Above, Gourmet Kreyol owner Nathalie Lecorps cuts the ribbon on the new Gourmet Kreyol location on Blue Hill Avenue Saturday afternoon, joining family, friends, Mayor Michelle Wu, and Council President Ruthzee Louijeune. Reporter photo by Seth Daniel
Nathalie Lecorps and her team at Gourmet Kreyol officially transitioned their base of operations from a mobile food truck to a brick-and-mortar fast-casual restaurant at 1210 Blue Hill Ave. in Mattapan on Saturday in a well-attended grand opening celebration.
Over the past few weeks, our office has heard growing concern about immigration enforcement happening across Massachusetts. Families are being separated. Parents are being arrested in front of their kids. People are being pulled out of their cars in broad daylight. Even ICE admits that many of those arrested have not committed any crime.
These actions are not about public safety. They are about fear, and inciting chaos and confusion within our communities.
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.
Rep. Chynah Tyler (left) is shown with Black Restaurant Challenge supporters Marty Walsh, Boston's former mayor and the former US Secretary of Labor, Nia Grace of Grace by Nia, and Segun Idowu, the city of Boston's chief of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion.
Black History Month takes on a tasty dimension in Greater Boston, thanks in large part to State Rep. Chynah Tyler of Roxbury, who started the Black Restaurant Challenge in 2018 as way to elevate Black businesses and cuisine in her neighborhood and beyond.
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.
