Roslindale News

The recent opening of Jerusalem Trading on Poplar Street in Roslindale Square ends the giant-ceramics drought that's plagued Roslindale ever since Nancy's on Belgrade Avenue shut down this past spring.

Flaherty, stumping for votes in Roslindale, is just as bullish on his chances tonight.

Vietnamese-speaking election worker has been ordered out of Dorchester polling places after the Menino campaign accused her of telling voters to back challenger Michael Flaherty.

The technology delays have hamstrung the Inspectional Services Department to the point where it is incapable of tracking data and performing basic queries, such as tallying the number of violation notices issued for illegal rooming houses.

Joe the Ice Cream Man passed away on Wednesday. His visiting hours are today, 2-4 and 7-9 at the Lawler Funeral Home, 1689 Centre St.

The sign's still lit up, but the bakery itself is now dark. Joe Murphy says he tried, he really did.

For many Boston residents, the vote for mayor is more than just a choice between two men.

The shop on Washington Street is the first Staples location in the Northeast to gain green status - LEED gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

Geeky Mama reports from an education session Flaherty had in Roslindale last night - which started off with some BPS parents worrying that Flaherty's doom and gloom approach might wind up frightening away parents from the good schools the city does have.

Loathsome ex-FBI agent John Connolly tells the Globe Whitey Bulger called him twice about turning himself in; Connolly gives no indication he actively tried to get him to do so.

Buried in a press release about "exciting new and expanded programs" for parents this fall in the Boston Public Schools is this nugget: The Superintendent is exploring options to expand elementary school capacity in the West Zone, particularly in West Roxbury, where demand currently exceeds supply.

Announces grants to connect the chronically homeless to permanent housing Mayor Thomas M. Menino today opened the first city-operated day center for chronically homeless residents, creating for the first time a hub of services under one roof for the long-term homeless who spend most days on the street or in the shelter system.

The blue lights were flashing as the Boston Police car approached the traffic island in Copley Square.

It seems "sign envy" is playing out around town to varying degrees in Roslindale, a neighborhood that abuts Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park and West Roxbury.

BTA honchos have missed the bus on a vital lifeline for the disabled and the elderly, as the agency's RIDE service showed a recent spike in missed and late pickups - right after the agency coughed up $163 million for a new contract.

Paint was laid for new bike lanes on Circuit Drive - the roadway running through Franklin Park - last week.

Gazette Photo by David Taber The grand opening of a 100-bike-capacity parking cage at the Forest Hills T Station was presided over by acting MBTA General Manager William Mitchell, state transportation secretary James Aloisi; MssBike director David Watson, City of Boston Bike Boston director Nicole Freeman, and Livable Streets Alliance director ...

At the Edward W. Brooke School in Roslindale a ' a kindergarten-to-eighth-grade public charter schoolA a ' the push to advance graduates to elite secondary programs begins in fifth grade.

Pretty much any pol running for office that doesn't involve replacing Ted Kennedy made the Roslindale Day parade today.

When Rose Lennett moved into her Belgrade Avenue home two weeks ago, she had no idea the front porch would prove a perfect vantage point for yesterday's annual Roslindale Day Parade.