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Casey plan opponents protest atop overpass

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…

JP man guilty of drug trafficking

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…

City to unveil urban farm zoning

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…

1 dead, 1 wounded in Egleston shooting

EGLESTON SQ.–A woman was killed and a man wounded in a double shooting yesterday afternoon in the heart of Egleston Square at Columbus Avenue and Washington Street, according to the Boston Police Department (BPD). Brianna Bigby, 23, of Boston, was pronounced…

Activists to protest police spy center

Civil liberties groups will stage a protest tomorrow, June 1, at Boston Police headquarters against a controversial anti-terrorism intelligence center based there. The protest follows recent articles in the Gazette and DigBoston about how the Boston Regional Intelligence Center (BRIC)…