Local state Rep. Jeffrey Sanchez has represented the 15th Suffolk District for more than a decade. He is running for re-election this year and is facing Nika Elugardo in the Democratic primary. The winner of the Sept. 4 primary will…
Author: Peter Shanley
Q. and A. with Nika Elugardo
Nika Elugardo is an attorney, a former aide to local state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, and a former director of a nonprofit that provides financial education and other resources to those wanting to achieve financial stability and build wealth. She is…
Antiguo administrador de English High condenado por disparar a un estudiante
Un antiguo administrador de English High School fue condenado por disparar a un estudiante en la cabeza y el primero de junio fue sentenciado a más de 20 años en la cárcel, según la Oficina del Fiscal de Suffolk County.…
Former English High administrator convicted of shooting student
A former administrator at English High School was recently convicted of shooting a student in the head and was sentenced to more than 20 years in prison on June 1, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s (DA) Office. According…
Update on DCR’s parkway improvement project
The majority of the state Department of Conservation and Recreation’s (DCR) parkway improvement project is finally under construction after many years of planning and pushing by the community. The parkway improvement project focuses on three different areas: Perkins Street and…
Kids’ fishing derby June 30
The second annual kids’ fishing derby will be held at Jamaica Pond on June 30, and will be a free event for kids 14 years old and younger, according to a press release. The “Catch & Release with the Boston…
Q. and A. with co-founder of Omega Theater, which is celebrating 50 years
Omega Theater (Theater Workshop Boston, Inc.) is a small, nonprofit organization founded 50 years ago to develop original plays and experiment with audience/actor relationships within the environmental theater genre of the time. The two founders and artistic directors wanted to…
Dorchester man arrested for double murder in Jackson Square
Wilvin Guity, a 28-year-old Dorchester man, has been charged with the shooting deaths of 23-year-old Christopher Joyce and 58-year-old Clayborn Blair on May 4 in Jackson Square, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s (DA) Office. Joyce was a college…
Battle continues between City Realty, Washington St. business
The battle is continuing between El Embajador Dominican Restaurant, which is located at 3371 Washington St., and its landlord, City Realty, over lease negotiations. The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC) is saying that City Realty is attempting to “flip”…
Two men fatally shot in Jackson Square
Boston Police Department (BPD) officers responded to shots fired in the area of the Mildred C. Hailey Apartments on May 4 and found two men—23-year-old Christopher Joyce and 58-year-old Clayborn Blair—suffering from gunshot wounds that turned out to be fatal.…