For the past six years, Fredlyne (Fred) Daphnis, Director of Nursing at Laurel Ridge, has consistently told her staff: “We are a deficiency free facility. It's just a matter of time before they ...

The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) announced that a mosquito test sample obtained from Jamaica Plain tested positive for West Nile Virus (WNV). The virus is carried by mosquitoes and can be ...

The City of Boston, the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC), Causeway Development LLC, MassHousing, community partners, and residents celebrated the grand opening of Brookley ...

The Stonybrook Neighborhood Association held an informal discussion on the possibility of bringing a grocery story to the Doyle’s Cafe development on Washington Street. At its June meeting, SNA member ...

At the June 17 meeting of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council Housing & Development Committee (JPNC H&D), neighbors from the working group convened by former H&D Chair Danielle Kieta-Sommer ...

This year’s Basketball for Peace event drew a record 150 teens for a day of friendly hoops competition, marking the highest participation in the program’s history, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin ...

Mayor Michelle Wu has announced the nomination of Felicia Jacques to the BPDA Board. Jacques currently serves as the Principal Developer and Manager for Maloney Development. The new appointment, which ...

The 13th Annual Boston JerkFest is turning up the Caribbean heat and expanding to three days this year, July 10–12. The festival will move to a larger footprint at the Ohiri Soccer Field at the ...

Local businesses, organizations, food vendors and musicians assembled on Jamaica Plain’s Centre Street last week in celebration of Boston’s last Open Street festival of the season. The city closed ...

If you haven’t checked it out yet, Jamaica Plain’s first official dog park is fast approaching its one-year anniversary. Having opened last August, the newly renovated Flaherty Playground—located at ...

The Emerald Necklace Conservancy, in collaboration with its public partners at the City of Boston and the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), recently completed an inventory ...