Robocalls are the new plague of the digital and cell phone era. According to some estimates, Americans received 48 billion robocalls last year, up from 30 billion in 2017. It used to be that only a person’s land line would…
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Guest Op-ed Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Care and Data
By Alexander Acosta A little more than a year ago, I had the opportunity to visit Maryhaven treatment facility in Columbus, Ohio, to hear from those recovering from the effects of addiction. The visit was an impactful one. I met…
Letters
Understanding improved medicare for all Dear Editor: Our current health care system of over 1500 private insurers is a complicated and fragmented approach to health care with much administrative waste. As a result, 31% of every healthcare dollar goes to…
Egg Hunt & Spring Celebration
Volunteers of America in Jamaica Plain Part of State Program to Expand Addiction Treatment
Volunteers of America in Jamaica Plain is one of 26 community-based treatment providers that will contract with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) to open new specialized residential rehabilitation treatment programs to serve individuals who experience substance use and…
Sen. Chang-Diaz Gives Update at JPNC
By Lauren Bennett Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz came to the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council monthly meeting on April 23, where she talked about her year in review as well as what’s coming up on her legislative plate. Chang-Diaz said that the…
JP Native Yareliz Diaz Named a 2019 Rappaport Public Policy Fellow
The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston at the Harvard Kennedy School has named Yareliz Diaz a 2019 Rappaport Public Policy Fellow. A native of Jamaica Plain, MA, Yareliz is a graduate of John D. O’ Bryant School of Mathematics &…
Tree of Life Fundraiser for JP Police Summer Camp
Every summer, Tree of Life, in association with Boston Police Department E13’s Community Service Youth Officers, organizes a two week camp for underprivileged youth in Jamaica Plain. The program gives some J.P. kids and teens positive experiences, summer fun, and…
JP Observer: JP Regan Youth League Marks 50 Years of Building Community
By Sandra Storey / Special to the Gazette The Jamaica Plain Regan Youth League has been around—and flourished—for 50 years for good reason. The baseball and softball league has expanded over the decades, building on the solid foundation of community…
Chapter & Verse at Loring-Greenough
Readings by Members of Jamaica Pond Poets of Poems on Poetry and Art will be held on Friday, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. at the Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, JP Center. The program is as follows: Mary Birnbaum was born, raised,…