The Gazette joined a group of seniors at J.P. Lick’s last week for a cup of coffee and good advice. The retiree group, organized by Arva Clark, meets weekly to discuss different topics. The group is so popular that Clark…
Month: March 2012
Car Crash
Patrons’ scent forces librarians to move
HYDE SQ.—A strong fragrance worn by Connolly Branch Library patrons triggered health issues for two librarians who were forced to temporarily transfer elsewhere, and the library’s Friends group is raising a stink about it. The Friends group wants longtime librarians…
Ready to Work
BPS bus-arrival time improving
School buses in Jamaica Plain are running more punctually than earlier in the school year when they were arriving as late as an hour. “They fixed it three or four weeks ago,” said JP parent Marc Lipsitch, a parent of…
Digging in
Un perfume obliga mudarse a los bibliotecarios
Dos bibliotecarias del Connolly Branch Library fueron obligadas a mudarse temporalmente después de sufrir unos síntomas de malestar causados por un perfume fuerte llevado por unos clientes. El grupo Friends de la biblioteca se está quejando. El grupo Friends quiere…
Seaverns Ave. trees to return
Pedestrian Struck
Editorial: Thanks to Casey activists
Debate about the Casey Overpass replacement project has been heated, and when the state’s decision comes, one side is going to win and one side is going to lose. That could produce bitterness. We hope that instead, activists on both…