The “Mayor’s Enchanted Trolley Tour & Tree Lighting” will be coming to Jamaica Plain tomorrow, Dec. 5, according to a press release. “We are fortunate in the City of Boston to have a community that celebrates its cultural diversity, but…
Month: December 2015
Holidays in JP: TURKEY TROT
Holidays in JP: ‘Shop w/a Cause’ returns
A group of Jamaica Plain businesses are getting into the holiday spirit and are holding the second annual “Shop w/a Cause” on Dec. 5, which will give a percentage of purchases to local nonprofits. Some of the businesses that are…
Holidays in JP: THANKSGIVING CELEBRATION
Post office to hold meet and greet
Audrey Lakes, the new manager of the Jamaica Plain Post Office, is hosting a holiday meet and greet for local residents and business owners, according to an United States Post Office (USPS) email blast. Service at the JP post office…
Holidays in JP: ENGLISH HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL TEAM AT FENWAY PARK
Holidays in JP: HOLIDAY STROLL
Sights and Sounds, Dec. 4, 2015
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues. Dec. 15 for the Dec. 18 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special events Celebrating Olmsted 2022, “Passages to Yosemite”…
The Olmsted tour
Gerry Wright Special to the Gazette [Editor’s note: Below is a description by Gerry Wright of a cross-country tour he went on during the summer performing The Olmsted Play and new initiatives that resulted from that.] The motivation for the…
Obituary: Mildred Hailey
Mildred Hailey, a Jamaica Plain resident and longtime leader of the Bromley-Heath housing development, died on Nov. 18. She was 82. Hailey founded the Bromley-Heath Tenant Management Corporation (TMC) along with Anna Mae Cole more than 40 years ago. It…