U.S. Rep. Ed Markey (5th District), who is running to fill the U.S. Senate seat left by John Kerry, is set to visit Jamaica Plain Sunday, days ahead of the April 30 primary election. Markey will visit Doyle’s Cafe at 3484 Washington St. at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Doyle’s, a pub with politically themed memorabilia,...
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Peace on Earth: Flowers planted in peace symbol shape at pond
PONDSIDE—Call it peace on Earth. Daffodil flowers planted in the shape of a peace symbol are blooming bright yellow on an embankment at Jamaica Pond Park in what appears to be unofficial, guerrilla landscaping. Next to the peace symbol is what appears to be a yin-yang symbol of white and red tulips that did...
Islamic peace symbol added to terror memorial
An Islamic symbol bearing a message of peace and religious tolerance has been added to the makeshift memorial to Boston Marathon terrorist attack victims in Monument Square. It appears to be the same symbol that topped a sign honoring dead bombing suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev that was briefly part of the memorial before the men...
JP survivors, heroes in marathon bombing
Jamaica Plain had its share of rescue heroes and survivor stories in the wake of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing. Jarrett Barrios of JP, the CEO of New England’s American Red Cross, and Carlos Arredondo, a peace activist with strong JP ties, had prominent roles in helping the victims. The bombing killed three...
Memorial to victims erected by rescuer
Briefly honored suspect A makeshift memorial to the four people killed by the Boston Marathon bombers was erected April 22 in Monument Square partly by now-famous rescue hero Carlos Arredondo. The memorial also briefly named the dead suspect in the crimes before being altered. Attached to the fence of the Civil War Solider’s Monument...
Trash cans lacking in Centre/South
Despite its reputation of being one of Boston’s greenest neighborhoods, central Jamaica Plain is lagging in a crucial aspect: public trash collection and recycling. The Gazette surveyed trash cans in the Centre/South corridor last month. Of the 51 public trash cans in the two-mile stretch, only six were solar-powered, compacting, lidded “BigBelly” cans. They...
El director de la Cruz Roja ayuda a las víctimas
Las bombas del 15 de abril detuvieron a Jarrett Barrios, el director ejecutivo de la Cruz Roja de Massachusetts del este y un residente de Jamaica Plain, en medio de su primer intento de maratón. A pesar de un dolor en su pierna debido a la carrera, ayudó a los víctimas de las bombas...
JPer announces run for City Council
Shaun Ivers, a Jamaica Plain resident who said he is a freelance consultant for the Boston Municipal Research Bureau and the Child Welfare League of America, has announced his intention to run for an At-Large City Council seat. “With an open race for the Mayor’s Office and several city councilors putting their jobs on...
MassDOT responds to Casey bias claims
The state Department of Transportation (MassDOT) maintains that it was “absolutely” not biased in favor of replacing the deteriorating Casey Overpass with an at-grade street network, despite suggestions in recently released internal documents. The documents from the early planning stages of the Casey Arborway project, before any public meetings, suggest that MassDOT focused on...