Jamaica Plain News

Visitor survey starts tomorrow A community "vision" for a redesigned Centre/South streets corridor is coming soon, along with new guidelines that may include such items as raised crosswalks on the intersecting streets.

The old, rusty poles that once held electric streetcar wires above Centre and South streets are finally targeted for removal, according to the Boston Transportation Department .

These three homes put you close to downtown Boston. $299,900 232 Wachusett Street, Unit 232 Square footage 989 Condo fee $200 per month Bedrooms 2 Baths 1 full 2009 taxes $3,178 Last sold for First time on market PROS This vinyl-sided semidetached Colonial town house with hardwood floors throughout would make a great starter home.

With strong endorsements from four prominent Jamaica Plain elected officials, US Rep.

Please join me, along with, Mayor Thomas M. Menino for the West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain Trolley Tour and Tree Lighting festivities this weekend.

Hyannis Public Library is putting out its seasonal call to needleworkers to knit, crochet or sew mittens, hats and other warm clothing items for local children and youth without these basic necessities as it puts on display its 19th Annual Mitten and Hat Tree next Sunday.

Now a state senator wants lawmakers to examine ways to close the loophole. "It needs to be reviewed.

At about 9:25pm, on Friday, November 27, 2009, officers from Area D-4 responded to a radio call for an assault & battery in progress in the area of 27 Braddock Park.

My former Boston Herald colleague Stephanie Schorow, author most recently of a oeThe Cocoanut Grove Fire," will be talking about its "haunting legacy" at Jamaicaway Books & Gifts on Saturday, the 67th anniversary of the 1942 fire that killed nearly 500 people.

Need to stock up on some home goods? Hit Economy Hardware 's Moonlight Madness Sale this evening from 5 to 10.

The president of the Jamaica Plain Business and Professional Association faced a possible felony vandalism charge in court this month after he wrote protest graffiti on two advertising scooters that were illegally parked on Centre Street for days.

Three different banks were robbed all within hours of each other in Boston Wednesday and police are investigating as to whether or not the crimes are related.

Boston Police report a man caught in the act of rummaging through a woman's car in the parking lot of the Columbus Avenue Walgreens last night got into a "violent" struggle with her boyfriend, cutting his wrist with a knife before police arrived.

At about 3:20pm, on Monday, November 16, 2009, officers from Area E-13 responded to a radio call for an assault & battery in the area of 57 Horan Way.

There's a lot going on this week in the worlds of poly, BDSM and swinging, so check it out.

Ralph Nader, the famed anti-corporate activist and frequent presidential candidate, seemed to be preaching to the converted - almost literally - at the Jamaica Plain Forum held Oct.

Image of a shrine for Gregory Phillips tagged "Bostonist" by Behind Dark Eyes . -- A man was found shot dead this morning on Clifford Street in Roxbury.

Instead of buying the last can of One Pie and dropping it in the food drive bin , stop by Bella Luna tonight and eat some pie for charity.

The completed $28 million development, expected for the end of 2010, will yield a total of 118 units of housing, the majority of which will be available to low and moderate income households.

Mayor Thomas M. Menino aided Thomas A. Edison School pupils Jonathan Wilson, Michelle Dang, Nardos Abraham, and Crystal Soto with their planting yesterday, while Sam Yoon and Michael F. Flaherty Jr.