At about 4:38am, on Monday, January 17, 2011, officers from Area E-13 (Jamaica Plain) responded to a radio call for a person breaking into cars in the area of 85 Tower Street. While en route to the call, officers received a description of the suspect via police dispatch. According to the dispatcher, the suspect was described as a black male dressed in dark or dark gray clothing. In short time, responding units observed an individual who fit the…

I'm really excited to announce that I just started a new running group!

This group is for female runners of all capabilities. It doesn't matter whether you're a seasoned runner or training for your first 5K, just bring your enthusiasm for running!  It might help if you live in the JP area, but feel free to bring your friends from all over Boston. 

Come join us for early morning runs or for those who prefer to hit the snooze button, let's run in the evenings! 

Weekday…

Hi I was looking for some advice on how to deal with a neighbor who does not shovel their walk.

I have been here in JP for about 4 years. Over that time there has always been one neighbor who consistently does not shovel. I have only seen their sidewalk shoveled once in that time period.

My wife asked them about it last winter and their reply, "We are just girls, we can't do it."

This  year I asked them, and they replied that they did shovel. Yet if you look at the…

As you know, the Jamaica Plain Gazette and JP Patch are reporting that Whole Foods will be moving into the building currently owned by Hi-Lo Foods - even…

Rather than debate what organic food store should move in, I'd really like us to explore how to continue to provide the culturally appropriate ingredients that have been vital for many JP residents. Will some local entrepreneur step up to fill in this gap? Can we pressure the new store to carry these items at reasonable prices?

The wonderful diversity of JP is at stake here as this change continues to move us towards two JPs - one that can afford to get in a car and go to multiple…

This evening I invited David Warner from City Feed and Supply to join me for a coversation about the economics their business. I was inspired to do so after seeing many statements by members about "how pricey" City Feed is in the dialogue concurrently happening about Whole Foods coming to…

Earlier today, we held an emergency park clean up at Beecher Park to clean up the huge tree that fell during the storm this past week. 

After putting out the call for help last night,…

Neighbors,

I just blogged about Hi-Lo closing.

I'm curious, which would you rather, Whole Food or Trader Joe's or what alternatives would you suggest?

How would this benefit our community and who would it hurt?

If we feel strongly about this, we can weigh in. Before we do, we need to carefully take into who our who really represents - and work to…

I just got an alert from JP Patch, that the Jamaica Plain Gazette has reported that Hi-Lo will close and Whole Foods will move in. 

While many like myself appreciate Whole Foods, I know that Hi-Lo has served this community for many years and provided affordable…

A gray cat has adopted our basement, where he/she is getting water and food as needed.

Have you lost your gray cat? Call Nica at +1 617-304-4156.

I was struggling yesterday morning to clear a path in the heavy snow on my front porch and steps so I could take my two small dogs on their morning "walk."  A senior citizen with a chronic pain disease in a major flare up from the winter cold, I could hardly…

Dear Neighbors,

Yesterday we did a pilot test of our new program - SnowCrew. SnowCrew is a group of neighbors who volunteer to coordinate and help shovel out neighbors in need after snow storms.

Leveraging the GroundCrew.us people logistics platform, volunteer "dispatchers" send volunteer "shovelers" on missions to shovel out neighbors who…

I get it.... we have A LOT of snow, and when digging out our cars, we're  not supposed to dump the snow back in the middle of the street. Again, I get it!!

But is it really a good (or nice) alternative to dump your snow next to or on top of the car on the other side of the street?  Is Jamaica Plain SOOO tight that there's no where else to dump snow?  Not cool!!  See pics below.  This really happens!

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Mayor Menino Reminds People to Stay Indoors Through Duration of Snow Event…

Neighbors,

• Add comments with your reports of trees and utility lines that are down and roads that are blocked here on this post. 
• Make sure you cal 911 to reports utility lines that are down and the 24 hour mayors hotline 617-635-4500 for non-emergencies.

Also:…

Neighbors,

There are reports of trees and utility lines down all over Jamaica Plain already this morning. 

For emergencies like If you see a utility line down call 911 - it could be live and kill you or someone else.

For non-emergencies call the Mayor's 24 hour hotline at 617-635-4500.

Joseph

As snow begins to fall, many start packing their bikes away for the winter. However, some say there's no need to stop riding simply because the weather is frightful. Two of those people, John Partridge, Service Manager at …

Fill out this survey to tell the Forest Hills Cemetery's Trust how much you value their community events and cultural programming.

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Or if the link doesn't work, look here on Universal Hub:…