The annual Haitian Unity Parade will kick off from Mattapan Square this Sunday (May 18) around 12:45 p.m., marching to Talbot Avenue and Harambee Park, where the celebration of Haitian American culture and heritage will continue. The parade’s grand marshal is Tamisha Civil, a newly elected member of the Massachusetts Governor’s Council.
City Council President Ruthzee Louijuene is endorsing Mayor Michelle Wu for re-election, the Reporter has learned.
Louijeune, who was the top vote-getter in the last municipal election in 2023, is expected to make the news official as Wu officially launches her re-election campaign at a rally in the South End on Saturday.
Boston Police say two men have been arrested and will face charges related to a shooting that took place inside Fete on Kingston in downtown Boston last weekend. According to a BPD account, police were called to the restaurant and bar at 25 Kingston St. just after 12:20 a.m. for a report of a person shot and found an adult male victim being treated by EMTs. He was later transported to a nearby hospital with what police say are "non-life-threatening injuries."
Danielle Legros Georges, a writer and teacher who was born in Haiti and served as Boston's poet laureate under Mayor Martin J. Walsh, died on Feb. 11 at her home in Dorchester, according to a post made by her family today.
"Her partner Tom Laughlin and her brothers Gerard, Bernard, and Stephan were with her," according to a statement made on her Instagram page. Her family asked for donations in her name be made to the Mass General Cancer Center.
Josh Kraft, a 57-year-old philanthropist and non-profit leader and the son of the longtime New England Patriots owner, officially launched his campaign for mayor of Boston on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at the Prince Hall Grand Lodge in Dorchester’s Grove Hall.
Feeling overwhelmed by the onslaught of bad news and scuttlebutt about detentions and “mass” deportations?
Join the club. Or even better: Don’t.
From this vantage point— roughly ten days into the second Trump presidency— too many people are feeding into the frenzy by parroting half-truths or outright falsehoods about “reports” of federal agents rounding up people in city neighborhoods.
It just flat-out isn’t happening here. At least, not yet.
Above: Sen. Liz Miranda of Boston speaks at a rally outside the State House in support of the "Protect Our Immigrant Communities" campaign on Jan. 29, 2025. Chris Lisinski/SHNS
By Chris Lisinski State House News Service
Concerned by the Trump administration's unfolding deportation efforts, some Massachusetts lawmakers and immigrant rights advocates launched a new campaign Wednesday pressing the Legislature to offer a quick response.
Mayor Wu said on Monday that the city of Boston is not aware of any demonstrable change in tactics or in the volume of federal immigration enforcement in city neighborhoods in recent days, although she acknowledged that federal agents do not typically share intelligence about their actions and movements with Boston law enforcement or city officials.
A 25-year-old Haitian national, who authorities say has been convicted of 17 crimes while living in Massachusetts in recent years, was arrested in East Boston last week by agents with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Boston has long been a destination for waves of immigrants— and it’s what makes our community a wonderfully diverse and special place.
It’s painful to see our neighbors and friends have to bear this burden of fear, preparation, and anxiety.
As promised, the new president wasted no time on Monday in following through on his campaign pledges to target immigrants and their children with a flurry of executive orders.
