Marie Etienne has retired as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) at The Boston Home, a role she has performed with loving care for 28 years. She is looking forward to spending more time in Haiti, her native land.
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Feb 14, 2024
After a long grassroots push for better and more affordable public transportation, the MBTA will offer systemwide fare discounts for low-income riders as early as this summer, pending final approval from the agency’s board.
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Feb 6, 2024
A personal care assistant for a 95-year-old woman in Dorchester faces charges that she withdrew $120,000 from her client's bank account, stole $30,000 in rent payments from a tenant in the woman's house and then forced the house into foreclosure, by taking Read more
Feb 6, 2024
A technician checks the furnace at Paulette Gray’s Dorchester home. Photo by Alessandra Bisalti/ABCD
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Jan 12, 2024
Deadline approaching to enroll in coverage for the new year
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Jan 2, 2024
At-Large City Councillor Ruthzee Louijeune was elected president of the Boston City Council Monday, succeeding Councillor Ed Flynn in that post and pledging to make equity a guiding principle while aspiring to "bring everyone along" in the city.
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Dec 6, 2023
For years, Haitian American activists have sought a space in the city to serve as a hub to celebrate the achievements, history, and rich culture of one Boston’s largest immigrant populations. Read more
Dec 5, 2023
The growth of people working for themselves is one of the biggest economic changes to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the past few years, many people left their jobs to follow their dreams and work independently. Read more
Nov 30, 2023
Don Alexis was first attracted to Mattapan and Blue Hill Avenue when he was 18 and visiting family shortly after immigrating from Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Read more
Nov 29, 2023
Haitian-Americans United Inc. and Councillor-at-Large Ruthzee Louijeune will host a celebration of Haitian Independence Day on Sat., Jan. 6, 2024 at Dorchester's IBEW Local 103 Freeport Hall. Read more
Nov 16, 2023
At-large City Councillor Ruthzee Louijeune says she has enough support among her colleagues on next year’s council to take over as the body’s president. Seven votes are required to win a majority on the thirteen-member body. Read more
Nov 16, 2023
The Zoning Board of Appeal on Tuesday deferred a vote on a developer's proposal to turn the former St. Read more
Nov 9, 2023
Councillor Ruthzee Louijeune celebrated her re-election with her parents at dBar on Dorchester Avenue. Louijeune was the top vote-getter in Boston on Tuesday— winning 43,127 votes. Seth Daniel photo
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Nov 1, 2023
In a comparison of Boston’s three at-large city councillors running for re-election, a single vote tells different stories about their senses of political mission and the limits of their power.
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Nov 1, 2023
Polls open on Tuesday, 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.
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Oct 18, 2023
Pwogram Koupon pou Lwaye Massachusetts
(Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program, MRVP)
Dat Limit Lotri Lis Datant 27 Oktòb
MRVP bay Koupon pou lojman yo pou moun ak fanmi nan Massachusetts ki gen revni fèb. Yo ka itilize koupon mobil sa yo nan tout Eta a.
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Jan 8, 2020
On Jan.12, 2010, I woke up to a sunny day in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Read more
Dec 4, 2019
By JONATHAN DREW
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