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 ...

This year’s Jamaica Plain Open Studios will feature the work of ironworkers, jewelers, painters, ceramicists, printmakers, textile and paper artists, sculptors, clothing designers, woodcarvers, ...

There’s a little storefront on Green Street that offers a lot. The Rainbow Nook is Jamaica Plain’s only fiber arts store selling materials including yarn, thread, fabrics, offering classes for adults ...

State representative races aren’t until 2026, but state Sen. Mike Rush now has an opponent in Hyde Park’s Persis Yu. Rush, a conservative Democrat, is the state senator for the Norfolk/Suffolk ...

Do you have more than $4 million dollars to spend on a home — then you may want to check out a house on Parley Avenue that recently came up for sale. 45 Parley Avenue (Photo from Zillow.com) Listed at ...

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 ...

A developer is proposing two new mixed-use buildings to go where Hatoff’s Gas Station and another commercial building are currently located along Washington Street. Two proposed mixed-use buildings ...

Historian Anthony Sammarco’s newest book Jamaica Plain Through Time chronicles the neighborhood from the late 19th century through to the 21st century. The Moxieland Plant was at the corner of Heath ...

Hybrid witch-hazels are amazing! Crosses between the Chinese species of witch-hazel (Hamamelis mollis) and the Japanese species of witch-hazel (Hamamelis japonica) all began at the Arnold Arboretum in ...

This isn’t a huge story, but how could we resist not writing about the Centre Street package store Streetcar desiring to carry more than just beer and wine. We don’t get to often reference a Tennessee ...

There hasn’t even been an official grand opening for Jamaica Plain’s renovated skate park on the Southwest Corridor, and it’s already been graffitied. A skateboarder in the air at the newly renovated ...

After a foot chase on early Sunday morning, Boston Police arrested a male 14-year-old on multiple firearm offenses, who also had two active arrest warrants for assault and battery on a police officer ...