Community Meeting: How to Make Franklin Park’s Circuit Drive Safer on July 30 ...

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 ...

Fresh News for the Neighborhood You LoveAbout JP News Jamaica Plain News is an independent online news source and community platform for the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. David ...

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 ...

Block parties are great community builders, whether it’s for one block or a neighborhood — and the city wants to help fund block parties across the city. City summer block party grants can be up to ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...