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This summer, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University continued its ambitious and essential work to protect its living collections from the growing threat of prolonged summer droughts. With the ...

Evan Greer’s new album was recorded right in Jamaica Plain, her neighborhood for the 17 years, and it quickly gained attention from Rolling Stone, WBUR, and more. Greer answered questions about her ...

A convenience store that doesn’t currently sell alcohol has applied for a license to do so. JP Convenience at 546 Centre St., has applied for a wine and malt beverages license (so they could sell wine ...

The Massachusetts Historical Society’s (MHS) Chief Historian and Jamaica Plain resident Peter Drummey is retiring after 47 years of working for the nation’s first historical society. Peter Drummey ...

DASH Awards are presented through the Eastern Massachusetts Association of Community Theaters (EMACT). America’s oldest community theater, founded in 1877, the Footlight Club could netted awards and ...

If you like music and you’re looking for something to do this Saturday, then you should check out the 6th Annual Franklin Park Jazz R&B Festival. The event is sponsored by the Franklin Park Coalition ...

This Sunday’s Jamaica Plain Summer Stroll along Centre and South streets will be packed with lots of fun, sales, and great ways to support our local businesses. The Summer Stroll is from noon to 5 pm ...

The city and the Boston Legacy FC women’s professional soccer team don’t have all the answers yet for how the transportation plan will work for fans to get to White Stadium. But that’s okay, because ...

Many people were upset in March after news broke that the Poor Sisters of St. Clare proposed to sell their monastery for it to be razed and the property redeveloped. St. Clare Monastery After hearing ...

In a 10-year window of time, Katherine Power went from being on the lam using an alias in Oregon, to turning herself in, serving prison time, and then began selling real estate in Jamaica Plain ...