Special to the Gazette Known mostly for creating jobs and affordable housing in the Jamaica Plain area for the past 44 years, the JP Neighborhood Development Corporation’s (JPNDC) current strategic plan calls for going deeper and wider to increase services…
Author: Sandra Storey
JP Observer: Local nonprofit boosts greener world with and for energy consumers
Transportation—including electric cars—a major focus Green Energy Consumers Alliance, located in the JPNDC Brewery Complex at 284 Amory Street, has the climate-saving mission “to harness the power of energy consumers to speed the transition to a low-carbon future.” To do…
JP Observer: Neighbors join voices outdoors in spirit of community
The sound was perfect for the day. Twenty-two neighbors joined to sing “You Are the Sunshine of My Life” on a Hall Street sidewalk at 5 p.m. this past April 13. The sun was shining brightly as it moved lower…
JP Observer: Conspiracy groups emerge as major domestic threat
An angry mob made up of thousands of members of various conspiracy groups and their believers burst through barricades, then windows, and into the fully occupied U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, waving weapons and flags and yelling their heads off.…
JP Observer: Impartial Investigation Needed for Family, Community into Police Shooting of JP Native
Special to the Gazette Everything went wrong and in public for 41-year old Jamaica Plain native Juston Root almost a year ago, and it cost him his life. The mentally ill man died in a hail of daylight gunfire from…
JP Observer: Better electric supplier just around the corner
Nervous and excited as Nov. 3 approaches? After we cast our ballots and while we wait for results will be a good time to take a minute to look at a recent electric bill and see what it says under…
JP Observer: Copious Trump emails, texts to supporters dish up flattery and fear
When I was involved in reporting and editing at the Gazette, I was always interested in finding out how candidates for office were managing their campaigns. Along with learning about their relevant experience and policy stands, we looked at their…
JP OBSERVER: Popular, much-needed housing here should not be held up
The final and most important in a series of wonderful votes occurred to benefit Jamaica Plain and the Boston area just as the covid 19 pandemic was first arriving here this spring. At a hearing on March 10, the Boston…
JP Observer: “In this together”
Beginning shortly after the pandemic hit hard in March, out of nowhere and everywhere the phrase “in this together” has been used to poetically describe how we have to distance ourselves from one another while a deadly virus and possible…
JP Observer: Let’s not waste the coronavirus crisis; good things can result
By Sandra Storey / Special to the Gazette The covid-19 pandemic has been a three-month nightmare for us in Jamaica Plain and pretty much the entire world. No one knows how long it will continue to plague us. Just describing…