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 ...

Do you have a beautiful garden? Do you have photos of your beautiful garden? Then you should enter the citywide garden contest — the deadline is July 9 at 11:59 pm. Apply to the garden contest using ...

As expected, the Boston Ward 19 Democratic Committee endorsed Mayor Michelle Wu for reelection at their last meeting on July 7. The Committee also endorsed four at-large city council incumbents: ...

Laid out in 1836, the street played a key role in Jamaica Plain’s development, functioning as a residential, commercial, and transportation conduit in the lives of the district’s residents. Although ...

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to tour this part of the JP neighborhood which developed from 19th-century summer estates into a model suburban enclave. It contains examples representative ...

Learn about 1840s Hyde Square when German and Irish immigrants transformed the neighborhood with their businesses, schools, and institutions. See how in the early 1960s, Hyde Square changed again when ...

Life is full of missed opportunities. Not a lot of them involve the topic of poop. But here is one such moment in time that was squandered — the Poop Museum was at the Jamaica Plain Library on July 3.

Tour a residential area that includes a National Historic District with this Jamaica Plain Historical Society tour. View architecture that spans three centuries, the oldest community theater company ...

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Travel around the Pond with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Once a district that only included the houses of Boston’s elite, the Pond was later put to industrial use as tons of ice were ...

Applications are now being accepted for a new apartment building for low-income seniors older than 62-years-old. 3371 Washington Street The new 5-story apartment building at 3371 Washington St., is ...