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Asian longhorned beetle found in JP
From the Jamaica Plain Gazette: JAMAICA HILLS—The Independence Day holiday mood ended abruptly on Tuesday morning when six trees on the Faulkner Hospital grounds were destroyed after it was discovered over the weekend they were infested with Asian longhorned beetles (ALB). The hospital is on Centre Street across from Arnold Arboretum, a well-known tree preserve here […]
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JP Gazette: Head of Urban Edge resigning
Mossik Hacobian, the high-profile longtime head of Urban Edge—one of two powerhouse non-profit developers in Jamaica Plain—plans to resign in 2011. JP resident and chair of Urban Edge’s board of directors Anne McKinnon sent out an e-mail notification last week announcing the formation of a committee to oversee the leadership transition at the non-profit. Hacobian’s […]
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July meeting of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council
The next regularly scheduled meeting of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council will take place on Tuesday, June 29 at 7pm at Curtis Hall,  located at 20 South Street. On the agenda is a presentation of a proposed neighborhood overlay district for Jamaica Hills, as well as a presentation by the JPNDC of a plan for redevelopment of […]