We would like to commend the people running the MBTA for having a terrific business plan. The T continues to break down and have delays frequently, leaving the average Joe or Jane stranded on their way to or from work.…
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Letter: The end of Shea Circle
The stumps of generations of familiar shade trees on Shea Circle are being ground into nothing. Shea Circle is no more. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is converting this site (the rotary near the gateways to Franklin Park and Forest…
Op-Ed: Gun violence has no place in our neighborhoods
By Mayor Martin Walsh I traveled to Washington, D.C., and stood with President Barack Obama as he took measures to make our communities safer. Requiring all gun purchases to include a background check is a common sense, simple step, which…
Letter: An open letter to our friends and neighbors of Jamaica Plain
We write to update you on the recent substance abuse legislation unanimously passed on Jan. 13 by the Massachusetts House of Representatives. As the chairs of the Joint Committees on Mental Health and Substance Abuse and Health Care Financing, we…
City to review dog use of Beecher St. land
The City is reviewing the use of the Beecher Street Play Area as a community-organized dog park after receiving complaints from neighbors. The review could spell the end to one of the few places Jamaica Plain residents can release their…
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La Ciudad revisará el uso del terreno de Beecher St.
La Ciudad está revisando el uso del área de recreación de Beecher Street como un parque de perros organizado por la comunidad después de recibir quejas de vecinos. La revisión podría significar el fin de uno de los pocos lugares…
Stonybrook to participate in City’s Slow Streets program
The Stonybrook neighborhood will be one of two areas that will participate in the City’s Neighborhood Slow Streets pilot program, according to Boston Transportation Department (BTD) spokesperson Tracey Ganiatsos. The Stonybrook neighborhood is roughly bounded by the Arborway and Forest…
City changes affordable-housing policy
Mayor Martin Walsh signed an executive order last month that changes the City’s affordable-housing policy, forcing some developers to pay more money or build more affordable units if they don’t meet the affordable-housing requirement on-site. The policy change went into…
BRA to hold IAG meeting for Goddard House project
The Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) is slated to hold an impact advisory group (IAG) meeting for the Goddard House project on Jan. 7, after the Gazette deadline. An IAG is a City-appointed group of residents and other stakeholders that advise…