The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., April 9 for the April 12 issue. Send listings to reporter@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Jamaica Plain Town Hall, hosted by City Councilor Matt O’Malley, to discuss upcoming city budget process, economic and business development, public...
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Sights & Sounds, March 29, 2013
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., April 9 for the April 12 issue. Send listings to reporter@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special Events St. Mary of the Angels parish Good Friday prayer walk, Fri., March 29, 11am-1pm, starting at 377 Walnut Ave, making...
Casey opposition gets louder, but doesn’t sway officials
FOREST HILLS—Opponents of the Casey Arborway plan are turning out in greater numbers, though they are no closer to overturning the state’s decision, according to key elected officials. Despite the vocal opposition, local elected officials, including state reps. Russell Holmes and Liz Malia, who are critical of the at-grade plan, and Boston Mayor Thomas...
Peace Garden to get redesign
EGLESTON SQ.—The Ecumenical Social Action Committee, Inc. (ESAC) is hosting two “re-imagining” sessions for a redesign of the Egleston Square Peace Garden at the corner of Washington and School streets. The two sessions, one planned for March 13, after the Gazette’s deadline, and one planned for Sat., March 16, are aimed at gathering community...
JPNC aims to improve ‘racial equity’
An ad hoc committee of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) is seeking to address racial equity in the JPNC’s decisions. Tom Kieffer, executive director of the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center, and fellow Ad Hoc Racial Justice Committee members Elmer Freeman and Susan Naimark presented the committee’s first report at the Feb. 26...
Parents back BPS plan’s goal, want tweaks
Members of the community were critical of aspects of Boston Public Schools’ (BPS) proposed new student assignment plan, while acknowledging its innovative scientific approach and supporting its goal to improve education equity across the city. Community members spent an hour-and-a-half sharing their opinions of BPS’s plan at the School Committee hearing, held March 7...
Faulkner amends clinic closure plans
JAMAICA HILLS—Brigham and Women’s Faulkner Hospital has altered its plan to close its in-patient detox unit in response to the state Department of Public Health’s (DPH) feedback following a public hearing last month. The dedicated unit will still close, but it will be replaced by nine beds in the hospital’s general population instead of...
Sights & Sounds, March 15, 2013
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., March 26 for the March 29 issue. Send listings to reporter@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special Events “Art for Music” silent auction, to benefit the JP Music Festival, March 24 date is cancelled, rescheduled event to be...
JP Agenda, March 15, 2013
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., March 26 for the March 29 issue. Send listings to reporter@jamaicaplaingazette.com. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Egleston Square Peace Garden redesign meeting, Sat., March 16, 10am, Egleston Sq. YMCA, 3134 Washington St. Info: 724-554-0632. JPNC Housing and...
School assignment plan approved
By Rebeca Oliveira and John Ruch/Gazette Staff The Boston School Committee voted 6-1 to approve a new home-based, zone-free school choice plan last night. The approved plan does not include walk-zone priority and will take effect in the 2014-2015 school year. The plan does away with zones and uses a child’s address as a...