Are you passionate about food insecurity initiatives — then you might be interested in a food justice coordinator position through the First Baptist Church’s Food Justice Program. The Centre Food ...

An artist whose Hyde Square mural became a landmark has died at 85. Rafael “Sonny” Rivera García, died Friday in Puerto Rico, according to his son, Boricua Rivera. In 1984, the elder Rivera painted a ...

A local nonprofit has purchased the former EnVision Hotel on South Huntington Avenue, which it has been operating as temporary transitional housing since 2022. Victory Programs is now operating the ...

Jamaica Plain has a fantastic array of murals throughout the neighborhood, and artists Chepe Leña and Cedric Douglas recently finished a new one at the Brewery Complex. “The portrait depicts a child ...

Have you always wanted to try your hand in pottery? A new studio recently opened in Jamaica Plain, and is ready for you to dig your hands in. Image from https://www ...

Here are arrangements for his memorial services, according to Jamaica Plain’s Patrick O’Connor: A wake will take place at St. John’s in Canton on Thursday from 2 to 8 p.m. Msgr. Bourque will celebrate ...

Jamaica Plain nonprofit Armenian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center (ANRC) Executive Director Renato de Leon was recently sworn in as a member of the Massachusetts Board of Nursing Home Administrators ...

Jamaica Plain resident Patrick Roath is running for Congress, banking on that his message to strengthen access to healthcare, support reproductive rights, and stand up to the federal administration’s ...

SNAP households who missed payment last week now have full SNAP immediately available on their EBT cards. Massachusetts was one of several states to release full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...

A new fast-casual restaurant is bringing Korean fried chicken and street food to Jackson Square. Husband-and-wife Richard Kim and Jiyeon Lee are the co-founders of Gangnam Spice. Gangnam Spice is ...

Of the 340 pounds of garbage that JP ZeroWaste collected along a stretch of Centre Street in a recent waste audit, the organization determined more than half could’ve been recycled or composted. JP ...

An impressive sculpture of the 19th Century politician and Dominican Republic founding father Juan Pablo Duarte was unveiled on Saturday at Mozart Park. FUNDOARCU, a nonprofit that highlights the ...