Local News
Killing shakes neighborhood
By JOHN RUCH May 2, 2008
Gazette Photo by John Ruch
Several friends visit a memorial April 25 on the Southwest Corridor Park basketball court where Luis Troncoso was shot to death four days earlier. More than 100 friends and family members have visited the homemade shrine, which will come down this weekend.
Youths demand more help
A 20-year-old Dorchester man was shot to death April 21 on a Southwest Corridor Park basketball court, near the Stony Brook T Station and right next to the lawn where Spontaneous Celebrations will hold the annual Wake Up the Earth Festival tomorrow.
Bella Luna to move; Milky Way to close
By JOHN RUCH May 1, 2008
1-year lease deal is in the works
HYDE SQ.—Bella Luna Restaurant will move to The Brewery Complex—and the Milky Way Lounge & Lanes nightclub will close permanently—no later than about a year from now, according to co-owner Kathie Mainzer, who blamed a “gigantic rent increase.”
Many ‘driveways’ aren’t, says ISD
By DAVID TABER May 2, 2008
Wake up. Drive to work. Drive home. Go to sleep. This familiar routine is being interrupted for an increasing number of JP residents upon learning the places they leave their cars are not driveways after all.
Nobody Home
By John Ruch May 2, 2008
JP’s Abandoned Buildings
The number of abandoned buildings in Jamaica Plain remained about the same between 2006 and 2007, while the citywide count dropped significantly, according to the city’s 11th annual abandoned properties report.
Co-op accused of union-busting
By DAVID TABER May 2, 2008
SOUTH ST.—Two workers who were fired from the Jamaica Plain store of Harvest Co-op Markets in the last six months claim they were terminated for expressing support for union organizing efforts at the nonprofit supermarket. Harvest denies their accusations.
Repairs, renovations due at local libraries
By John Ruch May 2, 2008
Connolly to close for 2 weeks
The Connolly Branch Library will close for two weeks beginning May 5 so that its perpetually leaky roof can be permanently fixed.
New plans for horse stable site
By JOHN RUCH May 2, 2008
STONYBROOK—Local developer Peter Bourassa is still seeking to put nine condo units on the site of a century-old stable on Meehan Street.
Forest Hills process takes final steps
By DAVID TABER May 2, 2008
A working timeline has been devised for the final steps of a year-and-a-half-long community planning process that will end with the MBTA opening bidding on over 6 acres of land around Forest Hills St
Midway bids again to expand
By DAVID TABER May 2, 2008
WASHINGTON ST.—Close to 15 years after it first proposed expansion, and after half a dozen appearances before the city zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA), the Midway Café is making one more bid to expan
