The restaurant scene of Hyde Square is getting more diverse, as it looks like a Venezuelan arepa restaurant will be opening in the future. Don Tequeño & Doña Arepa will open at 403 Centre St. Don ...

The Valeo Boston 2007 boys soccer team is the first Boston youth team to ever qualify to play in the U.S. Club Soccer National tournament in Colorado in July — and they need the community’s help to ...

Jamaica Plain resident Vanessa Vélez was nominated by Governor Maura Healey to be an associate justice for the Boston Municipal Court. The nominees will now be considered by the Governor’s Council for ...

There hasn’t even been an official grand opening for Jamaica Plain’s renovated skate park on the Southwest Corridor, and it’s already been graffitied. A skateboarder in the air at the newly renovated ...

The following is a letter sent to Jamaica Plain News and a response from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital: I received some heart breaking news. Brookside Community Health Center will no longer be open ...

JP Lock and Security has set out to make a name for themselves as a veteran, woman, minority, and family-owned company based in Jamaica Plain. Our publisher David Ertischek has been a community ...

You would think that one of the major MBTA stations, a hub of transportation for the area if you will, would have a Bluebikes station. But alas, Forest Hills doesn’t currently have a station for ...

Drinking beers, live music, and a stein hoisting contest are parts of several Oktoberfest events in Jamaica Plain, starting in September. Along with dozens of local artists displaying their work, this ...

The Arnold Arboretum and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department have petitioned the Public Improvement Commission (PIC) to change Bussey Street to Flora Way in honor of an enslaved woman who lived ...

The Boston Tea Party happened on December 16, 1773, and brothers David and John Greenough were embroiled in the controversy, and boycott of tea imported by the East India Company that led to the ...

Governor Maura Healey is among the cast members for Jamaica Plain based nonprofit Rehearsal for Life’s new live Banned in Boston musical. The musical Banned in Boston: Funderdome will be performed ...

The following article was originally published on the Arnold Arboretum’s website and is republished here with permission from the Arnold Arboretum. The Arnold Arboretum is an outdoor classroom and ...