Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins was charged with extortion involving the purchase of an equity interest in a Boston-based cannabis company by federal authorities last week.

Last week, Governor Maura Healey signed the updated Shield Law, which prevents the disclosure of sensitive data, such as a physician’s name, and formally establishes that abortions are to be provided ...

The free, 13th annual JP Music Festival will be held at Pinebank Field at Jamaica Pond on Saturday, September 6 from 12–7 p.m. with more than 21 acts, two stages, and seven hours of non-stop music The ...

Special to the Gazette Governor Maura Healey is reminding Massachusetts renters, landlords and brokers that the state’s new policy banning forced renter-paid broker’s fees went into effect on August 1 ...

The Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) held a community meeting this past Monday evening regarding the proposed development for 3430 & 3440 Washington St. Ebony DaRosa, a Project Manager ...

Cobwebs, an antiques store located at 703 Centre St., will soon close after being in business for 26 years, according to a post on the store’s Facebook page. Carrot Flower, a smoothies, salads, and ...

The Enchanted Trolley tour made a stop in Jamaica Plain at the JP Monument. Boston Mayor Michelle Wu joined and Mrs Claus in bringing the holiday spirit to JP and lighting up the holiday tree. Shown ...

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 ...

Special to the Gazette The Housing and Development Committee of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) held its regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, September 17. On hand for the session were ...

Derek Kouyoumjian Photos Jamaica Plain historical Society President Gretchen Grozier (shown above and below) addresses the crowd of neighbors assembled at the Wenham Street Cinema for the first-ever ...

Kristen ‘Kris’ Sarri has been named The Nature Conservancy’s new Massachusetts State Director, bringing 30 years of deep knowledge about environmental nonprofit work and government leadership to the ...

Permission of the Parks and Recreation Department, through a Tree Warden, will soon be required for anyone—including city officials themselves—to have healthy trees removed from City of Boston ...