Shooting fatalities are at a historical low in Boston as of now — and the record was set last year. As of Dec. 21, 2025, there have been 19 fatal shootings for the year, and during the same period in ...
Goodbye Fiore’s Bakery? Building Listed for Sale with Option to Dissolve Business and Deliver Vacant
The South Street building that’s home to longtime Jamaica Plain fixture Fiore’s Bakery is for sale for $2.9 million, and there’s a possibility the restaurant could close as part of the sale. The ...
The Jamaica Plain Historical Society shared a new digital map created by the Leventhal Map Center that visualizes the date of construction for every single structure in the city. The Leventhal Map ...
Boston Police arrested a man on Tuesday in Jamaica Plain, charging him with a 1997 murder. Brian Keazer, 50, of Boston, was arrested by the BPD Fugitive Unit around 12:15 pm, and at the time there was ...
The following article has been republished on Jamaica Plain News with permission from the author and the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. “I was introduced to Joyce “Joy” Fisher by a mutual friend ...
While not a world record, someone recently returned a vinyl record to the Jamaica Plain Branch Library that was due in 1976! The vinyl record was left in the return bin in the front of the library and ...
As expected, Mayor Michelle Wu easily won the preliminary election on Tuesday, earning 71% of the vote, with Josh Kraft netting 23%. Wu won 66,398 votes, with Kraft getting 21,324, and then Domingo ...
A new teen center in the Mildred C. Hailey Apartments is offering workforce readiness programs, academic support, cooking and music lessons, leadership development opportunities and more. Located at ...
Rachel Miselman believes Boston is not utilizing the sister cities program effectively, which she says is like leaving money on the table. Taking advantage of working with Boston’s 11 sister cities is ...
Due to the federal government shutdown about 42 million Americans are expected to lose access to new SNAP benefits on November 1, and Allandale Farm wants to help locals who will be affected.
After only her first as an at-large Boston City Councilor, Ruthzee Louijeune had earned the respect of her fellow councilors, to be chosen as the council’s president. Ruthzee Louijeune Before being ...
Jamaica Plain has a fantastic array of murals throughout the neighborhood, and artists Chepe Leña and Cedric Douglas recently finished a new one at the Brewery Complex. “The portrait depicts a child ...
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