After leveling out earlier this month, Jamaica Plain’s weekly COVID positive test rate decreased last week. The weekly positive test rate also declined citywide so it’s safe to say removing Boston’s mask mandate and canceling proof of vaccination for indoor…
Author: John Lynds
JP’s cannabis dispensary and social justice cannabis museum celebrates one year in the community
Last year on March 13 Jamaica Plain’s first adult-use cannabis dispensary and the nation’s first Social Justice Cannabis Museum opened in Hyde Park Square in Jamaica Plain. Core Cannabis’s SEED Dispensary and attached Social Justice Cannabis Museum opened at 401…
Jamaica Plain juvenile and two others arrested after shots fired on Metcalf Court
Three males, including one juvenile from Jamaica Plain were arrested last Friday evening after officers from District E-13 responded to a call for shots fired in the area of 4 Metcalf Court. The incident occurred just after 5 pm last…
JP weekly COVID positive test remains the same
Three weeks after the city ended Boston’s “B Together” policy, which requires patrons and staff of certain indoor spaces to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 would be lifted, new infections continue to level out or decline in Jamaica Plain…
Mayor Wu announces creation of the Office of Early Childhood
At a press conference Wednesday Mayor Michelle Wu said, for anyone who has had to try to find an early childhood education seat in Boston navigating the many complicated systems, registrations and applications can be a daunting task. “This…
Jamaica Plain’s weekly COVID positive test decreases
With Boston’s weekly COVID positive test rate falling below 5 percent for the first time in months, Mayor Michelle Wu and Dr. Bisola Ojikutu announced last week that the City’s “B Together” policy, which requires patrons and staff of certain…
Arroyo and Hayden say they are both in the race for Suffolk County DA
So far the race for Suffolk County District Attorney will be between one candidate who supports many of former DA Rachael Rollin’s reforms and another who is more moderate and was appointed as interim DA by Republican Governor Charlie Baker.…
Elected officials of color condemn hate directed at Mayor Wu
There’s a fine line between freedom of speech where one’s opinion is expressed during a peaceful protest and using hateful and inflammatory language to express one’s views. Since implementing the city’s vaccine mandate for all indoor venues in boston…
ABCD, city’s EITC program, in full swing in Jamaica Plain
Most people don’t want to think about it but it’s the time a year to begin thinking about filing 2021 tax returns. For many working people in Jamaica Plain there’s some relief from the confusing process of figuring out taxes.…
Jamaica Plain’s weekly COVID positive test rate decreases once again; citywide deaths also decrease
The group of anti-vaxxers camped outside Mayor Michelle Wu’s home are going to have to admit sooner rather than later that her vaccination mandate for indoor venues is working to combat the latest COVID surge in the city. …