Mayor Martin J. Walsh this week announced the launch of the 2019 Boston Summer Eats Program, expanding access to healthy meals by providing free and nutritious meals to youth ages 18 and under at more than 100 locations throughout the…
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Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Adam Banks Showcases Research at Bates College’s Mount David Summit Adam Banks of Jamaica Plain, Mass., presented their student research entitled “Conducting an Audit of Food Policies and Programs in Auburn, ME” at the 18th Mount David Summit. The annual…
Make the Most of Summer
Our Independent Newspaper Group founding publisher, Andrew P. Quigley, who lived an extraordinary life, used to say, “When you look back on your life, you realize that all you really have is a lot of memories.” What brings these words…
Congratulations, U.S. Women’s Soccer
Every now and then the accomplishments of an individual athlete or team will transcend whatever it is that they have achieved in the world of sports. Prime examples include the late Muhammad Ali and the 1980 U.S. Olympic hockey team. …
Op-Ed : How We’re Working to Ensure the Boston Police Department Reflects and Serves Our Neighborhoods
By Mayor Martin J. Walsh Last month, we welcomed the Boston Police Academy’s newest recruits. These men and women had spent the last six months learning to serve and protect the people of Boston with the highest standards of excellence…
Letters : Impeachment “Hopefully”
Dear Editor, The New York Times reports that, as of June 28, Rep. Stephen Lynch says this about a House impeachment inquiry: “I favor continuing our investigations to gather more evidence to hopefully persuade the necessary votes in the Senate.”…
Mayor’s JP Coffee Hour
Robert G. Lawson Park
Ellen McGuire Celebrates 40 Years at First Church in JP
On Sunday, June 2, Ellen McGuire was honored for forty years of Music Ministry at First Church in Jamaica Plain, Unitarian Universalist as she prepared to leave her post to pursue new goals. Ellen was hired in 1979 to be…
JP Agenda
The deadline for listings is noon, Tues. July 9 for the July 12 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…