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WEBAbout JP News. Jamaica Plain News is an independent online news source and community platform for the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.. David Ertischek. Our publisher David Ertischek has been a community journalist for more than 18 years. He has been the editor and reporter for local newspapers and websites.
Jamaica Plain Recreational Marijuana Dispensary Opening on …
WEBMar 4, 2021 · A rendering of Core Empowerment’s retail marijuana store and social justice museum at 401A Centre St. Tomas Gonzalez, Chief Operating Officer of Core Cannabis LLC told Jamaica Plain News that the company will be opening its store Seed at 401A Centre St. in Hyde Square on Saturday, March 13 at 11 am to the public.
‘Jamaica Plain Through Time’ Takes Readers on Historical Tour of ...
WEBDec 2, 2020 · Historian Anthony Sammarco’s newest book Jamaica Plain Through Time chronicles the neighborhood from the late 19th century through to the 21st century. The following is from Sammarco’s book with contemporary photographs by Peter B. Kingman. Known in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as the Jamaica End of Roxbury, the neighborhood of Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, evolved from ...
My Ten Favorite Streets to Walk in Jamaica Plain
WEBMay 7, 2021 · Heath Street. Although the imposing brick façades of the John R. Alley Brewery (pictured above) and the redeveloped American Brewing Company building technically sit just across the border in Mission Hill, a walk down Heath Street offers a fascinating glimpse into Jamaica Plain’s lost Victorian brewing history. Bismarck Street.
Outside Only: Jamaica Plain Open Studios is Back on September …
WEBSep 17, 2021 · It runs from 11 am to 6 p.m. over the weekend of September 25 – 26, 2021. The excitement of open studios lies in the opportunity to experience locally created art in a broad range of art mediums all in one weekend. JPOS 2021 features the work of painters, jewelers, printmakers, potters, sculptors, iron workers, quilt makers and wood carvers.
Community Servings Prepares 10 Millionth Medically Tailored Meal
WEBSep 28, 2021 · When Community Servings was founded in 1990, a small group of volunteers delivered 30 hot dinners to nourish people struggling with wasting syndrome associated with HIV/AIDS. Today, more than three decades later, the Jamaica Plain nonprofit organization has cooked up its 10 millionth scratch-made meal as its mission has expanded to serve individuals with a wide range of illnesses. “This ...
Community Welcomes 30 Men and Women, No Longer Homeless
WEBMay 1, 2016 · Mr. Magee, who is disabled, has suffered years of homelessness. The long-awaited development has transformed a former nursing home into 30 apartments for men and women who have been homeless, with on-site support that includes counseling, assistance in daily-living skills, job-readiness training, home …
Brewery’s Landlord Sues to Stop Pine Street Inn Supportive …
WEBAug 11, 2020 · The landlord of Turtle Swamp Brewery is suing to stop a supportive housing development that the city has allotted millions to help create. In November 2019, Mayor Marty Walsh celebrated the Boston Planning & Development Agency Board of Directors voting in support of the Pine Street Inn’s and Community Builders project at 3368 Washington St. The new project will be the city’s largest ...
Meet English High School’s New Headmaster - Jamaica Plain News
WEBOct 11, 2018 · English High School’s new headmaster definitely looks familiar to the school’s community — because Caitlin Murphy has worked at the school since 2009. Caitlin Murphy became English High School’s headmaster beginning the 2018-2019 school year. Murphy has worked in the Boston Public Schools for 11 …
The Food Project Welcomes Jamaica Plain’s Jeff Wojtowicz to …
WEBOct 25, 2022 · The Food Project welcomed Jamaica Plain resident Jeff Wojtowicz, a retired biopharma senior executive, to its Board of Trustees. The Food Project is a nationally recognized youth development model that employs teens to work alongside adults and strengthen local food systems. Growing up outside of Chicago, Wojtowicz remembers consuming many canned vegetables. After he met his wife, whose family ...