Mayor Martin Walsh has appointed Lindsey Santana as the neighborhood liaison for Jamaica Plain within the Mayor’s Civic Engagement Cabinet. Santana will replace Enrique Pepen who left his post to become a special advisor on U.S. Congressman Joseph Kennedy III’s…
Author: John Lynds
House and Senate Pass Historic Overhaul to Education Funding Formula
For the past year teachers and school leaders have been actively lobbying the state legislature and governor to begin taking steps to overhaul the state’s education funding formula to ensure equity for all students, especially those in low-income areas. Because…
Jamaica Plain Resident’s Opioid Project Going Strong
Co-founder and creator of the “Opioid Project” Nancy Marks brought her unique multimedia campaign that helps those who have struggled with addiction or lost someone to addiction cope and heal through art to Boston. Recently the Opioid Project held a…
Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III Announces Senate Candidacy
In front of a standing-room only crowd at the East Boston Social Centers, U.S. Congressman Joseph P. Kennedy III announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate taking on incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey. After touching on the Kennedy Family’s roots…
Reactivated Human Rights Commission Will Focus on JP’s Immigrant Population
For years now, national political rhetoric has been stoking flames of discrimination against immigrant communities across the country that some argue led to the mass shooting in El Paso, TX last month that killed 24 people that were mostly Latino.…
Walsh Reacts to Chapter 70 Funding Increase
For the better part of the past year Mayor Martin Walsh has been on the front lines advocating for ending the generations-long under-funding of local public schools. The outdated formula used to fund public schools in Boston and other school…
Four Jamaica Plain Businesses to Share in Community Development Block Grants
Four Jamaica Plain nonprofits will share in $2.2 million that was awarded to 51 organizations this week that promote economic mobility for low-income residents here On Wednesday Mayor Martin Walsh and the Mayor’s Office of Workforce Development (OWD) announced the…
Free MBTA Passes for All Seventh Through 12th Graders This School Year
Starting this fall, Boston Public Schools will provide MBTA passes for all 7th to 12th graders, not just students who are living long distances from school. Superintendent Brenda Cassellius said in a statement that the expanded T pass program “will…
New Orange Line Trains Debut
This month the MBTA debuted six new Orange Line cars to its fleet as part of a multi-year project to add 152 new Orange Line cars and to eventually increase the line’s capacity to 30,000 seats. The six new cars…
Mayor Walsh Testifies on Two Bills Aimed at Protecting Renters in Boston
Last Tuesday afternoon Mayor Martin Walsh was up at the State House to offer testimony in support of two bills that aim to protect senior renters and ensure the right to counsel in eviction cases. The first bill, House Bill…