The front of house workers at the Samuel Adams Boston Brewery voted to unionize on Sept. 22. UFCW Local 328 shared the news on Instagram, which also shared photos of employees sharing signs of why they want to unionize. The National Labor Relations Board must officially certify the election results, and then employers have a brief window of about seven days to file legal challenges or objections to the election. Once certified, the union becomes…
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This year’s Jamaica Plain Open Studios will showcase more than 200 artists at more than 60 sites. JPOS will feature works using paint, ceramics, prints, sculpture, and photographs, textile and paper artists, clothing designers, woodcarvers, ironworkers, jewelers, and more. Visitors will be able to visit group sites including the Curtis Hall Community Center, the Loring Greenough House, The Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts, Stonybrook Metal Arts and Sculpture School, as well as the…
You can let the city and Boston Legacy, our women’s professional league soccer team, know about what you think about the ground transportation plan for White Stadium in a public meeting on Sept. 24. At the meeting, proposed neighborhood and Franklin Park parking protections on game days will be discussed. A review of the process for how each neighborhood can decide whether it wants parking protections, and if so, how those protections will work, will…
There will be nine statewide ballot questions on this November’s voting ballot—that’s a lot! If you would like to know more about the ballot questions, JP Progressives is hosting an event with qualified guests to talk about four of the questions (specifically Questions 1, 3, 4, and 5) on Sept. 24. The location of the event will be provided once you RSVP at tinyurl.com/JPPBallotQuestions. The following info is provided by the Secretary of State’s office. …
Boston Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a person in regards to a stabbing that occurred on Burnett Street in Jamaica Plain. Police released several photos of the person. Around 6:56 am on Sept. 13, police responded to a call for a person stabbed in the area of 8 Burnett St., according to Boston Police. Upon arrival, police saw a person being transported to a local hospital for a non-life-threatening stab wound.…
Through October, food trucks will be serving up food outside of the Green Street MBTA station. As part of the city’s food truck program, the trucks were assigned the location starting about two weeks ago. The Tacoswey food truck serves up Mexican style tacos, a burrito, a torta, quesadillas, and more. They expect to be at the location Tuesday through Saturday from 3 to 10 pm. African cuisine food truck Suya Joint will also be…
Drawdown Brewing hosts a bingo night every month and Sept. 17th’s bingo night is a special Best of JP event—as you can win gift cards from 18 different Jamaica Plain businesses. Prizes are being given away to businesses including The Footlight Club, Making Fetch Happen, Pika Pollo JP, The Vu, Casa Verde, Third Cliff, Brassica Kitchen, Papercuts, On Centre, Real Deal, JP Licks, City Feed, and more. Pika Pollo JP will also be serving up…
Did you know that the design of the baseball was developed on Green Street? It’s true. As part of celebrating America’s 250th anniversary, the city created a Boston 250 interactive map, which includes that a Jamaica Plain man was responsible for the design of the first widely produced baseball used when the National League began back in 1876. In 1874, Louis Mahn began producing baseballs from a small workshop at 39 Green St. If you…
The brick building at 632-638 Centre St. finally has ground floor tenants for the first time in its existence. The Edwin Barber Studio opened at 636 Centre St. in the last two weeks, according to its Instagram page. View this post on Instagram A post shared by EDWIN BARBER STUDIO JP (@edwinbarberstudiojp) Right next door at 638 Centre St. is JP Vape & Smoke, which shares some of its products on its Instagram…
The last time the MSPCA-Angell held a Teddy Bear Clinic was in 2017—so there are probably a lot of injured stuffies who’ve needed “surgery” since that time. And come Saturday, Sept. 12, injured stuffies will have the opportunity to get the help they need from MSPCA staff. Dr. Kiko Bracker, Director of Emergency and Critical Care will be onsite. While the event is free to attend, families are being asked to sign up at mspca.org/teddyclinic so…