
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., Mar. 7 for the Mar. 10 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings JP Problem Properties Committee, first Wednesday of…
Mayor Walsh announces promotion of JP resident at BPS
By Beth Treffeisen Special to the Gazette At a Feb. 10 press conference, Mayor Martin Walsh and Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Tommy Chang announced the promotion of Dr. Makeeba McCreary of Jamaica Plain to the role of managing director…
City Council re-establishes Special Committee on Civil Rights
By Beth Treffeisen Special to the Gazette The City Council voted unanimously to re-establish the Special Committee on Civil Rights at a hearing on Feb. 8. Jamaica Plain City Councilor Matt O’Malley will sit on the committee. City Councilor Josh…
The Last Streetcar to Arborway, part III
By Franklyn P. Salimbene Salimbene, a longtime Jamaica Plain resident who is a board member of the Arborway Committee for Public transit, Inc and a senior lecturer in law at Bentley University, recently penned a personal reminiscence of the last…
Invitacion, Feb. 24, 2017
El plazo para la sección de participación es al mediodía, martes, 7 marzo para la edición del 10 marzo. Mande eventos a [email protected]. Note: marca el 617 antes de los números que salen abajo, a menos que haya otro código.…
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Sights and Sounds, Feb. 24, 2017
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues. Mar. 7 for the Mar. 10 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special events Frederick Law Olmsted’s 195th Birthday,…
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Op-Ed: Malia’s legislative priorities
By Local State Rep. Liz Malia Last month marked the official start of the 190th legislative session. Members of the Massachusetts legislature filed over 5,000 bills, and over the next two years, the House and Senate will review each bill…