La señora Doris no sabe que hay elecciones este sábado 24. Al igual que ella hay un grupo, bastante grande, que también no conoce lo que es el consejo del vecindario y que hay 18 candidatos que buscan un sitio en un proceso que tiene características muy especiales donde no se requiere ser ciudadano...
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Feminist icon moves to JP
Jessica Valenti, the founder of feministing.com and the face of 21st century feminism, has joined the ranks of Jamaica Plain residents. Leaving her life-long home of New York a few weeks ago was the cap on an already busy year. Valenti and husband Andrew had time to plan the move, she told the Gazette...
City to audit Main Street groups
The city Department of Neighborhood Development (DND) will this year send compliance officers out to all 18 Boston Main Street organizations, DND spokesperson Jessica Shumaker told the Gazette this week. Following that, the city will conduct rolling audits of one-third of the organizations every year, she said, and offer increased technical support for Main...
City: Hyde/Jackson Main Street still active
Thanks to support from city Department of Neighborhood staffers, Hyde/Jackson Square Main Street (HJSMS) has remained active since Executive Director Carlos Scillachi was suspended in July, DND spokesperson Jessica Shumaker told the Gazette this week. In an email, Shumaker said that DND staffers are working with a 13 local businesses on signage improvement projects....
Whole Foods will not create fund
Whole Foods Market will not agree to set up a “fund for use by JP community groups,” a main request of a Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) committee trying to negotiate a “good neighbor agreement” with the supermarket. Whole Foods described the request as one that “has never been made by any other retailer...
Company offers cargo flights
IMEX Cargo is aiming to serve the Hispanic community with a new station offering personal and commercial cargo shipping by air. The cargo will ship via Amerijet to the Caribbean, Latin America and Mexico. The station, at 480 McClellan Highway in East Boston, is open Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. For more information, call 617-716-1023...
11th Annual ‘Best of JP’ winners
The following are the “Best of JP 2011” as chosen by Gazette readers. More than 700 ballots were submitted containing thousands of votes. In a tribute to the neighborhood, over 50 businesses were nominated as Best Place to Work, and over 80 as Friendliest Business. BEST PLACE TO… Enjoy the outdoors: Arnold Arboretum...
Wine store near school draws concern
A high-end wine and beer store aiming to open across from the Curley K-8 School will seek approval from the school and nearby churches, owner Michael Dupuy told the Gazette. Streetcar Wine & Beer, proposed for 488 Centre St., would not sell snack food or cheep beer, and Dupuy is trained in catching underage...
Pet grooming comes to South St.
A new pet grooming service, Pups ‘n Paradise, has opened its doors at 142B South St. First-time business owner Jeniffer Mitchell is no novice to cat and dog grooming, starting the trade at Norfolk County Agricultural High School while only 15. “It seems like a very dog-friendly area,” Mitchell told the Gazette. Mitchell is...