Public Health Study: Life-Span Gap Is Widening For Black Bostonians

Yawu Miller, Reporter Correspondent

The average Black man in Boston lives to 71.8 years – a life expectancy 9.3 years less than that of other men in Boston and the lowest of all groups included in a study released last week by the Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC).

In the 11-year period from 2013 to 2024, the life expectancy gap between Black women and men and their counterparts of other races doubled from 3.3 years to 6.6 years.

MBTA Secures $80.3 Million From Feds For Blue Hill Avenue Project

Reporter Staff

A federal funding bill that ended last year’s US government shutdown also unlocked funding for the Blue Hill Avenue center-running bus lane and improvement project.

The $80.3 million from the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) represents a commitment to fully fund the controversial project that has been in discussion and planning for more than six years.

Ayiti Twoubadou Festival set for Aug. 17 at TLCC

The Toussaint Louverture Cultural Center (TLCC) of Massachusetts invites the greater Boston community to its inaugural Ayiti Twoubadou Festival on Sunday, August 17th, 2025, from 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM, at Lovejoy Wharf, located at 131 Beverly Street in downtown Boston.

This exciting cultural celebration highlights the soulful sounds of Haitian twoubadou music, featuring two live local bands: Bingo Twoubadou and Gig Mizik.

Boston's Election: Early voting locations approved, more poll workers sought

Bill Forry, Editor

Election chief: 'Poll pads' will be used to check-in voters for the first time at all precincts

The city of Boston’s board of Election commissioners has approved the sites for early voting in the city’s preliminary election, which will begin on Sat., Aug. 30 at multiple locations across the neighborhoods.

The early voting will be held over six days at ten locations ahead of the official preliminary election. 

Voters will go to the polls at all 275 precincts across the city on Tuesday, Sept. 9 from 7 a.m.- 8 p.m.

'Aggression from Washington' decried at Caribbean Breakfast

Ella Adams, State House News Service

Above: Former Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry speaks in the Great Hall on July 17, 2025. Ella Adams/SHNS photo

The Caribbean community in Massachusetts will stand tall in the midst of "the callousness and the aggression" aimed at them by the federal administration, a former longtime Boston lawmaker told a crowd at the State House on Thursday.

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