What happens when you roam the streets of JP asking strangers to let you video them for 10 seconds with no talking or smiling? It’s magical. And a little heart-breaking.

The Boston Ward 11 Democratic Committee endorsed four at-large Boston City Council candidates — three incumbents and one challenger — at their June 23 meeting at Farnsworth House. The Committee voted ...

Jamaica Plain’s Lydia Morrison was officially sworn in as a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) on June 24, and is now legally authorized to advocate in court for children who have experienced ...

Well, they’re not real butterflies. Just an assortment of beautiful images of painted butterflies on trash barrels along the Southwest Corridor Park. The Southwest Corridor Park shared images on ...

Jamaica Plain’s Kaia Minn won a state title for creating a biodegradable seed pouch designed to reforest areas devastated by wildfire or deforestation. The 12-year-old’s invention earned her the honor ...

Last updated on June 22, 2025 . It’s hard to keep track of the name of the restaurant at 3840 Washington Street in Forest Hills. This week, the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council Public Service ...

With temperatures expected to hit triple digits, Boston has a heat emergency through Tuesday, June 24, so it’s important to know how to keep cool in Jamaica Plain and elsewhere around the city. Not ...

Two Jamaica Plain organizations, the Eliot School of Fine & Applied Arts and A Far Cry, were recently selected to receive in the Barr-Klarman Massachusetts Arts Initiative.

Two new residential buildings part of the Mildred Hailey Apartments are now accepting lottery applications. The buildings, called 2 & 6 Lamartine, include 124 income-restricted rental units, and ...

Unlike an affordable housing lottery which has a deadline, there are four new income-restricted Jamaica Plain studios available that will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Artists of all ages (and not just Bostonians) are welcome to submit original work to a poster competition that celebrates Franklin Park — and two winners will receive $3,000. The Franklin Park Poster ...

Community Servings, a nonprofit provider of medically tailored meals and nutrition services to individuals and families in Massachusetts experiencing critical and chronic illnesses, recently announced ...