(Boston, MA) – On Thursday, April 18, 2019 – Boston Pride announced the entertainment line-up for the 2019 Boston Pride Festival and concert that will take place on Saturday, June 8th from 12pm to 6pm at Boston City Hall Plaza. American Idol contestant Todrick Hall, Queens native Robin S., International…
Posts published in April 2019
By Merrill Matthews President Donald Trump recently promised that America “will never be a socialist country.” Let’s hope! But some of his top officials at the Department of Health and Human Services apparently didn’t get the memo. They’re forging ahead with a plan to impose price controls in Medicare. Many…
MassDOT and MAPFRE Insurance announce highway assistance Program sponsorship contract BOSTON – On Thursday, April 18, 2019 – Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) officials joined MAPFRE leadership in South Boston to announce that MAPFRE Insurance was awarded a sponsorship contract for the Highway Assistance Program for the next three years,…
April 16, 2019 (Washington D.C.) – Earth Day Network is implementing a nationally coordinated environmental volunteer cleanup to mark Earth Day 2019, in collaboration with partners across the U.S., including National CleanUp Day and Keep America Beautiful. All over the country people are encouraged to get up, get out, and help…
WEST ROXBURY, Mass. — Paul Lewis knew firsthand what it was like to overcome marginalized adversity in urban communities. Raised by a single mother in East Boston’s Maverick housing development, he worked hard to defy racial prejudices and socioeconomic disadvantages to become a record-breaking football star at Boston University and…
When Robert Lewis, Jr., 59, looks back on his life, one word comes to mind – love. He insists he is not the rags-to-riches story often told – urban kid raised in the East Boston projects grows up, excels in sports, goes to college, has a family and launches a…
Ed Quill, author and former journalist at the Boston Globe, will relate the story of the Massachuset, the Native American tribe for whom the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was named. The talk, to be following by a discussion, is based on his new book, “When Last the Glorious Light: Lay of…
By Robert Gillis Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and I will raise it again in three days.” — John 2:19 Years ago, when I worked for Honeywell-Bull, I traveled to our parent company in France to do some software work and meet the team there. During the brief non-work hours…
BPDA Approves Massive, Unaffordable Dot Block Development Over Community Concerns About Displacement
BPDA Approves Massive, Unaffordable Dot Block Development Over Community Concerns About Displacement
Ignoring major concerns voiced by the anti-displacement group Dorchester Not For Sale, the appointed five-member Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) Board voted April 11th to approve the revised Dot Block Development Project. Members of Dorchester Not For Sale, who live in the neighborhoods surrounding Dot Block and in the…
