Jamaica Plain has lots of little free libraries across the neighborhood, and at least one little free toy exchange. The toy ...

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 ...

It’s hard to keep track of the name of the restaurant at 3840 Washington Street in Forest Hills. This week, the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council Public Service Committee is taking a vote to support ...

People are hungry for restaurants news! Here’s the dish on three Jamaica Plain restaurants that people are wondering about because one looks closed, one did close, and one is changing its name and ...

If a Margarita Muñiz Academy music teacher wins the prestigious Manilow Music Teacher Award, the prize includes $5,000 in Manilow Bucks to purchase classroom instruments. Dan Pessalano, is a dedicated ...

Three newly made pickleball courts are now available for anyone to play on at English High School. Plus, the basketball courts were remade and are now level, and have new fiberglass backboards. The ...

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 ...

The Footlight Club announced it removed a cast member and had a producer step down from its upcoming show Roe due to past sexual abuse allegations of that actor. In a post on The Footlight Club’s ...

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 ...

Purchasing a triple-decker is expensive, but imagine if you could pool your collective purchasing power with another family? Mayor Michelle Wu announced the launch of the Co-Purchasing Housing Pilot ...

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 ...

While many of us couldn’t see much last week when it was ridiculously foggy, Chris Lang was able to espy a bald eagle sitting in the tree on the island in Jamaica Pond.