(SPM Wire) It happens every summer. Pets left in vehicles with no owner in sight. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take long for this circumstance to be dangerous or even deadly. Even on a temperate day, the greenhouse effect of rolled-up windows…
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Tips for Senior Dog Care
(StatePoint) As your dog ages, your care must evolve to meet your furry friend’s changing needs, particularly when it comes to mobility, injury-prevention and recovery. The following tips can help keep your aging dog mobile, healthy and happy. • Fish…
Top Tips for Moving with a Pet
(StatePoint) Your furball is part of the family, so if you’re like most, you don’t make major life decisions without thinking of your pet’s needs — including where you live and how you move into a new home. When people…
Sights & Sounds
The deadline for listings is noon, July 9 for the July 12 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special Events Jamaica Plain Photographer Robin Radin and Woods…
Invitación
Plazo para la sección de eventos: martes, 9 julio para la edición de 12 Julio. Mande eventos a [email protected]. Los números telefónicos que siguen empiezan con 617. Reuniones Jamaica Pond Association, lunes, 1 jul, Jamaicaway Tower, 111 Perkins Street, 7pm.…
Our National Disgrace at the Border
Hundreds of migrant children have been transferred out of a filthy Border Patrol station in Texas where they had been detained for weeks without access to soap, clean clothes or adequate food, the authorities confirmed on Monday, — The New…
Op-Ed: Updates to Trash and Recycling Pickup Will Improve Efficiency and Convenience
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh One of the most fundamental ways we can improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods is by proactively addressing the basic needs of our residents. The men and women of our Public Works Department…
Op-Ed: What’s Next for the Shattuck Campus?
By State Representative Liz Malia and State Senator Sonia Chang-Diaz The 70th anniversary of the law that enabled the state to treat chronically ill individuals at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital seems like an apt time to consider how our understanding of…
Letters
Maintain Our Open Spaces Dear Editor, I am responding to recent media articles about future uses for the Shattuck Hospital site at Franklin Park. There have been calls to restore the land to Franklin Park, and use the state owned…
Op-Ed: Criminal Justice Reform
By Nika Elugardo State Rep. for the 15th Suffolk District In our district, many agree that structural inequities abound in our public institutions. One stark example: the criminal justice system. The belief that we must not only expose, but also…