Former City Councilor Chuck Turner is back in Boston after serving prison time for bribery and is volunteering at a nonprofit in Dorchester, he told the Gazette last week. Turner, who is living under home confinement and volunteering at the…
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JPNC election date set; nomination papers ready soon
The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council, a JP-wide neighborhood association, will hold its biannual election on Oct. 19, it announced this week. Nomination papers for candidates will be available starting Mon., Aug. 5. The 20-member JPNC was created by former Mayor…
2nd police spying protest planned
Civil liberties groups will hold this year’s second protest on Aug. 4 at Boston Police headquarters against a controversial anti-terrorism intelligence center that maintained files on local peace activists. The Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC) has been criticized for overlooking…
Suspects sought in 2 shootings
Police are seeking suspects in two separate shootings July 29 that left two men wounded in Egleston and Jackson Squares. In the Egleston Square incident, a man in his 20s was wounded by a gunshot and beaten in the face…
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Man shot, wounded in Jackson Sq.; suspect sought
A shooting last night in Jackson Square left a man wounded, and police are seeking a suspect. The victim, a man his late 20s, was shot in the area of 274 Centre St. at around 9 p.m., and he is…
Marathon hero Arredondo honored in sand sculpture
By John Ruch and Seth Daniel Carlos Arredondo, the Boston Marathon bombing rescue hero with strong Jamaica Plain ties, appears with other heroes and victims on a sand sculpture at this weekend’s Revere Beach National Sand Sculpting Festival. The annual…
‘Jamaica Plain’ author: Thriller series will be JP-based
The recent police thriller “Jamaica Plain” is just the first in a series of novels whose hero will continue to be based in JP, the English cop-turned-author penning the series told the Gazette. “The plan is that [series hero] Jim…
4 would-be mayors had roles in gov’t secrecy scandal
Four current mayoral candidates played very different roles in a 2005 scandal about secret Boston City Council meetings that led a judge to fine the council $11,000 for violating the state Open Meeting Law. City Councilors Rob Consalvo and Mike…
JP History: This Week in JP History
The following are the Gazette’s top headlines from this week in Jamaica Plain history: 5 Years Ago: 2008 “State puts up $3.1m for [Jackson Square] basics” State funding kickstarted construction on the massive redevelopment of 11 acres of land in…