Category: News
Turner blogs from prison, will be out soon
Former City Councilor Chuck Turner, who soon will be released from federal prison after doing time for bribery, has started a new blog on social justice issues called “Chuck Turner Analysis.” Turner, who represented part of Jamaica Plain at the…
Asticou neighborhood gets Casey meeting, may sue
Following months of requests, the state Department of Transportation’s (MassDOT) Casey Arborway project team met with residents of the Asticou/Martinwood neighborhood, though the residents were not satisfied with the meeting or with the proposal of a light- and noise-dampening wall.…
Partial demo of historic house stirs controversy
PARKSIDE—A construction project at 6 Peter Parley Road, the former home of the pioneer physician Dr. Marie Zakrzewska, has brought rebukes from neighbors and an architectural historian, saying it goes against the original plan and destroyed a historic house. Meanwhile,…
Parcel U plans short on affordable housing
FOREST HILLS—Plans for a former MBTA parcel currently do not meet Forest Hills Improvement Initiative (FHII) Use and Design Guidelines for affordability, to the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council’s (JPNC) concern. Developer Urbanica’s president, Kamran Zahedi, told the Gazette that Urbanica’s…
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Arborway tree-planting slated for June 1
Trees will be planted June 1 on the “Arborway Hillside” at the Arborway and St. Rose Street to continue a woodlands restoration effort there, and volunteer tree-planters are needed. The hillside is an embankment along the outer Arborway that overlooks…
JP mail is misdelivered to Jamaica
A letter mailed to the Gazette in Jamaica Plain early this year took a three-month detour to the country of Jamaica. “Missent to Jamaica,” reads a stamp on the envelope, which was mailed around Jan. 22 and finally arrived at…
