Everyone knows the holidays can be a stressful time, with gifts to buy, wrap and ship to loved ones, and to help ease some of the holiday stress, some local Post Offices will be offering extended hours for the next…
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Sights & Sounds
The deadline for listings is noon, December 17 for the December 20 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Special Events The annual Holiday Trolley Tour and Tree Lighting at the…
JP’s Barricklo Speaks at BAA Reception
Jamaica Plain resident Jonah Barricklo, Boston Arts Academy (BAA) alum and Emerson College student, spoke at an event this week with celebrity event planner Bryan Rafanelli hosted by Emerson President Lee Pelton and the Boston Arts Academy Foundation. Lee Pelton…
A Winter Solstice Tradition Returns to Loring-Greenough
Save the dates! Storytelling, Celtic harp and Song returns to the 18th century Loring-Greenough House in Jamaica Plain to welcome the Solstice again this year. Stop by Friday Dec 20 through Sunday Dec 22 to join in the festivities. Friday, Dec. 20…
JP Agenda
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues. December 17 for the December 20 issue. Send listings to [email protected]. Note: 617 should be dialed before numbers below, unless another area code is given. Meetings Stonybrook Neighborhood Association. Next meeting is a…
Mayor Walsh, Boston Parks Department Celebrate Completion Of Jamaica Pond Pathways Renovation
Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Boston Parks and Recreation Commissioner Ryan Woods, residents, and park advocates today unveiled renovations around Jamaica Pond, including new and improved pathways, repairs to entrances, increased seating, newly-planted trees and accessibility improvements. This $4.7 million capital…
Invitación
Plazo para la sección de eventos: martes, 17 dic para la edición 20 dic. Mande eventos a [email protected]. Los números telefónicos que siguen empiezan con 617. Reuniones Comité de casas abandonadas en JP, primer jueves del mes, 10.30, Egleston Library,…
Frank Guerra Receives Friends of Education Award
On Wednesday, October 2, Frank Guerra, headmaster at Boston Trinity Academy, was honored by the Harvard Club of Boston Foundation with their annual Friends of Education Award. According to the foundation, this award is given “to individuals who have made…
Keefe II, the Canine Companion, Receives His Training in Jamaica Plain
Canine Companions for Independence – a national non-profit organization providing highly trained assistance dogs for children, adults and veterans with disabilities, is proud to announce that Kathy Clair-Hayes and her family of Jamaica Plain recently began raising an assistance dog…
We Are Drinking, Drugging, Eating And Stressing Ourselves To Death
Okay, we know it is the holiday season — a time for good cheer and all that. But the results of a report issued last week by the Centers for Disease Control reveal a disturbing and dangerous pattern in the…