The Greater Boston Latino Network (GBLN), which includes the Jamaica Plain’s Sociedad Latina and the Hyde Square Task Force, recently commissioned one of two studies to assess the status of Latinx-led nonprofits in Boston and to better understand the challenges…
Author: John Lynds
Jamaica Plain non-profit receives city mini-grant
Jamaica Plain’s Dominican Development Center (DDC) was one of several organizations to receive a mini-grant last week from the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) to help support nonprofits that work in immigrant communities. Mayor Martin Walsh said each $5,000…
New book by Anthony Sammarco highlights history of Jamaica Plain
Known in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as the Jamaica End of Roxbury, the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain evolved from agrarian farmland for over 200 years into one of the more dynamic and inclusive neighborhoods of twenty-first century Boston. A…
BPS suspends all in-person learning; every BPS student will switch to ‘remote’ learning
A week after the Suffolk Superior Court rejected the Boston Teachers Union (BTU) request for an emergency injunction so teachers won’t be forced to teach in-person until the positive test rate in Boston goes below 4 percent, Boston Public School…
COVID-19 positive test-rates up in Roslindale
The recent spike of COVID-19 infections throughout Boston is troubling and Roslindale is not immune to the newest wave of infections sweeping the city. Those testing positive for the virus in Jamaica Plain increased according to data released by the…
Charles Sumner Elementary School is finalist for prestigious EdVestors prize
For the past 13 years EdVestors, a school improvement organization in Boston, has awarded its $100,000 Thomas W. Payzant School on the Move Prize to recognize rapidly improving schools that have made exemplary progress in advancing the academic achievement of…
Early Voting in Jamaica Plain to Kickoff Oct. 17
Amid a global pandemic, historic racial unrest and a faltering economy voters will head to the polls on November 3 during arguably one of the most contentious U.S. Presidential elections since 1860. Last week, Mayor Martin Walsh reminded…
A.O. Flats in Forest Hills officially opens
The highly anticipated housing development that brings affordable and workforce housing, as well as housing for homeless families, to Jamaica Plain officially opened last week. A.O. Flats at Forest Hills, which adds 78 new low to moderate-income units and 1,500…
COVID-19 Updates for Jamaica Plain, Walsh warns Boston heading into the “red”
Jamaica Plain saw a four percent increase in the COVID-19 infection rate in the past two weeks but is still below the citywide average. According to Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) data released last Friday, Jamaica Plain’s infection rate went…
Time is running out to participate in the U.S. 2020 Census
With the help of local organizations and volunteers the City of Boston is making a final push to get an accurate census count ahead of the Sept. 30 deadline. “This once-in-a-decade opportunity will determine the amount of elected representatives Boston…