Month: May 2020
JP’s Self Esteem Boston turns to technology to provide services to women
For more than 25 years, JP-based Self Esteem Boston has been providing self-esteem courses for women living in transitional living facilities, substance abusers, victims of domestic violence, and the unemployed. These programs are typically delivered in person, but, like many…
Without proper Memorial Day exercises due to COVID, visit one of Jamaica Plain’s Hero Squares and learn about history
There are over 1,700 Hero Squares across Boston and several in Jamaica Plain that pay tribute to residents that made the ultimate sacrifice by giving their lives for their country during wartime. “These squares are found in intersections like the…
JPNC Housing & Development Committee continues discussion on sustainability and construction
The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) Housing & Development Committee held a virtual meeting on May 19, where members and residents continued their discussion of sustainability standards in construction and talked about electrification and the construction of affordable housing. The…
JP Observer: Let’s not waste the coronavirus crisis; good things can result
By Sandra Storey / Special to the Gazette The covid-19 pandemic has been a three-month nightmare for us in Jamaica Plain and pretty much the entire world. No one knows how long it will continue to plague us. Just describing…
Obituaries 05-22-2020
Carol Ann SenterLoving daughter, sister, aunt and great aunt Carol Ann Senter passed away at the age of 70 on May 3. Carol was born in Quincy, the daughter of Shirley A. Senter and the late Arthur I. Senter. She…
City’s Small Business Relief Fund helps Jamaica Plain businesses forgotten
By now it’s common knowledge that the $650 billion federal relief package intended to help small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis, like those that dot the Jamaica Plain and are the backbone of the community, ran out of money in…
Announcing ‘JP Together’ starting May 23
A Celebration of Our Community Through Art from May 23 – 25, JP Centre/South Main Streets will be presenting “JP Together” – a large-scale projection show onto the brick facade of J.P. Licks. We invite the people of Jamaica Plain…
Letters to the Editor 5-22-2020
On Forest Hill Cemetery Dear Editor, I thought it was only me who was shocked, disappointed and frankly more than a bit miffed by what seemed to me a little mean-spirited of Forest Hills Cemetery’s all-of-a-sudden squishing visiting hours…
Memorial Day, 2020
This will be a Memorial Day unlike any that Americans have known. Ever since the official inception of the holiday on May 30, 1868, when the practice of decorating the graves of the fallen Union soldiers with flowers, wreaths, and…