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Ex-Dot crime spot now affordable housing siteThe new, 50-unit affordable housing complex at Dudley Village Homes in Dorchester will promote peace at what was once a hotbed of crime, city housing officials said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony held last Saturday. More » |
Transit advocates slam MBTA's fare hike planMore than 150 transit activists gathered at the State House on Monday to protest plans forwarded by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) for a system-wide fare hike. More » |
Patrick planning Mass. economic summitGov. Deval Patrick wants to help push the economic recovery in Massachusetts rather than waiting for it to happen, so he's organizing an economic summit this fall. More » |
Boston-area teens come together to create, expand horizons at the Opera FactoryDemeyer Lauture, a 2009 graduate of Brockton High School, is looking forward to starting at Berklee College of Music this fall. He and his friend Mark Joseph, a year behind him at Brockton High, love R&B, jazz and gospel music. They've formed their own duo called Blaq Essence. More » |
Mass. transportation chief promises T improvementsThe Patrick administration cited safety and customer service concerns in ousting the head of Greater Boston's mass transit agency, while the state's transportation secretary last Friday attributed the move to a more generic interest in changing the "status quo." More » |
An American message Obama, the man and symbol, delivered for NAACPLost in all the recent noise about health care reform and the media sensation surrounding the arrest of Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was a rather thoughtful speech delivered by President Barack Obama at the annual NAACP convention, held last month in New York City. More » |
