Laura Smeaton, a League of American Bicyclists LCI (League Cycling Instructor) presents a free workshop for those who want to get out on their bikes earlier this year. Stubborn patches of ice, chilly breezes, and cold spring rains will be no match for you once you're equipped with the knowledge from this workshop! Winter? What winter?!
When: Sunday, February 12, 4:00-5:30pm
Where: Ferris Wheels Bike Shop, 66 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 (www.ferriswheelsbikeshop.com)
notloB Folk / Parlour Concerts presents Julie Metcalf and Andy Reiner
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Doors 7:30, Concert 8:00
Loring-Greenough House
12 South Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
https://sites.google.com/site/notlobmusic/
An aggrieved Ashcroft Street resident pleads:
Someone had their Door to Door storage unit put in front of my driveway in a clearly marked no parking zone. Please move, i can't get out of my driveway.
Rat awaits exam at MSPCA-Angell.The MSPCA reports a Cape woman who bought two rats at a pet store to keep them from becoming snake snacks showed up at Angell Memorial in Jamaica Plain today with 69 more rats than she started out with.
The MSPCA reports all 71 rats are in good shape and that it is now looking for homes for them - so presumably that hipster lady with the Red Line snake need not apply.
Boston Police are looking for a gunman they say held up Stonybrook Wine and Spirits on Tuesday night - and his getaway driver.
Police say a worker at the 80 Boylston St. store was standing outside around 9:40 p.m., when a light-complexioned black man with a "distinct 3-inch scar on his left cheek" approached and pointed a black gun at him.
The gunman ordered him back in the store and told him to empty the cash register. When he spotted a second worker, he ordered him behind the counter as well, police say - giving the first worker enough time to push a silent alarm.
Prior to police arrival the suspect fled with about $600 cash. A review of the cameras revealed a second suspect standby around the corner and a mini van or sport utility vehicle used in the getaway.
Boston Police report arresting two 15-year-olds last night on charges they pushed somebody off his bike in the park around 11 p.m.
Jamaica Plain New Economy Transition is holding a potluck dinner on Thursday at which to discuss urban agriculture, under a title that would be sure to get Zoning Board of Appeals members and ISD inspectors clucking: Backyard Chickens and Urban Agriculture:
Come hear from local chicken expert about keeping chickens. Hear stories of urban ag in JP, and share your own adventures.
Boston Police report a woman walking her dog was grabbed by a man around 5 a.m. today:
Victim stated that the male said hello as he walked passed her then suddenly grabbed her from behind causing the two of them to fall down. The victim screamed and turned on her flashlight causing the suspect to flee.
Boston Police report that when a bicycle rider stopped into Alex's Chimi Restaurant in
A blue Honda Fit had its rear window blown out by gunfire around 3:30 p.m.
Boston Police report two Jamaica Plain teens were arrested after they allegedly held up a pizza driver at knifepoint last night at 155 Williams St.
The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports:
Sammons, who often traverses the neighborhood dressed in his brown cloth habit tied with a cord, writes about the religious life in a blog called “A Minor Friar” (friarminor.blogspot.com). His posts range from scholarly commentary on Catholic theology to the perils of walking across the Arborway.
Boston Police report an off-duty officer who spotted an apparent holdup in Jackson Square yesterday afternoon helped nab the three muggers: ages 12, 13 and 15.
A woman walking on Merriam Street reports she was held up at knifepoint around 4:40 p.m. on Dec. 29. In e-mail, she writes:
The Herald reports a UK company is launching a service in Boston to let homeowners and condo dwellers rent out their parking spaces to visitors.
The company claims users save up to 70% on normal parking rates while letting space owners make some cash. But, really, is there demand for a $300-a-month parking space near Green Street in JP? And does that imply there are $430 parking spaces near Green Street?
Boston Police report that when officers on patrol noticed a guy in "full sprint" on Washington near School around 1:15 a.m. on Tuesday, they sensed "that something didn't seem right" and stopped to ask the guy if he was OK.
The owner of Ten Tables in Jamaica Plain tweets she is taking over the closed Bon Savor to build a burger place called GrassFed. Opening is planned for Feb. 1.
Boston Police report arresting a man who allegedly stole a package off a porch in the area of Patten and Bourne streets in Jamaica Plain:
Boston Police report a Boylston Street teen who allegedly tossed a box full of guns and crack out a window and a West Roxbury man hiding in a crawl space over his bathroom were arrested yesterday afternoon as part of an investigation into crack dealing.
Niko Flores, 17, was arrested around 2:30 p.m. at his apartment at 209 Boylston St. by officers who'd arrived there with a search warrant. An officer assigned to guard the rear of the building looked up just in time to see:
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