National health care advocacy organization Community Catalyst announced that Robert Restuccia of Jamaica Plain, its founding executive director and a trailblazing leader in the consumer-led health advocacy movement, has died at age 69, of pancreatic cancer. Restuccia’s visionary leadership,…
Author: staff
Chapter&Verse at Loring-Greenough
Chapter and Verse Literary Reading series will be held again on Friday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. at the Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain Center. The following will be the night’s activities. Mary Birnbaum was born, raised and educated…
Obituaries 03-08-2019
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…
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.…