Voting will start this week in the city of Boston’s new participatory budget process, which will result in the distribution of $2 million in city funds to five projects. There are fourteen finalists in the running for the top five slots with proposals ranging from new supports for those struggling with addiction and rental assistance funds to teens and young adults to rat control.
Thirty-two years ago, Lynn Jennings, who grew up an hour west of Boston, became the first American woman to win three consecutive world cross country championships. And she did it, in her words, in “her own backyard.”
Haitian Americans United, Inc. (HAU) celebrated Haitian Independence Day with a successful gala event on Sat., Jan. 4 at the IBEW Local 103 union hall in Dorchester. The 25th annual gala brought together over 300 attendees, ranging from local leaders to young activists, all united by a shared commitment to honoring Haiti's hard-fought independence and its lasting impact on the world.
With principal Walter Henderson (above) at the helm, the Mattahunt reopened with a shared vision centered on students’ language and culture, academically rigorous instruction, and family and community engagement. Reporter file photo
Mattapan’s Nichole Sillice, 13, a student at the Tony Williams School of Dance who attends the Edith Baker School in Brookline, will be featured in the ‘Urban Nutcracker’ production at the Shubert Theatre beginning this Saturday (Dec. 14) when she will dance in the role of Samantha, Clarice’s sister, in the holiday classic, which will run from Dec. 14-22 in the Boch Center at the Shubert.
Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) will convene a "Community Listening Session" on Thursday, December 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 Training Center, 1181 Adams St. in Dorchester.
According to an advisory released by BPHC:"Community members impacted by the Carney Hospital closure are invited to attend this meeting to share comments with the working group about the health needs and inequities in their communities following the hospital’s closure, and to offer ideas for how to address those needs and promote equity."
From left: Eunice Zeigler (D-Methuen), Tamisha Civil (D-Stoughton).
The first two women of color — both daughters of Haitian immigrants — appear poised to join the Governor's Council, the elected panel that vets and confirms new judges in Massachusetts. And the council, which will feature new faces representing three of its eight districts, seems likely to remain entirely in Democrat hands heading into 2025.
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Men li pa t ka manje, li pa t ka dòmi. Anpil jou t ap pase san nouvèl madanm li, Heroina. Heroina ak 2 pi piti nan pitit fi l yo te nan wout pou yo vin jwenn li. Men yon sèl bagay ke Edouard te konnen avèk asirans, sè ke yo te yon kote nan yon rak bwa nan Panama.
As your City Council president and a product of our Boston Public School (BPS) system, I have seen and experienced firsthand the achievements and challenges of our educational institutions. The recent decisions to merge, rename, and consider closing schools mark serious and significant changes for our BPS community as we start off the school year.
The path and journey to get here has been long and hard, with many promises and difficult decisions deferred. Yet, the challenge of our infrastructure is not just about school buildings; rather, it is about people.
Above, Pastor Nicolas Homicil, the bishop at Mattapan’s Voice of the Gospel Tabernacle: “All of us feel terribly hurt,” he told The Reporter. Seth Daniel photo
Once again, and very likely not for the last time, Haitians find themselves in the crosshairs of the Republican propaganda machinery. This time the slurs pivot on a malicious and utterly racist falsehood involving debunked allegations of migrants making meals of stolen pets in Ohio.
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Haiti’s deepening crises have so far been resistant to the Biden Administration’s proposed solutions, but that is because the United States resolutely blocks the easiest solution of all – ceasing the interference that generated the crises in the first place. Haitians have demonstrated their capacity to negotiate and compromise to get their democracy back on track, but each time the United States has blocked the plans in order to promote its friends at the expense of Haiti’s democracy.
A rendering from a 2022 presentation shows how a center-running bus lane might be positioned along Blue Hill Avenue near the Mattapan Branch Library. Mayor Wu and US Rep. Pressley— two prominent supporters of the idea— say that any final designs will be made in future meetings with neighbors, merchants, and other stakeholders. City of Boston image
Attorney General Andrea Campbell says her office is thinking nationally but acting locally when it comes to setting priorities and protecting citizens in Massachusetts. In an interview with the Reporter on Monday, the Mattapan Democrat said she’s leaning in on her experience as a Boston city councillor, but also listening closely to residents across the Commonwealth to set an agenda for her office for the next three years.
