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Advisory Group Seeks Greater Role in Forest HillsFile photo: The crumbling Casey Overpass in Forest Hills.

Advisory Group Seeks Greater Role in Forest Hills

By Chris Helms on March 24, 2014
The future of the Casey Overpass is just one of the development issues facing Forest Hills.
The future of the Casey Overpass is just one of the development issues facing Forest Hills.

You can argue that no section of Jamaica Plain is facing more big development projects than Forest Hills. Chief among them is the Casey Overpass being razed in favor of a network of streets. Others include more than 100 condos and rentals on an MBTA-owned parcel near Forest Hills station and the bus yard finally moving.

Small Fire Doused in EglestonBoston firefighters relax after dousing a small fire in a bathroom in the area of 190 Boylston St. on March 18, 2014.

Small Fire Doused in Egleston

By Chris Helms on March 18, 2014
JP-based Tower Ladder 10 was among the units that responded to a small bathroom fire on Boylston St. on March 18, 2014.
JP-based Tower Ladder 10 was among the units that responded to a small bathroom fire on Boylston St. on March 18, 2014.

If you saw or heard fire trucks streaming into Egleston Square on Tuesday around 11:30 a.m., it was for a small fire that was quickly put out.

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