This article is from the Jamaica Plain Historical Society’s website, and has been republished here with permission from JPHS. It is based on a slide show presented by Susan Steele at the Loring ...

Jamaica Plain nonprofit Community Servings announced a three-year grant of approximately $350,000 from The Rockefeller Foundation to develop a comprehensive case study on the economic and ...

It looks like the Forest Hills restaurant scene will receive a boost this February when a new taqueria opens on Hyde Park Avenue. Achilito’s Taqueria is planning to open at 38 Hyde Park Avenue in ...

Joseph Correia is looking forward to providing a distinct American-Caribbean fusion menu to his new restaurant, Top Mix Bar and Kitchen JP, in Hyde Square later this year. “We plan to provide a ...

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 ...

The following is a public statement about the sale of Blessed Sacrament Church from the Friends of Blessed Sacrament. Protesting the sale of the Blessed Sacrament Church. We represent the voices of ...

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 ...

Burgers and beer — they go together like, well, burgers and beer! In that spirit, the Boston Burger Company has partnered with Costello’s Tavern to run the restaurant’s kitchen. Costello’s and Boston ...

A new pizza joint in West Roxbury is running away with this year’s “Deck the Windows” city contest for holiday decorating — and leaving JP’s three entries in the dust. Our publisher David Ertischek ...

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 ...