The newly-reopened Flaherty Playground is one small step for Chihuhuas, and one giant step for German shepherds — as it ...

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’s Marvin Mathelier co-owns Ula Cafe, is a lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps Reserves, executive director of the Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center, and is running for one of the ...

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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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Jamaica Plain has lots of little free libraries across the neighborhood, and at least one little free toy exchange. The toy exchange may be a parent’s dream or nightmare depending upon how their child ...

Each weekday we post a “Photo of the Day” from around the neighborhood. If you have a photo that screams (or even whispers) “Jamaica Plain,” here are four ways to nominate it: ...

Last updated on July 27, 2025 Two of the greatest inventions ever — books and ice cream — will come together on Aug. 2 to support the Jamaica Plain Branch Library. The Friends of the Jamaica Plain ...

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 ...