LOCAL NEWS
Review committee still evaluating proposals for Parcels 9 and 10Four developer teams hoping to breathe life into Parcels 9 and 10 near Dudley Square appeared for the second time before the Project Review Committee (PRC) at a recent public meeting. More » |
2011 a year of expanded political opportunities, cloutWhen the year 2011 dawned, the political prospects for Boston's black community were not encouraging. Former District 7 City Councilor Chuck Turner was facing jail time for charges he accepted a bribe. More » |
Wrapping up a year of global protestLaw impacts American life from cradle to grave. In this, the most litigious country in the world, criminal law is dramatic television, from "Perry Mason" to "Judge Judy," law remains America's more mysterious and most precious possession. America's belief in the so-called "rule of law" is similar to its elusive belief in equality; we acutely feel when it is absent. More » |
WaWa Project a winner in recent business competitionObiageli Ukadike is soon graduating from Simmons College with a MBA degree. She is equally passionate about recently winning the Silverman Business Plan Competition for her project to aid and educate disabled children in Ghana. More » |
Raising the minimum wage for a real recoveryThis past summer we saw wild swings in the stock market, a last-minute debt deal and even a rocking East Coast earthquake. But one thing we didn't see - from Memorial Day to Labor Day - is any improvement in the economy. More » |
Whittier Street redeveloping Roxbury's vacant parcel 3A total of $9 million in financing from Boston Private Bank & Trust Company, the Property and Casualty Initiative and MassDevelopment is allowing the Whittier Street Health Center to complete its 79,000-square-foot new home. More » |
