A group of neighbors started the Wake Up the Earth Festival in 1979 to protest the expansion of I-95 into Jamaica Plain and it's still going strong 32 years later. Each year, local vendors, artists, community groups, and schools come together to offer pupets, bands, food, and more. Rain didn't prevent the 2011 edition from taking place at Southwest Corridor Park.. More pictures here.
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The recent spate of shootings in Boston has citizens nervous about safety, and none has shaken the community like the daylight killing of Luis Troncoso, a 20-year-old Dorchester father of two who was shot in the head while playing basketball in a quiet Jamaica Plain park.
Witnesses on the scene described the killing as a drive-by shooting.
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