Fresh News for the Neighborhood You LoveAbout JP News Jamaica Plain News is an independent online news source and community platform for the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. David ...

Boston’s Election Department is recruiting poll workers for the upcoming Sept. 9 election, who will get paid up to $200. Poll workers get a stipend ranging from $160 to $200 and are given required ...

One of Jamaica Plain’s businesses dating back to before the United States was a country, and a business that opened just last year, were among a group of businesses to receive storefront grants. The ...

Boston Firefighters fought through wires to put out a multi-family home on Round Hill Street that was ablaze on Tuesday morning. BFD District Chief Michael Carey reported that five adults and three ...

Unlike an affordable housing lottery which has a deadline, there are four new income-restricted Jamaica Plain studios available that will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis. Boston.gov lays ...

Join the Emerald Necklace Conservancy for a tour Exploring Olmsted Park and Jamaica Pond in partnership with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Discover the wooded paths, babbling brooks and ...

After winning the citywide garden contest the previous three years in a row, Jamaica Plain’s Sandra Jordan and Robert Monahan were inducted into the city’s Garden Hall of Fame in 2024, and this year ...

Jamaica Plain has lots of little free libraries across the neighborhood, and at least one little free toy exchange. The toy ...

Black swallowwort is a highly invasive vine that is toxic to monarch butterflies, deer, and outcompetes native plants — and there are particular ways to stop its spread. The plant is a prolific ...

Hello, neighbors. This is Chris Helms, publisher of the site you’re reading, the Jamaica Plain News. If that name rings a bell, it may be because you knew me as the founding editor of Jamaica Plain ...

Jamaica Plain-based Circus Up was one of four Boston organizations to receive an additional grant along with the dozens of cultural organizations that received grants across the city. “Circus Up is ...

Starting July 14 and continuing through August 25 (but not on the weekends), both directions (one lane at a time) of a small part of Centre Street will be closed to traffic to accommodate new utility ...