PONDSIDE—An armed robber held up at least two people at gunpoint in the Pondside area near Monument Square this week, including a teacher inside the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts, according to the school’s executive director. A meeting…
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Developers submit $1.4m bid for former church
HYDE SQ.—A pair of local developers yesterday submitted a $1.4 million bid for the former Blessed Sacrament Church building on Centre Street in Hyde Square, proposing a $3.4 million renovation into “JP Exchange,” an array of community-based businesses. The proposal…
Charlestown residents seek to join JPNC lawsuit
The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council’s (JPNC) legal battle to be declared a government body has attracted the attention of Charlestown residents who recently sued the neighborhood council there for alleged Open Meeting Law violations. The Charlestown plaintiffs are seeking to…
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Markey praises JP in local Senate campaign rally
9 hip trends JP doesn’t have yet
For at least 40 years, Jamaica Plain has been Boston’s hotbed of progressive ideas. JP residents’ lasting inventions include the city’s first recycling program and the unique Wake Up the Earth Festival. That spirit also has made JP the City…
Advisory group picks school-assignment plan
The External Advisory Committee (EAC), a group put together to help form a new school-assignment system, on Feb. 25 picked a “home-based” plan out of three options. The other two plans were a zone plan—similar to, but more varied than…
3-story building an option for Centre St. space
CENTRAL JP—Future options for the commercial building at 656-660 Centre St.—half of it home to Ace Hardware and half vacant—include reviving a 2005 plan to demolish it and erect a three-story structure in its place, according to owner and developer…
Health center pledges to stay; mayor ‘concerned’
JACKSON SQ.—Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) has committed to providing children and adolescent services at the Martha Eliot Health Center (MEHC) for the foreseeable future, but a “thoughtful” process will take place to determine the exact structure of that care. “We…