The Whitehaus, an artist commune and influential underground music venue, has lost its long-term lease but likely will remain at 10 Seaverns Ave. for at least another six months, according to Whitehaus member Sam Potrykus. Potrykus told the Gazette last…
Author: John Ruch
Turner to be released from prison
Former City Councilor Chuck Turner expects to be released from federal prison to a halfway house in Boston by next week, he said in an email to various contacts, including the Gazette. Turner, who formerly represented part of Jamaica Plain,…
Suffolk Construction offers training to minority and women contractors
Suffolk Construction, Boston’s largest construction firm, is inviting Jamaica Plain minority- and women-owned subcontractor firms to a special course in how to do business on Suffolk projects. The lack of opportunity for such firms on Boston construction projects has been…
‘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…
Hyde/Jackson gets ‘Avenida de las Americas’ signs
Centre Street in Hyde and Jackson Squares now has honorary street signs dubbing it “Avenida de las Americas,” or “Avenue of the Americas,” six years after the idea was approved by the Boston City Council. The signs, which do not…
‘Avenida de las Americas’ en Hyde/Jackson
Centre Street es la nueva “Avenida de las Americas”, según unas señales que aparecieron en Hyde y Jackson Squares. La idea fue aprobada originalmente hace seis años por el Boston City Council. Las señales no cambian el nombre oficial de…
Hyde, Monument Sq. redesigns resume this fall
The City’s long-delayed plans for major redesigns of Hyde and Monument Squares will resume this fall, according to the Boston Transportation Department (BTD). The Centre and South Streets Streetscape and Transportation Action Plan aims to develop general guidelines for the…
Arboretum 16 acres bigger than thought
ARBORWAY—Arnold Arboretum is one of the biggest jewels in the Emerald Necklace—even bigger than advertised. Administrators recently discovered that the Arboretum is 16 acres bigger than the number it has used in various publications for the past 75 years. The…
JP police spying named top 10 free speech violation
Boston Police spying on legal protests in Jamaica Plain and elsewhere has been named one of last year’s top 10 free speech violations in the annual “Muzzle Awards.” The Muzzle Awards is a list of “outrages against free speech and…
Pats star charged with murder after JP drive
Aaron Hernandez, a star player for the New England Patriots football team, was charged with the murder of a Dorchester man June 26, six days after TV news helicopters drew local attention for following his SUV on a drive on…