Mattapan Square's latest landmark: Sparkling new health center

DrDr. Azzie Young: Mattapan Community Health Center's longtime leader shown on the fourth floor balcony on the new facility in Mattapan Sq. Photo by Bill ForryDr. Azzie Young: Mattapan Community Health Center's longtime leader shown on the fourth floor balcony on the new facility in Mattapan Sq. Photo by Bill Forry. Azzie Young is one happy community health center president. She can see for miles from her corner suite on a third floor perch atop 1575 Blue Hill Avenue. It’s a whole new perspective on the neighborhood from up here— and it’s one she’ll share with all of her employees, who can now enjoy lunch or morning coffee on the adjacent outdoor patio that on a clear day like today offers sweeping views of the Blue Hills, the steeples of Mattapan and, with a peek over the side, the bustling square below. It’s a view —and a vision — that’s been a long time in the making.

Urban College to offer classes in Creole at Mattapan center

Urban College of Boston brings its “Child Growth & Development” course to Mattapan this fall. The three-credit college course will be taught in Haitian Creole as part of UCB’s cutting-edge bilingual program that provides access to college courses in their native language to new Americans who then transition to English-speaking classes. An Open House with the opportunity to register for the course will take place on Tuesday, August 21 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mattapan Family Service Center. Classes will be held on Saturday mornings from 9 a.m. to 12 noon from September 8 to December 22.

BPS teams up with non-profit for summer programs

Summer session: Engligh High-based program is mainly composed of Haitian-Americans. Photo by Davidson LouissaintSummer session: Engligh High-based program is mainly composed of Haitian-Americans. Photo by Davidson Louissaint Superintendent Carol Johnson deserves credit for once again collaborating with a Haitian-American non-profit to provide innovative summer programming this summer. Boston Public Schools teamed up with Youth and Family Enrichment Services (YOFES) to run a very successful Youth Builders program this summer based at English High School. The 12 year-old program provides much-needed enrichment activities and remedial support to a predominantly Haitian and Haitian-American student population.

Diabetes and Obesity Walk: Haitian Community in Motion

The Haitian Community in Motion against Diabetes and Obesity. Point of departure and finish line: 130 River Street. Sponsored by Center for Community Health, Education and Research, Inc. Reach Us Action Community Haitian Diabetes, Mount of Olives Evangelical Church, Greater Boston Compassionate Center. Funded by REACH US centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Call 617-265-0628 x 226 for info.

Kerry: We'll work to get hostages 'back on American soil'

Pastor Michel Louis: Shown after his release on Monday. AP photoPastor Michel Louis: Shown after his release on Monday. AP photoSenator John Kerry has confirmed that Pastor Michel Louis and a fellow Massachusetts tourist, Lissa Alphonse, have been released from captivity after spening the last several days as hostages in Egypt. The two were traveling with other tourists on their way to Mount Sinai when their bus was stopped and, along with their tour guide, they were kidnapped on Friday.

Judge orders release of Mass man, second jailed American

PORT-AU-PRINCE— Two Americans locked up for almost two months in a Haitian prison for their alleged roles in a pro-army demonstration were released on July 6. Judge Bredy Fabien said the charges against Jason William "Zeke'' Petrie and Steven Parker Shaw were dropped because there wasn't enough evidence to hold them. But Fabien added that their release was conditional and the two still needed to be available if the judge had questions. "Whenever I need them I can call them,'' Fabien told The Associated Press after the closed-door hearing.

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