Business

Recreational Marijuana Dispensary/Social Justice Museum Proposed for Old Milky Way Site

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A recreational marijuana company with an empowerment philosophy has proposed opening a dispensary/social justice museum in the long vacant old Milky Way space on Centre Street. "Core Empowerment intends to open the city of Boston's first high quality retail cannabis establishment and social justice museum/education center," said Tomas Gonzalez, one of the four owners of Core Empowerment, LLC to Jamaica Plain News via email. Gonzalez grew up in Jamaica Plain, previously ran for Boston City Council and was recently the deputy director for the Mayor's Office of Neighborhood Services. He currently lives in Hyde Park. Gonzalez said the business would be in the lower level of 401A Centre St.

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Drugs and guns allegedly found by police at the 18 Pompeii St. home of the Rev. Shaun Harrison.
Police and Fire

DA: Former English High Dean Shot Student Over Teen’s Low Pot Sales

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A former English High School dean alleged to have been running a drug ring pleaded not guilty Wednesday to shooting a student in the head. Prosecutors say Shaun Harrison, 55, tried to execute a 17-year-old whose pot sales had been lagging. Harrison, most recently dean of students at English, worked at several Boston Public Schools since 2010, according to the Globe. The attempted murder charge led Mayor Marty Walsh to probe Harrison's job history with the schools. That review found that though established protocols were followed with him, tougher standards need to be put in place.

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