Month: March 2013

School assignment plan approved

By Rebeca Oliveira and John Ruch/Gazette Staff The Boston School Committee voted 6-1 to approve a new home-based, zone-free school choice plan last night. The approved plan does not include walk-zone priority and will take effect in the 2014-2015 school…

Ex-Mayor Flynn backs JPNC lawsuit

Former Mayor Raymond Flynn supports the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council’s (JPNC) right to sue the City in its controversial lawsuit, he told the Gazette in a phone interview today. Flynn created the JPNC and other neighborhood councils around the city…

As snow piles up, so do complaints

With 7 inches of snow and counting coming down in a worse-than-expected snowstorm today, complaints from Gazette readers are also piling up, especially about the City’s decision to keep Boston Public Schools open. By early this morning, many side streets…

Ad flyer: Goddard House is for sale

S. HUNTINGTON—The former Goddard House nursing home at 201 S. Huntington Ave. is for sale, according to a “confidential investment offering” ad flyer obtained by the Gazette. The property hit the market yesterday and the sale is being handled by…