A new City Office of Olympic Planning has been created by Mayor Martin Walsh to plan and review Boston’s controversial Olympic bid. But the office is already drawing criticism for being funded by the private bidding organization Boston 2024. And…
Month: April 2015
Expecting Mom
52 Montebello goes to RFP
EGLESTON SQ.—A request for proposals (RFP) to buy an apartment building and vacant lot at 50-52 Montebello Road was issued by the City last month. The RFP seeks to preserve the lot as open space and have the apartments become…
Sights and Sounds, April 24, 2015
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., May 5 for the May 8 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special Interest JP Regan Youth League Opening Day,…
JP Agenda, April 24, 2015
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues., May 5 for the May 8 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings JPNC Forest Hills ad-hoc committee, agenda tbd,…
Wake Up the Earth Festival returns May 2
The 36th annual Wake Up the Earth Parade and Festival returns to Jamaica Plain on Sat., May 2. One of JP’s biggest annual celebrations, it highlights the neighborhood’s famed artistic and political-activist sides. It is a production of Spontaneous Celebrations,…
Education Thanks
Traffic lights turn green in May
The new traffic lights at the intersection of Centre and Burroughs streets should be fully operational in the second week of May, according to Boston Transportation Department spokesperson Tracey Ganiatsos. BTD installed lights at the intersection late last year after…
Farewell to Lion
JP Kids: JP class explores ancient Nubia
Ancient Egypt has received a lot of attention in popular culture, but another kingdom along the Nile—Nubia—has received far less. A class at Jamaica Plain’s Mission Hill K-8 School has attempted to change that through creating a “museum of Nubia.”…