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 ...

Special to the Gazette The Zoning Committee of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) held its most recent meeting on Wednesday, July 16, via Zoom. Chair David Baron presided over the session ...

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 ...

The Housing and Development Committee of the Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Council (JPNC) held its regular monthly meeting last Tuesday, April 16. On hand for the session were chair Danielle Somer Kieta, ...

Carol SummersJamaica Plain Artist Carol Summers, 86, formerly of Jamaica Plain, died peacefully on March 29 at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts. Born on May 18, 1935 in ...

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 ...

Special to the Gazette The Elma Lewis Playhouse once again will feature a full schedule of events for the upcoming summer season: — Tuesday, July 15 – Maryknoll Terrace; — Tuesday, July 22 – The Real ...

A Boston Police spy agency destroyed all of its controversial surveillance files of the Occupy Boston movement two years ago, it revealed in response to a Gazette public records request. That may come ...

Moments that felt like Hozier’s yell: releasing 1000+ trout into Jamaica Pond with @masswildlife Every spring, over 1,000 trout are stocked into this glacial kettle pond thanks to our partners at ...