Henry “Hank” Theosian, a longtime volunteer at Jamaica Plain-based AIDS Action Committee who befriended everyone at the agency from the front-desk receptionist to the CEO, died May 15 after a brief illness. He was 79 years old. Theosian, who would…
Month: June 2013
Invitación, June 21, 2013
La entrega para la lista de Invitación es al mediodía, el 2 de julio para la publicación del 5 de julio. Manda a [email protected]. Nota: hay que marcar 617 antes de los números que salen abajo, si no tiene otro…
JP Agenda, June 21, 2013
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., July 2 for the July 5 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council, agenda to include…
Sights & Sounds, June 21, 2013
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., July 2 for the July 5 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special Events Lorber Family Playground grand opening, Wed.,…
Police Spotlight: Scam targets businesses’ utility bills
The Boston Police Department is warning small business owners about an ongoing scam where a caller demands a utility bill payment via a Green Dot prepaid card. Utility companies never request payment by such cards. The scam has hit at…
Politics as Unusual: TV news: Forget that mayoral race, here’s a celebrity baby
From what I’m told, Boston used to be a place where residents primarily had two interests—sports and politics. They loitered in dark barrooms, commiserated over Red Sox heartbreak, and when election cycles rolled around, they jousted viciously, debating over who…
Jackson Square CAC disbanded
Jackson Square Community Advisory Committee (CAC), which was formed in 2006 to oversee a massive redevelopment of the area, has been disbanded by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA), according to that agency and to Rodney Singleton, the former chair of…
Politics as Unusual: Look who’s filling the mayoral campaign war chests
It’s both sad and typical that candidates with fat pockets are always considered frontrunners, both in the current sprint for Boston City Hall and in any other race. More often than not, those sitting on the tallest money piles are…
Judge explains why JPNC is not a gov’t body
The written opinion tossing out the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council’s (JPNC) lawsuit includes a point-by-point demolition of its claim to be a government body. The ruling appears to clarify the status of other neighborhood councils around the city as well.…
Court: Open Meeting Law may apply to JPNC
A court recently shot down the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council’s (JPNC) controversial claim in a lawsuit that it is a “municipal board” of the City of Boston empowered to sue over a zoning decision. But in the same decision, the…