Month: April 2014

Boston Shines in JP tomorrow

Boston Shines, the City of Boston’s annual cleanup event, will be held tomorrow April 26 in Jamaica Plain. Other Boston Shines events will be held in different neighborhoods of the city on other dates. Organizations and individuals can volunteer to…

Wi-Fi arrives at local parks

Free wireless Internet service is now available at Jamaica Pond Park and part of Franklin Park. The recent installation is part of the City program called “Wicked Free Wi-Fi: Boston’s Public Wireless Network.” The program includes 170 access points throughout…

Match Day School leaving JP

The Match Community Day School, which is a charter public school that first opened in 2011, will soon be leaving Jamaica Plain for a new home on Hyde Park/Mattapan line. The school is currently split in two locations in JP:…

SMART Team joins forces with JRI

Supporting Multi-Need Families with Advocacy, Resources and Tenacity (SMART) Team, a youth services provider based at 34 Arborway in Jamaica Plain, has joined Justice Resource Institute (JRI), gaining the support of JRI’s broad array of trauma-informed services to better serve…