District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced that her office has secured a plea in a 2017 stabbing motivated by transphobic animus that seriously injured a disabled person. David Delacruz, 31, pleaded guilty to charges of assault and battery with a dangerous…
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Walsh Announces Summer Youth Employment Registration Now Available
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the opening of SuccessLink, the City of Boston’s online tool that enables Boston youth to register for summer jobs. Boston teens between the ages of 15-18 can apply on the Department of Youth Engagement &…
Review of “Songs of Life and Love”: A Valentine’s Day Performance
Soprano Maire Clement, baritone Davey Harrison, and pianist Sam Partyka delivered a fresh and moving Valentine’s Day recital to a full house at Integrarte, a dance studio housed in the Hope Central Church, on Saturday, February 16. Roslindalers Clement and…
JP’s Patrick Planeta Joins Board at United South End Settlements
United South End Settlements (USES) announced the following five new board members who will join USES’s 20-memberBoard of Directors starting this month: Professor of Practice and Director of Urban Leadership Program at Simmons University Gary Bailey; Director of Diversity Recruiting…
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay Splashes in the Snow to Support Public Beaches
On March 10, over 200 beach lovers braved not only the chilly winter waters but also snowy weather and plunged into Boston Harbor at the BCYF Curley Community Center in South Boston as part of the 9th annual Harpoon Shamrock…
Students Complete Grant-Funded Biotechnology Lab at Meridian Academy
On a Tuesday morning in January, the father of one of my classmates sat us all down in our science lab to ask us questions that most of us could not answer. We didn’t know at the time that this…
Joy Kogut to Run Boston Marathon for Samaritans Services
Members of the Samaritans Marathon Team including Jamaica Plain resident Joy Kogut will be running in the 123rd Boston Marathon to honor loved ones lost to suicide, while raising funds, hope, and awareness for suicide prevention. All proceeds generated from…
Hayden Idson Wins Concord Orchestra’s Ehlers Young Artists Concerto Competition
Hayden Idson, was the winner this year of the Concord Orchestra’s Ehlers Young Artists concerto competition. Hayden is an eighth grader at the Park School in Brookline. He began his cello studies at the age of four and a half…
Council Approves CPA Funding
Last month Mayor Martin Walsh and the City’s Community Preservation Committee (CPC) recommended that projects in Jamaica Plain and across the city, totaling more than $34 million, would be included in the fall funding round for the Community Preservation Act…
Chapter & Verse at Loring-Greenough
Chapter and Verse Literary Reading series will be held again on Friday, March 8, 7:30 p.m. at the Loring-Greenough House, 12 South Street, Jamaica Plain Center. The following will be the night’s activities. Hilary Sallick is the author of a chapbook, Winter…