Tour a residential area that includes a National Historic District with this Jamaica Plain Historical Society tour. View architecture that spans three centuries, the oldest community theater company ...

Join the Jamaica Plain Historical Society to tour this part of the JP neighborhood which developed from 19th-century summer estates into a model suburban enclave. It contains examples representative ...

Travel around the Pond with the Jamaica Plain Historical Society. Once a district that only included the houses of Boston’s elite, the Pond was later put to industrial use as tons of ice were ...

Block parties are great community builders, whether it’s for one block or a neighborhood — and the city wants to help fund block parties across the city. City summer block party grants can be up to ...

Well, they’re not real butterflies. Just an assortment of beautiful images of painted butterflies on trash barrels along the Southwest Corridor Park. The Southwest Corridor Park shared images on ...

Know any teenagers who would be a great addition to influence city policies by being a member of the Mayor’s Youth Council? Then direct them to the Council’s online application. The Mayor’s Youth ...

Jamaica Plain’s Kaia Minn won a state title for creating a biodegradable seed pouch designed to reforest areas devastated by wildfire or deforestation. The 12-year-old’s invention earned her the honor ...

Adelaide, 6, receives a lantern she picked out at the Jamaica Pond Lantern Parade on Oct. 18, 2014. Credit: Esther Ro Thousands thronged the Pond Saturday for the 31st edition of the Lantern Parade.

District 6 City Councilor Ben Weber’s No Kings resolution wasn’t filed in time to recognize that our country is fighting for independence from monarchy on July 4, 2025, but that’s not stopping him ...

Each weekday we post a random image from around the neighborhood. Here’s a throwback to 2011, when “Team Shark” participated in Bikes Not Bombs’ Bike-A-Thon. If you have a photo that screams (or even ...

Applications are now being accepted for a new apartment building for low-income seniors older than 62-years-old. 3371 Washington Street The new 5-story apartment building at 3371 Washington St., is ...

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley railed on President Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” — making it clear that it will be downright ugly for the majority of Americans. The bill passed the Senate and is now ...