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Jamaica Plain's Jonah Barricklo fully took advantage of everything the Boston Arts Academy offers after he moved to Boston from the Bronx in 2017. He was able to showcase his singing, dancing and acting skills -- and was named valedictorian of his class.
State officials will reveal its recommendations for the future use of the current Shattuck Hospital Campus at a public meeting on June 25.
On Wednesday, the city announced a wide-ranging plan with an eventual goal of having Boston be a zero waste city. The new plan includes launching a food scrap curbside composting program, extending residential yard waste options, increasing environmental education and more.
Students, neighbors and supporters are invited to attend a community conversation as part of the Eliot School's process of figuring out its future facilities plans on June 24.
The 70th anniversary of the law that enabled the state to treat chronically ill individuals at Lemuel Shattuck Hospital seems like an apt time to consider how our understanding of public health has changed, and how pressing the need for access to health care remains.
UPDATE: The JP Local First Fair has been postponed to June 27 due to inclement weather.
There are more than 165 independent businesses in Jamaica Plain and dozens of them will be participating in the 3rd Annual JP Local First Fair.
The Community Preservation Act (CPA) provides funding for affordable housing, historic preservation, and parks and open space projects throughout Boston. This Friday, JP residents are invited to share their ideas for CPA funded projects.
Two men were shot and killed on Monday night in Jamaica Plain in the area of Mozart and Bolster streets.
Ask and ye shall receive. At least that's the case for the Joseph P. Manning Elementary School. As the school will be adding a sixth grade starting in 2020, just as the school's administration wanted.
Jamaica Plain's Patrick J. Barron was among the 67 students who graduated from St. Sebastian’s School at its 75th Commencement Exercises on June 6.