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Karla joined Patch in mid-2010 as a Boston-area regional editor, making the leap into hyperlocal news after  years of focus on the national and international news fronts at The Christian Science Monitor, CNN and CNN International -- doing online news since 1998. She has lived in a neighborhood she loves, Jamaica Plain, for more than 20 years, with a stint in lovely Atlanta sandwiched in the middle. Beyond the news, she is, among other things, a (fair-weather) biker, a rabid Celtic music fan and an unabashed church nerd.

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Where Were You on 9/11?

We asked Jamaica Plain Patch readers for their thoughts, ideas, and memories of Sept. 11, starting with: where were you that morning?

Where Were You on 9/11?
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Live Blog: Hurricane Irene in Jamaica Plain

Jump into the Hurricane Irene in JP (and environs) information stream. And see photos by Brian, a reader, of what Irene hath wrought over by Jamaica Pond.

Live Blog: Hurricane Irene in Jamaica Plain