Residents from Jamaica Plain and surrounding neighborhoods attended a town hall-style meeting at The English High School on April 12, to discuss the future of the Shattuck Hospital campus, which included suggestions to return some of the land to Franklin…
Month: April 2018
Abutters raise opposition to City Realty project
A group of abutters are opposing a proposed City Realty project in the Parkside neighborhood, citing in a letter to the developer concerns such as parking and density, and saying that the project does not benefit the community, only City…
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Jamaica Pond Pathways planning places priority on landscaping and infrastructure
The first community meeting about the $4 million Jamaica Pond Pathways improvements project was held on April 10. About 20 people attended the meeting to share their thoughts about the priorities and strategies for the improvements. The City’s capital budget…
Residentes, el estado, y el futuro del terreno Shattuck
Laura Plummer Especial a Gazette Residentes de Jamaica Plain y municipios cercanos asistieron a una reunión de tipo cabildo en The English High School el 12 de abril para hablar sobre el futuro del campus del Hospital Shattuck, que incluyó…
Candidates for April 28 JPNC election introduce themselves
The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) will hold an election tomorrow, April 28. Below are biographies written by the candidates themselves and compiled by current JPNC Chair Kevin Moloney. The election will be held at Stop and Shop, JP Licks,…
JPNC’s housing committee talks Shattuck Hospital, JP/Rox
The Housing and Economic Development Committee of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) met on April 17 to discuss the Shattuck Hospital campus, the Arborway Yard, and the JP/Rox transportation study. The committee discussed the planning process for what will…
JP Observer: MA legislature asked to “Lift the Cap on Kids”
Right now there are about 8,700 children and families in Massachusetts—1,400 in Boston—who are suffering because of an outdated provision in state law based on myth rather than actuality. That law—enacted during rampant negative stereotyping of families on government assistance…
Sights and Sounds, April 27, 2018
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues. May 8 for the May 11 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special events VA Boston Jamaica Plain Medical Center…
Obituary: Carol Dearborn, Jamaica Plain resident, dies
Carol “Carrie” Dearborn, disabled rights advocate and writer from Jamaica Plain, died March 20 after choosing hospice instead of further intensive treatment at the hospital. Carrie was a 27-year-old computer technician and downhill ski instructor on Mount Sunapee in New…