The newly-reopened Flaherty Playground is one small step for Chihuhuas, and one giant step for German shepherds — as it ...

Get your preservative-free delicious When Pigs Fly bread while you can at its Jamaica Plain store because it’s closing ...

Jamaica Plain hasn’t faced the worst of the current crackdowns by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), but activity has persisted, with a notable example being two ICE raids in Forest ...

Julia Mejia has lived in Boston for several decades. Those decades of living in Boston has taught her about all of Boston’s neighborhoods, not just Dorchester, where she currently resides. But Mejia’s ...

Each weekday we post a “Photo of the Day” from around the neighborhood. If you have a photo that screams (or even whispers) “Jamaica Plain,” here are four ways to nominate it: ...

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 ...

Last updated on July 27, 2025 Two of the greatest inventions ever — books and ice cream — will come together on Aug. 2 to support the Jamaica Plain Branch Library. The Friends of the Jamaica Plain ...

In early fall, the hammers stopped swinging and the drills stopped spinning on a five-story residential building at 3368 Washington Street. New residents have been moving in since then, and more than ...

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 ...

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 ...