Busway reviewed Twin bridges could replace the Casey Overpass in a proposal made to the Working Advisory Group (WAG) on June 14 at English High School. The meeting also covered possibilities for the South and Asticou streets corridor, next to…
Month: June 2011
Chip on the Old Block
School honored for fitness
HYDE SQ.—The John F. Kennedy Elementary School was among 275 schools nationwide honored last week for creating a program to combat childhood obesity. The Kennedy School’s Fitness Club, which offers such prizes as water bottles and book bags to students…
Band’s songwriting is documented
By Benjamin Colb A camera crew packed into a Forest Hills apartment on May 23 to document a local indie-rock group making beautiful music together. The band, Aloud, was one of five ensembles selected to take part in the Banded/PULSE…
Fire Fight
New President
In the Line of Duty
Affordable housing campaign launches
An “educational campaign” about the benefits of affordable housing was slated to be launched this week in Jamaica Plain by the Boston Tenant Coalition (BTC) and the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC). “The Faces and Places of Affordable Housing”…
School art programs get boost
Eight Boston schools—including JP’s English High and John F. Kennedy Elementary—will add art and music programs next year thanks to $81,500 in grants through the BPS Arts Expansion Initiative. The grants, announced on June 15, also will allow JP’s Eliot…
Suciedad y tickets
Cuidado con las multas en parqueos del MBTA: Subirán dos mil por ciento; eso quiere decir que si les debia un dólar, apenas entre en vigencia la nueva medida les deberá $21. Se pusieron muy duros y los tickets tendrán…