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Community Preservation Committee recommends projects for new funding

Taylor Brokesh • February 25, 2021

The Boston City Council will vote to approve funding, which totals more than $25 million in grants from the Community Preservation Fund.

Protestors gather in Boston Common to rally against Jacob Blake shooting

Daniel Kool • September 17, 2020

Activists gathered in the Boston Common Wednesday afternoon, standing in solidarity with Kenosha, Wis. following the police shooting of Jacob Blake.

City recommends community preservation projects

Daily Free Press Staff • February 21, 2019

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh and the City’s Community Preservation Committee presented their list of recommendations for projects to receive funding from the Community Preservation Act this coming fall. The list included a total of 56 projects costing $34 million in total.

JP Progressives host discussion about impeaching Trump

Cynthia Fernandez • March 3, 2017

More than 100 people gathered at the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain on Thursday to attend a “Impeach Trump Now” campaign, hosted by the JP Progressives on Thursday. John Bonifaz, the...

First Baptist Church hosts vigil in support of Black Lives Matter

Carina Imbornone • February 3, 2017

Approximately 500 people gathered outside the First Baptist Church in Jamaica Plain on Thursday night for the Vigil in Support of Black Lives Matter. The silent vigil, which was the main focus of the...