Sandra Stone Sandra White Stone daughter of Dorothy Lawler White of Dorchester and Raymond T White of Rhode Island was raised with her marvelous sister Barbara White Kelley in a loving home in Dorchester. Graduate of Girl’s Latin School in…
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Letters
A beacon of hope Dear Editor: State law requires the 13-acre Lemuel Shattuck site to serve a public health purpose. A public planning process is currently underway and community input is being gathered by Health Resources in Action (HRiA) on…
Op-Ed My First Few Weeks as State Representative
By Representative Nika Elugardo Many have asked me about my first few weeks as State Representative for the 15th Suffolk/Norfolk District. Exciting. Challenging. Hopeful. We had two weeks to file legislation, and two more weeks to review over 6,000 bills…
Residents Discuss Drug Issues at Egleston Square Meeting
Taking steps to make Egleston Square safer and more inviting not only for local businesses but also for the residents who live around the area was the focus of the Egleston Square Neighborhood Association (ESNA) meeting on Monday night that…
City Council Holds Hearing on Early Voting in Municipal Elections
The City Council Committee on Government Operations, chaired by Councilor Michael Flaherty, held a hearing on Jan. 28, concerning a petition for a special law regarding an act authorizing the City of Boston to offer early voting in municipal elections.…
250 Years
Historian of the First Church Jamaica Plain George Wardle gave a lecture and a Q&A session on the 250- year history of the First Church Of Jamaica Plain during a ceremony on Jan. 27. The church is celebrating its 250th…
Traffic, Traffic Everywhere
A recent national report confirmed what those of us in the Greater Boston area have known all-too-well for all-too-long: That by some measures, traffic congestion on our metropolitan roadways is the worst in the entire nation and among the worst…
Green New Deal Is a Good Deal
The growing movement for the federal government to take the lead in effecting policies that will negate the effects of both economic inequality and climate change has been incorporated into what is being referred to as the Green New Deal.…
Letters
Too much road salt Dear Editor: Could you please make a big deal about the excessive use of salt on the roads? Are they trying to fix a budget gap? Kill everything in the pond and all bodies of water…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Creary Invited to Participate in Boston Art Show Anthony Creary of Boston a senior Studio and Design Major at Curry College and a resident of Jamaica Plain, was chosen to participate in the “Art of this World” annual exhibit at…