Special to the Gazette The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is announcing applications for the 2025 Low Number Plate Lottery will be available online at myRMV Online Service Center ...

Luis Fernando Milan of Jamaica Plain (Boston) passed away peacefully among close family members on June 14, 2025. Better known as Fernando to his friends and Nandi to his family, he was born on ...

Gerry Wright may have turned 90 years old but shows everyone that he still has some dance moves. Matt Wright, Gerry’s son, with Community Service Care Board Chair Crystal Jones. Tom Carney, Armondo J ...

JP resident Ellen Hatch (above), a senior management analyst in the City’s Office of Budget Management, was among this year’s winners of the Boston Municipal Research Bureau’s Henry L. Shattuck Public ...

A birthday celebration was held for landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted, creator of the Emerald Necklace parks, on April 27th at Jamaica Pond. Olmsted would have been 200 years old this year, but ...

Celia Segel, candidate for State Representative in West Roxbury, Roslindale, Jamaica Plain and Brookline, has been endorsed by former Congressman Barney Frank. Congressman Frank represented Brookline ...

Looking for outdoor fun this summer? Check out the Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s Summer Guide, a complete schedule of free events and activities for all ages. Visit boston.gov/parks to view ...

Jamaica Plain was the home of most of Boston’s 31 breweries before Prohibition outlawed the sale of alcoholic drinks in 1920. Twenty-four beer makers were located within a 1-mile radius of Columbus ...

Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) kicked off the annual Fuel Assistance Program at the ABCD offices in Jamaica Plain. ABCD ABCD President/CEO John J ...

Party in the Park is one of the Conservancy’s surest signs of spring and one of the most anticipated social events in Boston. To date, the luncheon has generated more than $11.2 million for the parks.

Acting Mayor Kim Janey this week announced the appointment of JP’s Sean Lydon as the Interim Commissioner of the Inspectional Services Department (ISD). Marc Joseph will assume the role of Deputy ...

Last month, at least three Jamaica Plain residents reported to police that the catalytic converters from their Toyota Priuses were stolen. Similar crimes have been reported in other parts of the city ...