Carlos Arredondo, a well-known local peace activist and a hero of last year’s Boston Marathon bombing, will be a special guest at President Obama’s State of the Union address tomorrow night. Arredondo and Jeff Bauman, the bombing victim whose life…
Month: January 2014
Oreo cookies to J.P. Licks: Stop using our name
The word “Oreo” is being scrubbed from any J.P. Licks ice cream shop flavor names after the cookie company demanded a fee for use of its brand. Oreos can still be used in the store’s recipes, but such flavor names…
City’s Onein3 Council accepting applications
The City’s ONEin3 Council, comprised of Boston residents aged 20 to 34, is now accepting applications for its 2014-2015 term. “It’s very important to us that the council is comprised of people from all neighborhoods in Boston and reflects the…
Historic zoo cages decaying in park
Century-old zoo cages for bears in Franklin Park, abandoned for decades, are decaying—the iron bars either collapsing or being stolen for scrap—with no signs of security or repair. Large sections of ironwork from the ornate stone-and-metal cages near Seaver Street,…
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Arroyo is new City Health and Human Services chief
City Councilor Felix G. Arroyo, a Jamaica Plain resident, was named the the City’s new chief of Health and Human Services by Mayor Martin Walsh. Arroyo, who started the job Jan. 6, was not immediately available for comment. Arroyo ran…
You Said It, JP!: 2013 in Quotes
“The family homes of the better-off. Jamaica Plain. The face of Middle America. Peaceful America.” The neighborhood as described in “Jamaica Plain,” a crime novel set in JP and written by English former police officer Colin Campbell. “Absolutely not.” City…
Judge rules Charlestown council is public body; cites JPNC case
The Charlestown Neighborhood Council (CNC) is a “public body” that must obey the state Open Meeting Law, a judge ruled last month. Whether the ruling will affect the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC), which unsuccessfully claimed to be a “municipal…
State Lab shapes up after drug-testing scandal
The state Department of Public Health (DPH) says that the William A. Hinton State Laboratory Institute in Jamaica Plain has improved management in the wake of the Annie Dookhan drug-testing scandal. The State Lab has implemented recommendations from a critical…
MBTA won’t move Arborway Yard
FOREST HILLS—The MBTA has decided against pursuing a new location for a permanent bus yard in Jamaica Plain. In November, JP resident Allan Ihrer, a member of the Community Planning Committee for the Arborway Yard (CPCAY), suggested to the MBTA…