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Jamaica Plain News Has Turned Two. Thank You!

Chris Helms, publisher of Jamaica Plain News, talks with JP media expert Steve Garfield at the launch party for Jamaica Plain News, Thursday, April 3, 2014.
Chris Helms, co-publisher of Jamaica Plain News, talks with JP media expert Steve Garfield at the launch party for Jamaica Plain News, Thursday, April 3, 2014.

Two years ago this week, we launched a new website covering the neighborhood. More than 900,000 page views later, we’d like to thank everyone who’s read us, written for us, talked to us as sources and advertised with us.

David Ertischek Joins Jamaica Plain News

David Ertischek
David Ertischek

Hi neighbors, this is Chris Helms, publisher of Jamaica Plain News. I have some exciting news to share about this site.

My longtime colleague and friend David Ertischek, a well-known Boston journalist who has lived in JP for nearly 15 years, will be running Jamaica Plain News day-to-day.

I’ll still be involved with Jamaica Plain News, which I founded in April 2014. But I have a 9-to-5 job now in addition to Jamaica Plain News, so I’m bringing in help.

Journalism Panel Fields Sharp Questions from Boston International High School Students

A panel of journalists fields questions from 10th-graders at Boston International High School on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015.
A panel of journalists fields questions from 10th-graders at Boston International High School on Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015. From left: Lucia Duncan of Zumix Radio, Ric Khan of Teens in Print, Susie Seligson of Bostonia Magazine and Chris Helms of Jamaica Plain News.

The 10th-grade students of Boston International High School welcomed a panel of local journalist Thursday for a question-and-answer session — followed by pizza.

Packed House Celebrates Launch of Jamaica Plain News

We launched the neighborhood’s newest news source, Jamaica Plain News, with a party during the spring’s inaugural First Thursday Art Walk.

Coming April 3: Fresh News For the Neighborhood You Love

Chris Helms, now publisher of the JP News, working an accident scene in JP while he was editor of JP Patch.
Chris Helms, now publisher of the JP News, working an accident scene in JP while he was editor of JP Patch.

Hello, neighbors. This is Chris Helms, publisher of the site you’re reading, the Jamaica Plain News.

If that name rings a bell, it may be because you knew me as the founding editor of Jamaica Plain Patch. Or maybe you were a dog walking buddy when I lived in Forest Hills.

My wife Jane and I are starting this online news and community site for the neighborhood we all love.

Our new local business is in the “soft launch” phase. We’ll be “officially” launching on Thursday, April 3. Please stop by our launch party during First Thursday. The party is at the Centre/South Main Streets “pop up” space at 668 Centre St. from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, April 3.