Bus replacement for Aug. 20-21
Transportation

Buses Take Place of Orange Line This Weekend

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If you enjoyed last weekend's Orange Line hassle, you'll be happy to know this weekend a larger chunk of the line will be out of commission. On Saturday and Sunday, buses will replace trains between Forest Hills and Ruggles. It's bus service all day and night, both weekend days. Plan accordingly! Here's what the T says about the disruption:
Due to MBTA crews performing necessary track work, buses will replace Orange Line trains between Forest Hills and Ruggles Stations in both directions from start to end of service on Saturday, August 20, 2016, and Sunday, August 21, 2016.

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Photo of the Day

Green Street Station Lights

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Lights, Green Street T Station, June 10, 2015. Credit: Chris Helms

Each weekday we post a “Photo of the Day” from around the neighborhood. If you have a photo that screams (or even whispers) "Jamaica Plain," here are four ways to nominate it. Email me at chris@jamaicaplainnews

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The Jamaica Plain portion of the Orange Line, as seen on a subway car map.
Transportation

It’s Shuttle Buses, Not Subway Service for Orange Line Next Two Weekends

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Just in case subway riders haven't gotten a taste of Casey Arborway construction traffic, the T will be putting Orange Line passengers in shuttle buses this Saturday and Sunday, and again next weekend. The shuttle buses will be running so track and signal work can be done. The closures are in both directions from Ruggles to Forest Hills. Casey construction hours generally run through about 3:30 p.m. on Saturdays, though night work is slated to begin at 8 p.m. on Sunday, June 14, the last scheduled day of bus replacement service. For more on the subway closures, please visit the T's Website.

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Photo of the Day

Orange Streak at Green

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Untitled photo by William Brokhof, taken at Green Street Station. Other works by Jamaica Plain photographer Will Brokhof are on display at James's Gate. Brokhof tells Jamaica Plain News he'll donate a few of them for next Sunday's Art4Music fundraiser, which benefits the Jamaica Plain Music Festival. Each weekday we post a “Photo of the Day” from around the neighborhood. If you have a photo that screams (or even whispers) "Jamaica Plain," here are four ways to nominate it:

Email me at chris@jamaicaplainnews

Tag a picture on Twitter with @02130News

Put your photo in the Jamaica Plain News photo pool on Flickr

Tag a picture on Instagram with #02130News

[Editor's note: The photo above is not one of the ones in the James's Gate show.]
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Police and Fire

Police Log: Exchange Student Stabbed in Failed Seaverns Avenue Mugging

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Here are highlights from the police blotter for Jamaica Plain from Thursday, March 26 through Sunday, March 29, including details about an armed robbery attempt on Seaverns Avenue in which a man was stabbed. Police say that got a call about 11:35 p.m. on Friday, March 27 for a mugging at 75 Seaverns Ave. A man, whose wounds appeared to be superficial, told police he was an exchange student. He told police he'd walked from Green Street Station toward Brewer Street when he was set upon by two men. One of the men hit and stabbed him.

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Location map
Police and Fire

Mugger Takes Woman’s Phone at Knifepoint By Green Street T

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A woman who had just come out of the Green Street T Monday night found a man holding a knife to her side and demanding her phone. The incident took place around 10:45 p.m., which was when she made it safely to the police station just two blocks away. The victim gave the man the phone, according to Police Officer Rachel McGuire. The woman started walking away and the man stopped her to demand the passcode. She gave that to him as well and went to the E-13 station at Green and Washington to report the incident.

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JP developer Chris DeSisto points to a feature on a rendering of "Bartlett Square 2" at a JP Neighborhood Council committee meeting at the police station on Tuesday, March 3, 2015.
Business

Neighborhood Board Deadlocks on Booze License for Havana Pete’s

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A well-known Jamaica Plain builder who hopes to open a casual seafood restaurant next to Green Street T failed to get support from a bellwether neighborhood committee for the liquor license he'll need. Chris DeSisto of Maple Hurst Builders will have to decide whether to take his request to the city's Licensing Board without a green light from the Public Service Committee of the JP Neighborhood Council. The board stalemated 4-4 Tuesday during a packed community meeting at the JP Police Station. DeSisto aims to anchor a new multi-use building at the corner of Green and Amory with a restaurant. "Bartlett Square 2" would mirror many aspects of his existing Bartlett Square building across the street.

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Business

‘Havana Pete’s’ Could Bring Beer & Seafood Next to Green Street T

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Neighborhood builder Chris DeSisto has proposed a new building right across Amory from Green Street Station that would have 15 apartments and a second-floor restaurant. DeSisto spoke to Jamaica Plain News Friday in advance of a Tuesday neighborhood meeting where he'll pitch the need for a liquor license. The restaurant would tentatively be called "Havana Pete's." An earlier name — "Redneck Pete's" — didn't get rave reviews, DeSisto said. The new mixed-use building at 450 Amory St.

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The Jamaica Plain portion of the Orange Line, as seen on a subway car map.
Transportation

Yes, Orange Line Trains *Are* Running From Forest Hills

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The MBTA had originally said that Tuesday rail service from Forest Hills would be like Monday's — AKA nada. But as of Tuesday morning, a reduced number of trains are making the trip from Forest Hills as far as Sullivan Square. The T's "Winter" page indicates Green Line trolleys still aren't running to JP. You'll have bus replacement service along the E line from Heath to Symphony on Tuesday. The Orange Line news wasn't widely publicized at first, as evidenced by this Tweet:

#OrangeLine running and basically empty to FH?

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File photo: An inbound Orange Line train between Green and Stony Brook. April 2014.
Transportation

No Subway or Trolley Service for JP on Monday

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The beleaguered MBTA won't run subways on the Orange Line or the E-line trolley in Jamaica Plain on Monday. Instead, there'll be bus service from Forest Hills to Back Bay and from Heath Street to Northeastern. For more details, see the "Winter" page on the T's website. The T didn't run at all on Sunday during the most recent blizzard.

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