By Michael Coughlin Jr. During its monthly meeting on Monday, the Jamaica Pond Association (JPA) discussed getting Centre/South Streetscape improvements — that date back to 2009 — back on track. Kevin Moloney, a member of the JPA Board and the…
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movie night host will keep the show going
Wenham Street Cinema’s next viewing will be indoors By Eloise Lushina Wenham Street in Jamaica Plain is much more than rows of historical houses. Instead, this block is an intertwined community where everyone in the neighborhood knows each other, thanks,…
Holiday Light Show at First Baptist Church
The 2023 Holiday Light Show at First Baptist Church is going on now through January 6, 2024. This captivating spectacle will grace our evenings, operating between 5 p.m and 8:45 p.m., with a brief countdown every thirty minutes between shows.…
Grand opening and ribbon cutting held for 250 Centre St. development
Housing Chief Sheila Dillon joined the Jamaica Plain Development Corporation (JPNDC), The Community Builders, Incorporated (TCB), The Massachusetts Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities, MassHousing, local elected officials, and residents today to commemorate the Grand Opening of 250 Centre…
Officials announce new community choice electricity rates
The City of Boston announced new electricity rates through Boston’s Community Choice Electricity (BCCE) program, and encouraged all customers to choose BCCE as their electricity supplier. The new rates will be in effect beginning December 2023 until December 2025 using…
Mayor Wu shares Boston’s winter weather preparations
Mayor Michelle Wu today joined City officials at the Public Works yard on Frontage Road to discuss winter preparations currently underway in the City of Boston and resources available to residents including older adults and individuals experiencing homelessness. “The City…
Parks Department offers free Ultimate disc youth clinics
Special to the Gazette The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is teaming up with coaches from the Boston Ultimate Disc Alliance (BUDA) to offer free co-ed youth Ultimate disc clinics at the Carter Playground Bubble, 709 Columbus Avenue. The clinics…
Arborway Yard bus facility discussed at subcommittee hearing
By Michael Coughlin Jr. On Monday, the Arborway Yard subcommittee hosted officials from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to provide a brief update on plans for the new Arborway bus facility and share a presentation about the better bus…
Author pays tribute to JP’s “permanent resident” Susan Dimock in new book
By Bella Gonzalez Forest Hills Cemetery was bustling on a recent Sunday afternoon, but for an unconventional reason: Susan Wilson, a local author, photographer and historian, celebrated the launch of her newest book, “Women and Children First: The Trailblazing Life…
Santana is ready to get to work
By Michael Coughlin Jr. Henry Santana, Boston’s newest City Councilor At-Large elect, looks forward to hitting the ground running in 2024 when he officially takes his place on the City Council. Santana, a 28-year-old who immigrated to Boston as a…