The Jamaica Plain Problem Properties Committee recently reported on updates with several local properties that have been in the news for their conditions. The committee, composed of City officials, Boston Police officers and residents, helps to direct City action on…
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El antiguo director de Main Street culpable del latrocinio
Carlos Schillaci, el anterior director ejecutivo de Hyde/Jackson Square Main Street (HJSMS), se declaró culpable de cuatro cargos del latrocinio el verano pasado, según el portavoz del fiscal del distrito de Suffolk County Jake Wark. Schillaci tendrá tres años de…
Vet displays Tuskegee Airmen plane models at VA hospital
A veteran who lives on the Jamaica Plain/Roxbury border recently had his three large model airplanes, replicas of the P-51 Mustangs he says the Tuskegee Airmen flew in WW IIin World War II, displayed at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical…
Improving Child Care
Mayor reorganizes his cabinet
Mayor Martin Walsh released a plan last month for a reorganization of the cabinets under his leadership, according to a press release. The reorganization includes elevating arts and culture to a cabinet-level position, a pledge Walsh had made during the…
HSTF plans youth jobs rally
The Hyde Square Task Force (HSTF) is doing its part in planning an annual rally to boost support for youth jobs on Feb. 20. The rally will gather at the Old South Church then march to the State House to…
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Police seize cache of heroin, cocaine in Egleston raid
Boston Police officers seized over a pound of heroin as well as cocaine and drug-dealing equipment in a raid yesterday on an Egleston Square apartment. An unidentified 22-year-old Boston man was arrested on charges of heroin and cocaine trafficking in the…
Gunshot victim was Hennigan student
A 9-year-old boy who was shot and killed in Mattapan, allegedly by his older brother, was a Hennigan Elementary School student, according to Boston Public Schools spokesperson Brian Ballou. The Hennigan School is located at 200 Heath St. in Jamaica…
2 teens charged in Bromley-Heath shooting
JACKSON SQ.—Two teens are facing attempted murder charges after allegedly shooting a man outside a Bromley-Heath public housing development building on Jan. 27. The victim, a man in his twenties found by Boston Police officers outside 49 Horan Way, suffered…