| Suffolk
County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley (bottom right) recently
delivered $5,000 in seized drug money to the Roxbury nonprofit Sociedad
Latina’s Tremont Street headquarters. The money is earmarked for the
group’s youth outreach programs. (Photo courtesy of Suffolk County
District Attorney’s Office) |
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| Legendary
trombonist and former James Brown sideman Fred Wesley (center) poses
with Barbara Thomas, major gift coordinator for Berklee College of
Music (left) and Berklee student Alvin Foster, a solo performer with
the college’s Music of James Brown Ensemble during last Thursday
evening’s celebration of the Godfather of Soul’s music at the Berklee
Performance Center. (Tony Irving photo) |
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| State
Rep. Willie Mae Allen (center) addresses the congregation at Morning
Star Baptist Church in Mattapan alongside Minister Shervell Johnson
(left) and Rev. Dr. John M. Borders III. Allen recently received the
church’s first Recovery Outreach Program Award for her support of the
program, which aims to eradicate drug and alcohol abuse in many of
Boston’s low-income and minority neighborhoods. (Photo courtesy of
Morning Star Baptist Church) |
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| City
Councilor-at-Large Sam Yoon had to eat some crow this past week, as New
York City Councilman John Liu came calling at the East Ocean City
Restaurant to settle the gentleman’s wager the two made on this year’s
Super Bowl. Since Liu’s New York Giants bested Yoon’s New England
Patriots 17-14, Yoon — joined by City Council colleagues and Asian
American community leaders — treated Liu to a dinner of Cantonese
lobster. (From left): City Councilor-at-Large Michael Flaherty, City
Council President Maureen Feeney, Yoon, Liu, City Councilor Rob
Consalvo. (Photo courtesy of Sam Yoon) |
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| Eleven-year-old
Marquis and 5-year-old Deaveon are two of the children between the ages
of 4 and 16 pictured in the 2008 Heart Gallery, a striking collection
of portraits of adoptable children in the Commonwealth’s foster care
system. The traveling gallery was organized by the Massachusetts
Adoption Resource Exchange Inc. (MARE) to raise awareness. For more
information about where the Heart Gallery will be displayed in the
months ahead, visit www.mareinc.org. (Judy West photo) |
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| Last
week Mayor Thomas M. Menino (right) convened his Foreclosure
Intervention Team (FIT) in a newly-created “war room.” The FIT consists
of many city agencies and departments who deal with issues surrounding
foreclosure and abandonment, including Boston Police, Inspectional
Services, Department of Neighborhood Development, Public Health
Commission, Corporation Counsel, Public Works, Transportation and
Public Property. The first focus of the FIT has been the Hendry Street
neighborhood, a small area in Dorchester that has been ravaged by
foreclosures and abandoned properties in the wake of a national
subprime loan crisis. (Photo courtesy of City of Boston Mayor’s Office) |
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| Trombonist
Fred Wesley, a legendary sideman who played with the likes of James
Brown and Maceo Parker, rocks the house at the Berklee Performance
Center last Thursday evening. Wesley performed with Berklee’s Music of
James Brown Ensemble, a group of students dedicated to Brown’s back
catalogue. (Tony Irving photo) |
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