Politics
To the Editor:
The other evening I had the privilege to participate in a meeting of the Ward 17 committee where I began to have concerns about how Councillor Maureen Feeney’s privacy is being treated.
I know she is a public official and so to some extent... Read more
Supporters of former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson are planning an "appreciation" of the Roxbury Democrat this week.
In a flyer circulated to media outlets and among supporters of Wilkerson, the event is billed as a "Feast of Love." Supporters are urged to... Read more
A hearing held Tuesday at Boston City Hall shined a light on a problem that makes many people uncomfortable to talk about, let alone take concrete steps to address it. Many of our teenagers are engaged in risky sexual behaviors and it has become a... Read more
Dave McDonald, a Mattapan-based contractor, gets 75 percent of his business from the city of Boston and has worked on more than 60 housing projects with the help of a block grant program.
But his business is now in danger, he says, with President Obama’s... Read more
Political activists of color are urging the next generation to get more involved in politics and the looming debate over redrawing Congressional districts. “You need to be in that room,” Mukiya Baker-Gomez advised several dozen members of the Young... Read more
The Get Fresh Crew, a group of twelve high school students from the UMass-Boston Upward Bound program, will travel to Comalapa, Guatemala, and help to build the Tecnico Maya Vocational School, a building constructed from recyclable material, mainly tires... Read more
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Iraq-Afghanistan visit: Congressman Steve Lynch observes training of Afghan National Army recruits. Congressman Stephen Lynch said this week that he remains optimistic about the pace of the draw-down of U.S... Read more
Seven percent of District 7’s registered voters turned out on Tuesday to narrow the field of candidates vying to succeed former City Councillor Chuck Turner to two: Tito Jackson, former aide to Gov. Deval Patrick, and Cornell Mills, a onetime civilian... Read more
Boston's State House delegation on Wednesday voted in state Rep. Aaron Michlewitz as chair.
The North End Democrat, who was unopposed in his bid, also serves as vice chairman of the House side of the Joint Committee on Transportation. Michlewitz, former... Read more
Tito Jackson: Big winner tonight in District 7 race.Tito Jackson, the heavy favorite to replace Chuck Turner as the city councillor in Boston's district 7, can celebrate a landslide victory with his supporters tonight, according to preliminary figures... Read more