The Stonybrook Neighborhood Association (SNA) met for their monthly meeting on August 12, where they discussed several proposed development projects in the neighborhood. First up was Pine Street Inn’s proposal to build a total of 226 units—a mixture of low…
Author: Lauren Bennett
Mixed Feelings From JPA About Proposed E-Ink Signs
The Jamaica Pond Association (JPA) met for their monthly meeting on August 5, where there was a light agenda but a semi-contentious proposal from a company called Soofa, who spe-cializes in making e-ink community sign boards. The signs currently exist…
Bikes Not Bombs Ships 615 Bikes to El Salvador
JP-based Bikes Not Bombs (BNB) rallied over 40 volunteers, youth apprentices, and staff to load 615 recycled bicycles into a 40 foot shipping container in Dorchester on July 27 and 28 to be shipped to El Salvador. According to a…
JP Mothers Out Front Gather to Protest National Grid Gas Leaks
Members of Mothers Out Front, a nonprofit working towards a livable climate for children, along with volunteers from environmental activist group Youth on Board, gathered on the steps of Curtis Hall on July 25 as part of a larger movement…
Juval Racelis Dedicates Time to Teaching Poor and Homeless Women
Former JP resident Juval Racelis has only lived in Boston for three years, but he’s made a big difference in the lives of many women at Rosie’s Place in the South End, a nonprofit that provides meals and other services…
Reimagined JP World’s Fair Seeking Vendors, Performers, and Volunteers
The JP World’s Fair—which had taken place every year from 1989 to 2008—is turning 30 this year, and will be reimagined with a new version of the fair after a ten year hiatus. The fair began in 1989 as a…
La Policía de JP Comparte Estadisticas de la Delincuencia de Junio
El miércoles 10 de julio, Curtis Hall fue el sitio de la reunión mensual de policía y relaciones comunitarias organizada por el Distrito E-13 del Departamento de Policía de Boston (BPD). Cada mes, representantes del Distrito E-13 informan a la…
Brendan Halpin Makes Tabletop RPGs Accessible to Boston Teens
By combining his gaming skills with his teaching ones, JP-based writer and teacher Brendan Halpin has discovered the many benefits that tabletop role-playing games can bring to teenagers. Now, he’s on a mission to get his nonprofit, Everybody’s Gaming Guild,…
JPNC Talks IDP, Licenses, and New Parks Plus Committee
The Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council met for its monthly meeting on July 23, where the agenda was light and members discussed reports from Council Committees. Education Ad-Hoc Committee JPNC member Trevor Wissink-Adams said that the Education Committee did not meet…
JP Storyteller Helps People Reconnect With Nature
Storyteller Diane Edgecomb thinks a lot about trees. At her annual Summer Solstice storytelling event at the Arnold Arboretum—the 18th one— last weekend, Edgecomb and harper Margot Chamberlain took listeners on a journey through the groves of the arboretum, telling…