DCR crews last night began two weeks of overnight road restriping to add what is supposed to be a temporary second car lane between Murray Circle - the big rotary at one end of the Arboretum - and the main entrance to the Arnold Arboretum, about 500 feet south, as work continues to map out more permanent fixes to the Arborway that include permanent bicycle paths and safer pedestrian crossings. Read more.
Debbie Adamidis, owner of Capt. Nemo's, 367 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain, reports she'll be closing on Oct. 1: Read more.
The owner of the Forbes Building, 539-551 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain, says he will soon submit detailed plans to the BPDA to renovate the building and to rent 143 of the 147 units as affordable. Read more.
FoMu announced today it's closing its outlet on Centre Street in Jamaica Plain on Sept. 18. The chain says the store never really recovered from its pandemic closing, and so signing a new lease just didn't make economic sense.
Via Jamaica Plain News.
Benjamin on security footage at Downtown Crossing and at the phone store.
A Cambridge man who was arrested in March by Boston and Cambridge police for robbing the JP Wireless store, 319 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain, was charged again today, this time by the FBI after he was charged with violating the federal Hobbs Act for interfering with interstate commerce through threats or violence. Read more.
Suspect during one of the robberies, from the FBI affidavit.
A Dorchester man who held up a series of stores at knifepoint this past spring, less than three months after he was released from a a 30-month sentence for armed robberies in New York City, now faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted, authorities say. Read more.
A man walked into the 7-Eleven at South Huntington Avenue and Centre Street in Jamaica Plain around 11:45 p.m. on Friday, gave a worker behind the counter a demand note for cash and then showed the worker the gun he had in his waistband.
A motorist and a Boston Police officer collided head on on Centre Street in front of the post office around 11:30 a.m. Read more.
People for and against the city's plans to dramatically change the configuration of Centre Street in West Roxbury both got a chance to make their feelings known during a hot and humid rush hour. Read more.
The mural today. See it larger.
The Boston Ale House has painted over the part of its Hastings Street mural that long honored racist City Councilor Dapper O'Neil and his former employer James Michael Curley for a painting of Thomas Gunning Kelley, a longtime West Roxbury resident honored for his bravery in the Vietnam War. Read more.
A group of West Roxbury residents who say they support the city's plans to slow traffic on Centre Street will hold a "walk and roll" from the post office down to Holy Name Rotary at 5 p.m. on Wednesday. Read more.
WBUR reports City Councilor Kendra Lara (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury), was cited for driving an unregistered car with a revoked license, no insurance and an expired inspection sticker for a crash into a house on Centre Street Friday afternoon. Both she and her young son were injured.
Live Boston reports City Councilor Kendra Lara and her young son were injured when she drove into the house at 803 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain this afternoon.
The Globe reports both she and her son required care for cuts and that the councilor said she swerved to keep from crashing into another car.
It's been warm the last couple of days, but the digital thermometer outside Harry's on Centre Street across from the reclaimed part of West Roxbury yesterday made us wonder if we'd somehow been teleported to Texas. Then it flashed a time of 10:35, when it was really closer to 6:30 p.m., so we realized, phew, we could still get chicken enchiladas in mole sauce at Yucatan Tacos across the street and the signboard was just malfunctioning.
Julia Weeks and her mom were driving on Centre Street near the quarry in West Roxbury today when they spotted some pig. A pig in somebody's front yard. Taking a snooze, as one does when one's a pig in somebody's front yard on a hot, humid day in West Roxbury.
Photo by Mike Toole.
For the second year in a row, the city shut Centre Street in Jamaica Plain to motor vehicles, letting pedestrians and bicyclists enjoy outdoor dining, games, music and just wandering the neighborhood. Read more.
Newly elected State Rep. Bill MacGregor ( West Roxbury, Roslindale, South Brookline) said he will continue predecessor Ed Coppinger's work on several road-safety projects in the district. Read more.
Matt Frank reports from Centre Street in Jamaica Plain:
I was in JP for brunch and stumbled upon First Baptist JP having a big LGBTQ folk dance party outside. This was the church that got hit by anti gay graffiti late last week...They responded by having an impromptu "Love is Love" dance party on their lawn.
The thing that sent three employees at Boomerangs, 716 Centre St. in Jamaica Plain, to the hospital as a precaution yesterday evening and led to Centre Street being shut on either side of the store was a "lead pig" - a small lead container with a screw top - designed to hold radioactive material. Read more.
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