Month: February 2020
Friends of Kelly Rink Reognized
Eliot School’s Maggie Hill remembered for much more than furniture
Maggie Hill loved to turn trash into treasure, and spent countless hours over several decades at the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts sewing, cutting, and upholstering old furniture into something she was proud of. Hill, who lived in…
Residents Raise Major Concerns About Conditions at Hennigan Center
When Phyllis Petruzzelli and many of the other female swimmers that utilize the Hennigan Pool and Community Center on Heath Street come to participate in their bi-weekly class, they don’t begin the night by warming up or getting dressed.…
E-13 Police Discuss Crime Statistics for January
On Thursday, February 6, Curtis Hall in Jamaica Plain hosted the monthly police and community relations meeting organized by District E-13 of the Boston Police Department (BPD). Every month, Officer William Jones from the Community Service Office and…
La policía E-13 comparte las estadísticas de la delincuencia de enero
El jueves 6 de febrero, Curtis Hall en Jamaica Plain organizó la reunión mensual de policía y relaciones comunitarias organizada por el Distrito E-13 del Departamento de Policía de Boston (BPD). El Oficial William Jones proporcionó copias de una…
SNA Hears Proposal for New Williams St. Condos
The Stonybrook Neighborhood Association (SNA) met for their monthly meeting on February 10, where they heard a preliminary proposal for condominiums to be built on the vacant lots at 97-99 Williams St. Architect Elaine Scales presented the proposal, along…
Boston Ward 11 Democratic Committee to Meet to Elect Delegates to State Convention
Registered Democrats in Boston Ward 11 (Roxbury/Jamaica Plain) will hold our caucus on Saturday, March 16, 2018 at Farnsworth House 90 South Street , Jamaica Plain, Ma. to elect delegates and alternates to the 2020 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention. Doors…
JP Observer: ‘Suffrage at 100’ Thought-provoking Series at Loring-Greenough House
By Sandra Storey / Special to the Gazette Women got the right to vote in this country 100 years ago this coming August. The 19th amendment to the Constitution was passed by Congress on June 4, 1919 and was…
Canadian Activist Spreads the Word about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
Though it was a chilly evening, many neighbors came out for the monthly Black Lives Matter vigil on February 6 outside of the First Baptist Church, where they heard from journalist and activist Shelia North who hails from Winnipeg, Canada…