Jamaica Plain News

Calling the demolition of the Monsignor William J. Casey Overpass in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston a "second Big Dig," Mayor Thomas Menino said he would have preferred to see the roadway remain, according to the Jamaica Plain Gazette .

This gray and black boy arrived at the MSPCA-Angell Adoption Center in Boston on May 21 because his owners couldn't take care of him anymore.

When a local couple in their 60s recently divorced after 16 years of marriage, attorney Nancy Van Tine said one of the sticking points was determining custody of their dog.

Carl F. Zahn , 83, died Feb. 27, 2012 in Sarasota, Fla. He was the longtime publication director for the Museum of Fine Arts and a gifted designer.

Are you a senior citizen looking for some fun tomorrow? Maybe you're mother, father, grandmother or great aunt is looking for some fun - so check out Ethos' annual Senior Prom.

The state Senate is scheduled to debate its version of the fiscal 2013 budget this week, and if it follows the House strategy, it'll happen in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it fashion.

Activists chained their wheelchairs together and blocked traffic at a busy intersection in front of the Massachusetts Statehouse on Monday to protest fare hikes and service cuts scheduled to take effect July 1 on the MBTA.

When news spread about Lilly, an 8-year-old pit bull who pulled her owner to safety from railroad train tracks in Shirley earlier this month, financial support began pouring in for the injured pooch.

After an extensive and exhaustive investigation, today, members of the Boston Police Homicide Unit and Fugitive Apprehension Team located and charged Charles Reddicks, 18, of Boston in the shooting death of Mariano Malave.

Wild Indigo on Dartmouth Street is closing. Owner Christina Murphy told South End Patch that unexpected events forced the move.

The evening will be partly cloudy, with a low around 52. 2. Look for artists all over the city today, capturing the beauty of Boston for the Copley Society of Art's 24th annual Fresh Paint Day .

Mayor Thomas M. Menino has announced that 26 community groups will receive "Seed Grants" from a Boston Parks and Recreation Department program providing grants to local community gardens.

The new lab at 136 Harrison Ave. would be 1,700 square feet and a biosafety level three research facility with tuberculosis as its main focus of research, according to a press release from Tufts.

Award-winning court and crime reporter Laurel J. Sweet has been featured in the ABC miniseries "Boston 24/7" and the 9-11 documentary motion picture "Looking For My Brother." he notorious ex-cop behind a drug-ridden, after-hours brothel for Boston police in Hyde Park known as the "Boom-Boom Room" has a new job as a youth pastor waiting for him when ... (more)

Chalk up a new superlative for JP - It's among the least cheatin' neighborhoods of Boston.

The operator of a Jamaica Plain day care center is in court today to face charges she allegedly threatened a priest and tried to run down parishioners in a dispute over access to a church parking lot, Boston police said.

Being a chef is like walking on a tightrope, a balancing act of producing dishes with the flavors, ingredients, sensory appeal and sophistication to keep the customer engaged and satisfied.

SO I'M IN the doctor's office for a checkup, filling out all the nosy paperwork - How old am I? What's my insurance coverage? Any breast cancer in the family? - when the nurse sheepishly asks me one final question: "What race are you?" This year's National Healthcare Disparities Report confirms what researchers have known for decades: From cancer ... (more)

The founding director of a new French bilingual Montessori school opening in Sharon this September was charged in Jamaica Plain with assault and battery on Monday, six days before the Sharon school holds a public information session.

The first all-female band on the Billboard charts that wrote their own music and played their own instruments is coming to Boston on Sunday.