An average week for Jamaica Plain resident Caleb Weiss might include training the Ugandan military in logistics, or teaching African law enforcement to recognize ships that have been hijacked by pirates. Such is the life of a Marine on deployment.…
The annual Puerto Rican and Dominican cultural festivals will relocate from Franklin Park to City Hall Plaza downtown this year because re-sodding of part of the park is taking longer than expected, according to City and park advocacy officials. The…
The City’s Parks Department is updating its massive “Open Space Plan,” which will guide parks policy from 2015 to 2021, and is asking all residents to provide input via a questionnaire. “It’s a touchstone for us,” said Margaret Dyson, the…
Trash in public spaces has, no doubt, been an issue since cave-dwellers met in clearings to exchange goods and news. The issue of litter still exists in every business area in the world today. Discussion about what to do about…
Even if you don’t vote for John Barros to be your next mayor, you should make it a priority to grub the grilled octopus at Restaurante Cesaria, the lovely Cape Verdean joint on Bowdoin Street that he founded with three…
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…
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.…
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,…
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…
