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Though cruelly/constitutionally barred from voting, young citizens can still make their political voices heard. On January 15, the NY Times published letters from students of 826 National, the network of non-profit writing and education centers that was co-founded by Dave Eggers of the McSweeney's empire.

826 Boston Housewarming Party Saturday, December 1, 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm Free 3035 Washington Street, Roxbury (T: 10-minute walk from Jackson Square or Stony Brook) Official Site 826 Boston, the center for writing that recently opened in Egleston Square, knows how to have a good time. The center serves two purposes: it provides writing tutoring for local students and it offers the latest information about cryptozoology through The Greater Boston Bigfoot Research Institute. For...

Revenge of the Book Eaters will take place on Wednesday, September 26th, at the Berklee Performance Center. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. For ticket info, visit 826 Boston's website.

--The BPD announced that it is increasing foot patrols by adding 54 officers to the street beat. Commish Ed Davis held a conference yesterday at Codman Square. Right now, 18 beat officers total cover downtown, Grove Hall, and Bowdoin-Geneva. Here is a full list of where the new beat officers will patrol: Eagle Hill (A-7/ East Boston), two teams in Codman Square (B-3 Mattapan/Dorchester), Morton Ave and Blue Hill Avenue (B-3 Mattapan/Dorchester), Egleston Square (E-13/...

--The Commish has talked tough before, but Ed Davis says that he will deploy more police to town "hot spots" (also known as places where people get shot), and the police will start tailing persons of interest. The "hot spots" are as follows: Bowdoin/Geneva, Franklin Field/Franklin Park, and Grove Hall in Dorchester. Egleston Square in Roxbury is also included. Davis didn't mention bringing gang members to the negotiating table, at least not as far as...

The Boston Globe reports today on an initiative by some local Latin American groups that is gaining support among some city officials. The City is considering renaming a portion of Centre Street in Jamaica Plain "Avenue de las Americas. At-Large City Council member Felix Arroyo, and Boston's first Hispanic council member, was named in the report as a supporter of the proposal. The idea is to give recognition to the portion of Centre Street between Jackson Square and Hyde Square to reflect the Latin American culture that is now in the majority in that area. Local shops, from bodegas and restaurants to record stores and clothing shops are owned by ethnic Latin Americans. The City's Main Streets program has begun to refer to the area as "the Latin Quarter." But some are hoping for official recognition in the form of a renaming of the street to reflect the culture of the area.

We’re almost positive that most days we can get from Harvard Station to Central Square faster than the Red Line can make it. We’re not even going to talk about where and how often you can beat the Green Line at its own game, inbound or outbound. We’ve proven on more than one occasion that we can travel faster than the 39 Bus between James’ Gate and Sweet Finnish in JP (it usually overtakes us...

If you’re an astute reader of the postings here you’ll know that Bostonist packed up our things and moved to the other side of the tracks back in September. After a good bit of time living in Egleston Square our landlord decided to sell our triple-decker apartment building as affordable condos. They were priced affordably by Boston standards, not, unfortunately, by Bostonist standards. While living there we told our mother we were living in Jamaica Plain, we told her to address letters there but make sure to use the zip code 02119. We knew, as the USPS knew, 02119 really meant Roxbury. Before we left our little neighborhood with Dominican flavor we were sitting out on our neighbor’s deck enjoying a nice summer BBQ one evening, just as dusk was turning to night. We heard some gun shots. A 14 year old and 17 year old had been non-fatally shot, one was the target the other was apparently recipient of stray retaliation fire. Incidents like this didn't prompt our departure, rather it was the 1-hour commute and the notice of impending sale.