The Boston Public Health Commission is warning people to stay away from birds along the Emerald Necklace due to avian flu. Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has existed among wild bird ...

Do we have a professional igloo builder in Jamaica Plain? Check out this amazing igloo that two siblings made at the Johnson Playground on Green Street. The igloo is large enough for children to hang ...

The Washington Street Gate entrance to the Arnold Arboretum will be closed through this fall for major renovations. Proposed arrival view of the Washington Street entrance from the Forest Hills MBTA ...

After several months of not being operational, the Curtis Hall Community Center pool is expected to be back up and running for swimming in March. Curtis Hall Community Center pool The pool was closed ...

Boston Park Rangers will lead a snowshoe tour of Franklin Park to uncover plants and wildlife that thrive during wintertime on Feb. 16. Bring your own snowshoes if you got them, although there will be ...

Documenting and collecting wild plants is alive and well in 2025, and you can learn about plant exploration and diversity with an expert from the Arnold Arboretum on Feb. 8. Photo from Jamaica Plain ...

The city installed 13 bulbous speed humps on Allandale Street in mid-January and removed them barely two weeks later after frustrated community members let the city know they didn’t like them. The ...

Boston firefighters fought frigid temperatures while knocking down a fire of a Boylston Street home on Saturday night. The Boston Fire Department reported that multiple ladder companies worked around ...

There is so much we love about this community, our home: we have unbelievably strong values. We fiercely advocate for and lift up one another. We believe in a city that makes good choices, and in JP, ...

← New Writers’ Room Opens at Margarita Muñiz Academy ← Successful JP Library Book Sale + Winter Holiday Party on Dec. 19 ...

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley reintroduced legislation to lower the national voting age from 18 to 16 years old. “A sixteen-year-old in 2021 possesses a wisdom and a maturity that comes from 2021 ...

The Friends of the Jamaica Plain Branch Library are kicking off their first author talk of the year with Jamaica Plain’s very own Pulitzer Prize winning author Jayne Anne Phillips. Phillips will ...