Tired of having your food waste hang around your house for a week before the city’s truck comes to pick it up? You’re in luck, because the city has launched a 24-hour food waste drop-off program.
The city wants 14 to 25 year olds to help identify gaps in programming resources for after school and after work hours. And they want people 14 to 25 year olds to take a special survey — and if you’re honest and answer that you’re not 14 to 25, you can’t take the survey.
Community members came together on Saturday to celebrate the city’s purchase of the Egleston Square Peace Garden, ending several years of emotional ups and downs for the garden and community.
The Barbara Rhodes Children’s Room at the Jamaica Plain Branch Library was officially established after the Trustees of the Boston Public Library unanimously voted in favor of renaming the room in honor of the longtime children’s librarian.
Registration is open for a free Boston Parks and Recreation watercolor painting workshop on September 28. We mention it now because space is very limited.
Two Jamaica Plain organizations are receiving $100,000 each from the city to provide low-to-moderate-income adults with job training and support services.
