On Saturday March 13 Jamaica Plain’s first adult-use cannabis dispensary and the nation’s first Social Justice Cannabis Museum opened in Hyde Square in Jamaica Plain. Core Cannabis’s Seed Dispensary and attached Social Justice Cannabis Museum opened at 401 Centre…
Month: March 2021
Calling All Boston-based Artists!
Design competition for 2,500 sq. ft. of murals in JP The Stonybrook Neighborhood Association (SNA) and SSG Development and Construction are commissioning a Boston-based artist (or artists) to design murals for a new Extra Space Storage building at 141…
English High leads the way on increasing graduation rates
Boston Public Schools (BPS) experienced the highest four-year graduation rate for the district on record, according to information released by state officials reporting graduation data for the 2019-20 school year. Boston showed a 2.2 percentage point increase in the four-year cohort…
Friday Declared‘Leonard Nimoy Day’ in City of Boston
Dan Murphy Just days before being confirmed by the Senate as the nation’s Labor Secretary, exiting Mayor Martin Walsh declared this Friday, March 26, “Leonard Nimoy Day” in the City of Boston in honor of the English High graduate who…
Boston Students and Parents Call for Substantial State Funding as Schools Reopen
With the promised funding from the landmark education bill that was signed into law before the COVID pandemic hit is still up in the air, Boston students and parents last Tuesday called for the state to fully fund the…
JP Observer: Expansion of important Police/Social Worker Program is under way
By Sandra Storey / Special to the Gazette Talk about falling through the cracks. Talk about holes in safety nets. Between 1955 and 1994, state mental institutions were closed in Massachusetts and around the country with few reliable care…
Cumulative and Weekly Positive COVID-19 Test Rates both up in Jamaica Plain
Last week the cumulative COVID-19 positive test rate in Jamaica Plain and the weekly positive test rate both increased according to the latest data released by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) last Friday. According to the data 34,444…
Several Residents were Presenters at 15th Cape Verdean-Jewish Passover Seder
Jamaica Plain residents were well-represented at this year’s Cape Verdean-Jewish Passover Seder. For the past fifteen years, the Cape Verdean-Jewish Passover Seder has brought together Jews and Cabo Verdeans from Massachusetts and Rhode Island to meet face-to-face, share and celebrate…
Lawsuit Against Exam School Admissions Process Slows down Notification
As if the Exam School admissions process could be any more confusing, now parents waiting for notification of acceptance, or not, will have to wait about a month or more longer than usual. A parent advocacy group called the…
Mayoral Candidate Michelle Wu responds to Atlanta Shooting, Violence against Asian Americans
Here in Jamaica Plain 7.9 percent of our neighbors are Asian Americans and while they make up a small minority of our overall population they contribute greatly to the fabric of the community as business owners, parents, students, and activists.…