Jamaica Plain has lots of little free libraries across the neighborhood, and at least one little free toy exchange. The toy ...

This Sunday’s Jamaica Plain Summer Stroll along Centre and South streets will be packed with lots of fun, sales, and great ways to support our local businesses. The Summer Stroll is from noon to 5 pm ...

Jamaica Plain hasn’t faced the worst of the current crackdowns by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but activity has persisted, with a notable example being two ICE raids in Forest ...

Boston’s Election Department is recruiting poll workers for the upcoming Sept. 9 election, who will get paid up to $200. Poll workers get a stipend ranging from $160 to $200 and are given required ...

Black swallowwort is a highly invasive vine that is toxic to monarch butterflies, deer, and outcompetes native plants — and there are particular ways to stop its spread. The plant is a prolific ...

After winning the citywide garden contest the previous three years in a row, Jamaica Plain’s Sandra Jordan and Robert Monahan were inducted into the city’s Garden Hall of Fame in 2024, and this year ...

One of Jamaica Plain’s businesses dating back to before the United States was a country, and a business that opened just last year, were among a group of businesses to receive storefront grants. The ...

Jamaica Plain-based Circus Up was one of four Boston organizations to receive an additional grant along with the dozens of cultural organizations that received grants across the city. “Circus Up is ...

Hello, neighbors. This is Chris Helms, publisher of the site you’re reading, the Jamaica Plain News. If that name rings a bell, it may be because you knew me as the founding editor of Jamaica Plain ...

Join the Emerald Necklace Conservancy for a tour Exploring Olmsted Park and Jamaica Pond in partnership with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Discover the wooded paths, babbling brooks and ...

Republicans should stop trying to rush through their Big, Ugly Bill that would make millions poorer, sicker & hungrier. Instead, they should listen to their constituents. Folks like Layla, whose ...