Since 2021, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy has collected more than 2,000 items of cold-weather gear for Action for Boston Community Development. Please consider donating a new or lightly-used winter ...

Nonprofit Community Servings has a goal to raise more than $1 million for the 32nd year of its Pie in the Sky fundraiser. This holiday tradition supports critically ill, food insecure neighbors and ...

Dogs in fantastic costumes strutted down the red carpet at the 20th Annual Jamaica Plain Costume Parade this past Saturday. Jamaica Plain photographer Mark Wylie was on hand, and getting low, to take ...

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You’re welcome to dispose of your pumpkins by placing them on top or inside of your food waste collection bin — or you can bring it to the great pumpkin smash this Saturday at English High! The great ...

About JP News Jamaica Plain News is an independent online news source and community platform for the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. David Ertischek Our publisher David Ertischek ...

More Than Words, a local nonprofit announced that its reopening the Boomerangs in Cambridge, and that it’s exploring into reopening the Jamaica Plain Boomerangs. The owners of Hatoff’s Gas Station ...

[Editor’s note: Since the original posting, we’ve added context around a quote from the chairman of the JPNC Zoning Committee.] A plan by the neighborhood’s best-known landlord for a six-story ...

Two local development corporations held a groundbreaking on May 31st to celebrate the beginning of construction for an apartment building of 47 affordable units. What if housing were combined with ...

A dragnet collared more than 60 alleged gang members in the Boston area early Thursday. The Boylston Street and Mozart Street gangs, which trace their origins to JP, figured prominently in the ...

Spontaneous Celebrations’ Lantern Parade is on October 22 and 23 and there are many ways you can get involved leading up to one of Jamaica Plain’s greatest traditions. The cold arrived just in time ...

The beginnings of baseball in Boston and its first connection to Jamaica Plain are found with Harry Wright and his brother George. Not sure where to go trick-or-treating with the kids on Halloween?