Jamaica Plain has been patrolled by some form of police officer since it began emerging as a distinct neighborhood in the 1850s. The home base for those officers has varied widely, from a grand Victorian structure to a long period with no local police station at all. The earliest known local policing was organized...
Protesters have been standing on the Casey Overpass holding signs and handing out flyers condemning its pending replacement with a surface street network. Five Bridging Forest Hills (BFH)-organized “information dissemination” actions took place last month, with plans for more, BFH member Jeffrey Ferris told the Gazette. BFH is an organization that advocates for a...
PONDSIDE—A Jamaica Plain man will spend five to seven years in prison after pleading guilty in April to selling illegal drugs from his Pondside home, according to state Attorney General Martha Coakley’s Office. Christopher Cadman, 34, was arrested in 2011 in a State Police raid of his 39 Prince St. home, according to court...
After over a year in development, the proposed luxury apartment building at 105A S. Huntington Ave., called “Serenity,” is scheduled for a vote from the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) on June 13, three days after a community meeting. “The schedule for this appears crafted specifically to prevent adequate time for the community to review...
The Boston School Committee has voted to appoint Boston Public Schools (BPS) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Jamaica Plain resident John McDonough as interim superintendent. McDonough, who has served as CFO since 1996, will lead the District after Superintendent Carol Johnson retires this summer. “I’m extremely humbled at the mayor’s confidence,” McDonough told the...
Chickens, bees and rooftop gardens may finally find a home in Jamaica Plain. Following community pressure and talks between the Mayor’s Urban Agriculture Working Group (UAWG) and the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), several community meetings have been scheduled across the city to refine updates to the City’s zoning code to better accommodate urban agriculture....
A woman was struck and killed by an Orange Line train while on the tracks at the Stony Brook T Station around 2:45 p.m. today, according to MBTA Transit Police. The MBTA is running shuttle bus service for all Orange Line stops from Jamaica Plain’s Forest Hill Station to Roxbury’s Ruggles Station while the...
Jamaica Plain resident Joyce Lynda Perkit passed away on Sun., June 2, 2013 at age 71 after a long and hard-fought battle with breast cancer. She was a brilliant and learned woman who stood up and defended people’s rights and community causes that she thought were vitally important. She was a highly regarded attorney...
