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Volunteers in the News
VIDEO: Beneath Jamaica Pond's Surface There's... 'A Lot Trash'
Everyone knows the surface of Jamaica Pond is beautiful. Watch this short video to discover what a robot found when an environmental group sent it under the surface on Wednesday. We'...
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Local Connections
YOUR TURN: Where Would You Put Recycling Bins in Jamaica Plain?
Boston's about to add 400 solar-powered recycling compactors across the city, but they won't go everywhere. City officials said the bins will go in high-traffic areas and not necessarily ...
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News
How to Pick the Best Tools For Gardening
My community garden neighbor and I were clearing weeds from our joint border when she generously loaned me her weeding tool. The minute I held it in my hand I knew I had come in contact w...
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Government
Citys Adds Cash to Private 'Hyper Energy Efficient' Projects
As the City of Boston changes its approach to green housing, residents could see the impact spread beyond city-sponsored projects — including one planned for JP's Catherine Road. “Ri...
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Government
JP Project One of First Energy-Positive Developments in City
The Boston Redevelopment Authority recently named developers for three properties in Boston that, when completed, will be so energy efficient that they will actually create more energy th...
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Government
Developer Picked for Hyper-efficient Townhouses in Woodbourne — Units Will Create More Energy Than They Use
A developer has been picked to build two townhouses on Catherine Street that are so efficient they create more energy than they consume. The Boston Redevelopment Authority’s board of...
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Business
CropCircle Kitchen's Darnell Adams on Incubating Food Entrepreneurs in Jamaica Plain
While home on break from college, Darnell Adams announced one night that she was going to cook dinner. She got out her mother’s old Fannie Farmer Cookbook and started rifling through the ...
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Opinion
On Green Renovation of Old Jamaica Plain Houses
The problem was that the kitchen cabinets fell apart a year early. We had outlined our budget plans, and it was going to be dental repairs this year, kitchen update next year. But two o...