With major winter storms hitting the East Coast and other parts of the US, it’s important for everyone to take the necessary precautions to stay safe – including your pets. Trupanion, a leader in medical insurance for cats and dogs,…
Author: Gazette Staff
Action for Boston Community Development fuel assistance can help you stay warm
Bitter January cold is hitting Massachusetts and ABCD (Action for Boston Community Development) wants to remind residents that households at or below the federal poverty level can now receive as much as $1,650 in fuel assistance, while those with slightly…
Fisher College announces scholarships for addictions counseling
Dr. Peter C. Everett and Anne C. Berlin have established a scholarship fund at Fisher College in Boston, Massachusetts for students interested in pursuing graduate level coursework in addictions counseling. The Theodore Everett Berlin Scholarship Fund, set up to embody…
Local student earns academic honors
Curry College Fall 2021 Dean’s List Curry College congratulates roughly 1,000 students who were named to the Fall 2021 Dean’s List. Nicole Mertiri of Jamaica Plain was named to the Fall 2021 Dean’s List at Curry College. Luke Murray of…
MBTA proposes several fare change proposals for riders
MBTA staff presented several fare change proposals that aim to improve equity by closing gaps in existing fare structures for Reduced Fare Riders, minimize pandemic-related revenue implications and budget uncertainties while increasing ridership where possible, and simplify fare tariff rules…
News Briefs 1-28-22
Mystic Valley Elder Services Seeks Donations of Blankets With winter upon us and plenty of cold weather still ahead, Mystic Valley Elder Services is seeking donations of new blankets, all sizes, for its Emergency Closet. The Emergency Closet provides its…
Letter to the Editor 1-28-22
A good outcome is possible To the Editor, On December 3, the Gazette ran an article, “Local Business Worried about its Future,” about 21st Century Foods’ distress at the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation’s (JPNDC) decision to relocate them in order to create…
Safe injection sites are needed now
Among the side-effects of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has been the increase in drug-overdose deaths in this country. The death rate from opioids finally had begun to decline in 2019, but then came COVID-19 and the number of deaths from…
News Briefs
Fenway Park open again as state-sponsored vaccination clinic Fenway Park is once again the site of a mass vaccination clinic, and has been open and running since January 6 providing first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, as well…
This Month in JP History
The following are the Gazette’s top headlines from this month in Jamaica Plain history: 2013 “Martha Eliot Health Center to cut service to adults” The Martha Eliot Health Center (MEHC) at 75 Bickford St., which is run by Boston…