Mayor Wu Addresses Residents’ Concerns about White Stadium Project at JPNC Meeting

By Gazette Staff       The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 27. On hand for the session were chair Renee Stacey Welch, Purple Reign, Willie Mitchell, Bernie Doherty, Dave Baron, Sarah Freeman, Leah …

Inaugural Forest Hills Community History Night and Potluck Set for June 28

      On Saturday, June 28 from 5 to 7pm the JP Historical Society and Wenham Street Cinema will host the first ever Forest Hills Community History Night and Potluck! The location is 23 Wenham St.       At this event some of our most long standing …

Celebrating Gerry Wright at Loring- Greenough

A love letter to St. Peter’s Fiesta

Write to us at startingpoint@globe.com. To subscribe, sign up here. On Tuesday night, I was in the St. Peter’s Club in Gloucester, when I heard it for the first time this year. “Me chi samiou, dute mute!” a guy sitting at the bar suddenly shouted. “Viva …

China cracks down on hotel offering red panda 'wake up call' service

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 2 Bears Eat a Week's Worth of Honey After Escaping Enclosure 00:32 Now Playing China cracks down on hotel offering red panda 'wake up call' service 00:31 UP …

Rachael Rollins, former US Attorney, praises ‘Turtleboy’ for ‘relentless reporting’ on Karen Read case

Former Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins recently praised Aidan Kearney, the controversial blogger known as “Turtleboy,” for his reporting on the Karen Read criminal case, which ended last week with her acquittal on charges she killed her boyfriend …

Elizabeth Warren presses oil companies on tax break lobbying for Senate bill

Democratic lawmakers led by the Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren are pressing two energy companies about their efforts to “win a $1.1bn tax loophole” in President Trump’s so-called “big, beautiful bill”. The proposed exemption, which Senate …

In troubling times, I found my untroubled waters in Walden Pond

On a hot, humid early July evening last year, my cousin Matthew and I went swimming in Walden Pond in Concord, Massachusetts. We used to swim at Walden fairly often when we were younger, but it had been a while since we’d last been there. As the afternoon …

RFK Jr’s vaccine panel recommends new RSV treatment for infants

Health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s reconstituted vaccine advisory panel recommended a new treatment to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in infants. The treatment, a new monoclonal antibody called clesrovimab, which will be sold under the brand …

Hegseth slams media over reports on effectiveness of Iran nuclear site strikes

IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. TikTok creator teams up with indie band to 'fix' their viral song 02:26 Now Playing Hegseth slams media over reports on effectiveness of Iran nuclear site strikes …