Jamaica Pond
What lies beneath Jamaica Pond
By adamg - 2/7/12 - 9:45 pmJamaica Pond all aglow
By adamg - 10/23/11 - 11:18 am
Leslee took in the lantern festival at Jamaica Pond last night. The lantern parade continues today, starting at 6 p.m.
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More scaling back at Forest Hills: No Day of the Dead commemoration this year
By adamg - 10/19/11 - 5:23 pmRon Newman gets e-mail from the Forest Hills Educational Trust that the cemetery has put the kibosh on the trust's once annual Nov. 2 celebration of the Mexican ritual.
JP fans of the mystical will instead have to content themselves with this coming weekend's Lantern Festival at Jamaica Pond.
Somebody at the Dept. of Conservation and Recreation has quite the sense of humor
By adamg - 9/15/11 - 10:20 am
At the brand-new crosswalk installed by the DCR on the Jamaicaway at Jamaica Pond, Carol Garfield ponders how, exactly, the state wants her to get across the road.
Photo by Steve Garfield posted under this Creative Commons license. Tagged as universalhub on Flickr.
No-sided bench returns to Jamaica Pond
By adamg - 8/21/11 - 11:20 am
Steve Garfield chronicles the return of Matthew Hincman's bench, which makes periodic pondside appearances.
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Sunset fishing at Jamaica Pond
By adamg - 8/19/11 - 8:57 am
Courtney Sacco captured the scene at Jamaica Pond the other evening.
Copyright Courtney Sacco. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.
Maybe bright yellow will work better
By adamg - 7/24/11 - 4:38 pm
Steve Garfield reports the city recently replaced the white no-bicycles signs on the Jamaica Pond path that bicyclists routinely ignored with bright yellow no-bicycles signs.
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Something stinks in Jamaica Plain
By adamg - 6/3/11 - 6:30 pmRoving reporter Carl Lichenstein checks in from the path around Jamaica Pond:
I was walking by the pond today and on the Brookline side a nasty stench alerted me to check the shoreline for the source. Was shocked to see at least 100 dead fish washed up.
New Jamaicaway crossing at Jamaica Pond
By stevegarfield - 5/15/11 - 1:49 pmThe new Jamaicaway crossing at Jamaica Pond is making progress with all the curbing installed. Now you can see how it's going to look when completed.
We'll be watching for the crossing lights next.
New Jamaicaway crossing at Jamaica Pond [ Facebook Video]
Can residents block development near Jamaica Pond?
By adamg - 4/26/11 - 5:27 pmThe Friends of Jamaica Pond hold a meeting on Wednesday to figure out ways to keep 12.5 acres of land on Hellenic Hill from ever being developed - possibly by convincing state and city officials to buy the land.
Earlier this year, Hellenic College, which owns the land, listed it for sale. The college took the listing down, but said it is still thinking about selling off the land.
The Friends say keeping the land wooded is vital because of the pond's history, its continued designation as an emergency water source for the city and because "Jamaica Pond Park is used daily by thousands of people to revitalize their physical, mental and spiritual health."
The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the First Church in Jamaica Plain, Eliot and Centre streets.
