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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.
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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 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 ...
Jamaica Plain Recreational Marijuana Dispensary Opening on …
WEBMar 4, 2021 · It’s been a long time coming, but it looks like Jamaica Plain will finally have an open recreational marijuana dispensary. 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.
Non-Profit Helps Those in Crisis, Victory Programs, Opens …
WEBSep 6, 2022 · Victory Programs (VPI), a Boston-based non-profit which offers housing, prevention, and recovery services to individuals and families in crisis, has acquired a building at 404 South Huntington Ave to serve as its administrative hub for the more than 20 programs they operate across the Greater Boston area. “We’re happy to be in JP, a neighborhood that has always had compassion for those in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 …
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 …
Historic Hatoff’s Gas Station Closed for Weeks, Getting New Pumps
WEBApr 2, 2017 · There’s actually been a Hatoff’s gas station in Jamaica Plain since 1924, reported UniversalHub.com on Sunday. Morris Hatoff, Stan’s father, opened the Hatoff’s Texaco station near the current Forest Hills MBTA station in 1924, according to Stan Hatoff’s obituary from when he passed in 2009. The station became Stan’s after Morris ...