Boston has an additional $20 million this year to fund affordable housing, parks, open space and historic preservation thanks to the Community Preservation Act. On April 3rd, the Jamaica Plain ...

Secretary of State William Galvin, who is being challenged by fellow Democrat and Boston City Councilor Josh Zakim, will speak at Doyle’s Cafe on Tuesday night.

People waited in line for the noontime start of early voting at the Margarita Muniz School on Thursday. It was the only day that early voting was being offered in Jamaica Plain for the September 1 ...

Kellie Cardone: We brought together three acts from the first festival (Chris North, So Sol, and Riding Shotgun) to perform at our now-sponsor Tres Gatos. Margie Nicoll: Just an amazing line-up of ...

A thousand youth, parents and families jammed the Stony Brook amphitheater Wednesday for the annual summer awards program of the Phillips Brooks House Summer Urban Program. The Phillips Brooks House ...

Another bank is opening on Centre Street. Currently, TD Bank is building out the space at 725-737 Centre St., according to a building permit posted on the wooden boards covering up the space.

Hi. We’re having technical trouble with our “events calendar” submission form. We hope to have it repaired soon. Meanwhile, you can still use the calendar! Just email your event details to David ...

There’s a new, punnily named business in Jamaica Plain: Espresso Yourself — likely a reference to the Madonna and N.W.A. songs “Express Yourself,” and a play on the popular beverage — is now open, ...

The CVS stores on Centre Street recently went from automation to customer relations — replacing the store’s automated checkout kiosks back to registers manned by service clerks. This occurred at both ...

On March 30, Governor Baker signed into law An Act relative to motor vehicle license suspension, an important reform of our criminal justice system. Previously in Massachusetts, individuals convicted ...

On Wednesday, the Department of Conservation and Recreation announced there would be two weeks of rolling closures of the Southwest Corridor Park Bike Path starting Aug. 18. But then DCR was reminded ...

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