Jamaica Plain People
Senior Softball League Opens Player Registration for 2020
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Fifty-year-olds to 90-year-olds play in the Eastern Massachusetts Senior Softball League and registration is now open for the season starting May 1.
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Government
What You Need to Know: Use of Hand-Held Devices While Driving Banned Starting Feb. 23
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Massachusetts ban on the use of any hand-held devices while driving begins on February 23. And here are things that you should know about the ban.
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Business
New Biz: Bakery + Coffee Shop + Record Store = Monumental Market
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A unique business venture recently opened on South Street. Monumental Market is a joint venture between three different businesses: Lavender Bee Baking Co., El Colombiano Coffee, and Light of Day Records.
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Business
Jameson & Thompson Picture Framers Moving from Home of 35 Years to Bigger, Better Location
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After 35 years of being right off Centre Street, Jameson & Thompson Picture Framers is moving to a new home with more parking, a larger gallery space, and more.
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Arts
Korean Popular Music and Deconstruction of ‘Black Panther’ Focus of Loring-Greenough Pop Talks
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The Loring-Greenough House is from 1760 but they're hosting Pop Talks that will looking at two very modern topics: Korean popular music and Black Panther.
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From the Community
Community Servings Expands ‘Teaching Kitchen’ Job Training Program with $300,000 Grant from The Boston Foundation
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Community Servings, a nonprofit provider in Jamaica Plain of medically tailored meals and nutrition services to individuals and families living with critical and chronic illnesses, recently announced the expansion of its programs with the support of a $300,000 grant from The Boston Foundation.
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Arts
Maggie Hill Scholarship Honors Memory of Eliot School Student of Four Decades
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Maggie Hill took her first class at the Eliot School at 27, and continued to take them at the Jamaica Plain school into her 70s. In honor of her lengthy love and support of Eliot School, a scholarship has been created in her memory.
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From the Community
Jamaica Plain Students Receive Honor Roll at St. Sebastian’s School
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St. Sebastian's School and Headmaster Burke is proud to announce the following students from Jamaica Plain who were named to the Second Quarter and First Semester Honor Rolls.
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Business
Boston Foreclosures Dropped 61% in 2019
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Boston's foreclosure rate reached a 17-year low in 2019, dropping 61 percent in 2019 compared to 2018.
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Opinion
Mayor Walsh: Calling All Mentors — Help Make a Difference for Boston’s Children
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Earlier last month, a fifth grader from Dorchester named Fatoumata visited my office. She told me about her favorite types of ice cream, her favorite subjects in school, and her plans to go to college, become a human rights lawyer, and eventually run for U.S. Senate.
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