To the Editor, I’m calling on Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF), elected officials, and our community to come together to find a solution to the future of Blessed Sacrament Church. Selling the Church with no restrictions will hurt the future…
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Desperately Needed Housing
To the Editor, The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council would like to publicly state its objection to the lawsuit filed by Monty Gold against Pine Street Inn and The Community Builders for their proposed development at 3368 Washington Street. In the…
Annual Jamaica Plain Garden Tour Goes Virtual
The Trustees of Reservations (The Trustees) has announced the launch of its Third Annual Jamaica Plain Garden Tour now ongoing at thetrustees.org/jpgt. This event is a key fundraiser for The Trustees’ network of 56 Boston community gardens and parks, which…
News Briefs
Free Guided Walking Tours of Stony Brook/Brookside Neighborhood Two free Guided Walking Tours of Stony Brook/Brookside neighborhood will take place on Saturday, August 15 starting at 11:00am from in front of Stony Brook MBTA station on the Orange Line. One…
JP Centre/South Main Streets Fundraising Boom
JP Centre/South Main Streets is grateful for a grant from the Boston Foundation for $1000, from the donor-advised Shawkemo Fund, to assist with their work during the COVID-19 crisis and BLM movement. JP CSMS’ work has included the distribution of…
The Falmouth Road Race Goes on, in Newton: A Family Affair
By Taylor Lord At 5:15 each morning, Michael Sack, age 70, laces up his running shoes outside a rental house in Jamaica Plain. He sets out at a self-described “slow pace,” snaking around Jamaica Pond and the Chestnut Hill Reservoir.…
America Is Circling The Drain
On January 30 — what seems like a lifetime ago — the World Health Organization declared that COVID-19 was a world-wide pandemic. On that same fateful date, the United States’ Centers for Disease Control issued a press release that stated…
Car Repossessions Are on the Rise
Although most of the attention of the financial crisis brought about by the coronavirus pandemic has focused on the evictions and foreclosures facing millions of out-of-work Americans, the number of repossessions of motor vehicles because of loan defaults is starting…
Op-Ed: Every American Has Troubles
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Everybody has troubles. If you don’t believe it then ask any American living in the year 2020. Most of us are accustomed to having troubles occasionally. Some have more than others. Some people think that “some…
Letters
Hyde Square Task Force: Please Don’t Betray the Community Dear Editor: I am writing as a community leader about your article in the July 24, edition, (“Hyde Square Task Force to sell Blessed Sacrament Church building”) When I moved in…