Special to the Gazette Known mostly for creating jobs and affordable housing in the Jamaica Plain area for the past 44 years, the JP Neighborhood Development Corporation’s (JPNDC) current strategic plan calls for going deeper and wider to increase services…
Boston Public Schools Releases Draft of Three-Year Federal Funding Plan
Boston Public Schools (BPS) Superintendent Brenda Cassellius this week released the first draft of the district’s plan to distribute Elementary and Secondary Schools Emergency Relief II (ESSER II) federal funding. The funding, approximately $400 million over the next three years,…
Jamaica Plain COVID Infections Spike
Throughout June and the beginning of July COVID infections were virtually nonexistent in the neighborhood with no residents testing positive for the virus in Jamaica Plain week after week. However, with new variants of the virus penetrating the US Jamaica…
JPA Hears Neighbors’ Concerns With Dogs At First Church in JP Burying Ground
The Jamaica Pond Association (JPA) met virtually on July 12, where members and neighbors discussed an issue around people using the historic cemetery at the First Church in Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist as a dog park. Resident Bonnie McBride raised…
News Briefs
Religious Education at the Basilica The Basilica will be offering in person instruction for Religious Education beginning in the Fall. Our brand new Faith Formation program for children and teens of all ages will prepare young people for sacraments. All…
Adnani Johari, CPA, CGMA, MBA, Named Director to Board of Mass.Society of CPAs
The Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants (MSCPA) today announced that Adnani Johari, CPA, CGMA, MBA, was elected to the board of directors for its 2021-2022 fiscal year. Johari, a Jamaica Plain resident, is a vice president of Brighthouse Investment Advisers, LLC…