By Adam Swift Last week, the Boston City Council voted to accept a $13.3 million anti-terrorism grant that the previous council had narrowly voted against accepting. The grant will impact surrounding communities, including Chelsea, Revere, Everett, and Winthrop, who are…
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Wu announces largest-ever award to support nonprofit organizations
Mayor Michelle Wu announced the City of Boston has received more than $47 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to support nonprofit organizations providing services to individuals experiencing homelessness. This award represents the City’s largest…
JP residents join rallies from across the state calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and justice for Palestine
Special to the Gazette On Tuesday, January 30, Jamaica Plain residents joined hundreds of others at coordinated rallies at congressional and Senate offices across the state. They are demanding that the elected officials must work to end US complicity in…
State and local leaders ask for reconsideration of lead service-line grant formula
By Adam Swift A change in a federal grant funding formula for the replacement of lead line services would have a negative impact on local communities, according to state and local leaders. Last week, Governor Maura Healey, Attorney General Andrea…
Wu announces Boston’s new Youth Poet Laureate
Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, in collaboration with the Boston Public Library, 826 Boston, GrubStreet, Fine Arts Work Center, Mass Poetry, and Urban Word, today announced Parker-Vincent Alva has been named the City of…
JP’s Nativity Preparatory School receives award
The Healey-Driscoll Administration announced $3.8 million in grant awards to support security enhancements for 80 Massachusetts nonprofits at high risk of hate crimes or attacks by extremists. Grant recipients that include Nativity Preparatory School of Jamaica Plain for $72,424 and…
JP projects part of state affordable-housing plan
Less than a week after her State of the Commonwealth address in which she vowed to tackle rising housing costs, Governor Maura Healey on Monday committed resources to support the production and preservation of more than 1,900 housing units in…
JPNC seeks to engage JP residents to become more diverse, inclusive
The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) held its regular monthly meeting this past Tuesday via Zoom. The meeting consisted principally of reports from the JPNC’s committees. Katherine O’Shea, chair of the Outreach Committee, presented her report, which led to a…
Children’s Services of Roxbury founders receive Drum Major Award
Children’s Services of Roxbury (CSR) founders Rev. Richard Richardson and Mrs. Jestina Richardson received the Drum Major Award at the 54th Annual Martin Luther King Memorial Breakfast on January 15, for their extraordinary contributions to justice, diversity, and inclusion efforts…
Healey-Driscoll Administration announce opportunities for veteran-owned businesses
The Healey-Driscoll Administration last week announced that the Supplier Diversity Office (SDO), which is responsible for bringing fairness to the state’s bidding and procurement process, has entered into a new partnership that will help veteran-owned businesses bid on contracts across the state. The SDO is partnering with the…