Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain business owner faced felony charge for marking up illegal ads on Centre Street
The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports the president of the Jamaica Plain Business and Professional Association got nabbed for using his pen to complain about scooters illegally parked on Centre Street connected to ads for a South Boston scooter company.
Is there a collection for the guy?
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Same guy may have robbed banks in JP, West Roxbury yesterday
Wicked Local West Roxbury reports on two of yesterday's three bank holdups (the third was in South Boston).
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Banks robbed today in South Boston, Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury
Busy day for police and the FBI: Boston Police tweet that the First Trade Union at 753 E. Broadway was robbed early this afternoon, followed in quick succession by the Hyde Park Savings, 1920 Centre St. in West Roxbury and the Citizens Bank at 696 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain.
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Police charge Egyptian with unarmed robbery in Jamaica Plain
Boston Police report a woman walking by 57 Horan Way around 3:20 p.m. was approached by several girls, one of whom knocked her to the ground and took her cell phone and pocketbook.
Egyptian Muhammad, 17, was arrested on a charge of unarmed robbery.
Innocent, etc.
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Gauging parent satisfaction with West Zone schools
Geeky Mama takes a look at "student mobility" rates in elementary schools in West Roxbury, Roslindale and Jamaica Plain - she figures that the fewer students move from a school, the happier parents must be with the education their kids are getting. The top two: the Kilmer and the Lyndon. The bottom two: The Ellis and the King.
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School visit: The new pilot school run by teachers
Geeky Mama visits the Boston Teachers Union pilot school in Jamaica Plain (so for West Zone kids), explains why "there's still work to be done, but it seems they have a decent foundation for a school."
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A vote for the Curley School
Geeky Mama, in the middle of that pre-lottery school hunt unique to Boston parents, is impressed by the Curley School in Jamaica Plain.
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$4.8 million bike cage at Forest Hills
The Jamaica Plains Gazzette has an article about how Forest Hills Station has run out of Bike Charlie Cards. In it, mention is made (in passing) that this cage for 100 bikes cost $4,800,000 (4.8 million!!!!)
http://jamaicaplaingazette.com/node/3733
Is this a mispint? Or an indication of Boston graft on an even more massive scale than usual?
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More proof criminals can be awfully stupid - allegedly, of course
Boston Police report three men wound up in the back seat of cruisers on gun-related charges after they broke simple traffic laws.
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Three teens arrested for two Jamaica Plain muggings last night
Bold punks evaded the cops looking for them after a mugging last night and held up another man soon after - but were undone thanks in part because of yesterday's election, according to Capt. John Greland at District E-13.
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