By Rebeca Oliveira and Peter Shanley/Gazette Staff A proposed plan to relocate the as-yet-unfunded permanent MBTA bus maintenance yard from its 500 Arborway site to an alternate location at 415 American Legion Highway would have the “full cooperation” of the…
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Egleston association regroups
The Egleston Square Neighborhood Association (ESNA) is regrouping after being dormant for several years, according to a press release. “ESNA had been inactive for many years, but with the ever-pressing need to improve the quality of life in the Egleston…
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Boston Shines cleanup slated for May 17
The annual Boston Shines neighborhood cleanup event returns to Jamaica Plain on Sat., May 17. The City-organized event provides tools and guidance to volunteers cleaning up litter and tending green space around JP. The citywide event started in JP and…
Zoo volunteers plant organic garden
Franklin Park Zoo is planting an organic garden of produce, herbs and other plantings for the zoo’s animals to eat and play with. Harry Liggett, the zoo’s manager of horticulture and grounds, told the Gazette that this year’s plantings will…
Local research shows gentrifying forces in JP
A 2012 doctoral dissertation, written by JP resident Jen Douglas, outlined where gentrification is making the greatest impact in Hyde Square and possible tactics for slowing the process. Douglas’s dissertation is cited in a forthcoming study on Whole Foods Market’s…
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New music festival coming to JP
If you are a Jamaica Plain resident who is a fan of the musical festival Somerville Porchfest, you soon won’t have to travel out of the neighborhood to enjoy that type of experience. Marie Ghitman and Mindy Fried are organizing…
HSTF gears up for annual run
HYDE SQ.—The Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF), a nonprofit dedicated to improving the lives of youths, is gearing up for its third annual 5K run/walk on June 7 that promotes healthy living and raises money for the organization. Runners and…