LOCAL NEWS
Midweek meetings give Hub pros opportunity to networkIt happens every other Wednesday of the month. Just off Beacon Hill, in the basement of the Paulist Center, applause and murmurs of encouragement emanate from the auditorium. More » |
Building a bridge: At Dudley center, drive to learn spans barriersIt's 9:50 on a Friday morning, and sunlight filters through the tall glass-block windows of a classroom in the Dudley Literacy Center. In the high-ceilinged room, volunteer teacher Fernando Bernava clears a whiteboard, readies his teaching materials and waits for his first group of beginning Spanish students to trickle in. More » |
City frees $4M in funds to rehab foreclosed housesMore than $4 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funding is now available for the purchase and redevelopment of foreclosed properties in Boston, particularly in Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan and other neighborhoods hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis, Mayor Thomas M. Menino announced Monday. More » |
NATIONAL NEWS
KENNETH J. COOPER: Obama as change agent: Measuring his impactPulitzer Prize-winning journalist Kenneth J. Cooper explores the many ways that the Obama presidency can transform American culture. More » |
Convicted of killing his children, man seeks truthARCADIA, Fla. - Seven children poisoned by insecticide. Their father charged with murder. More » |
WORLD NEWS
Jury clears Puerto Rico ex-governor in corruption trialSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A jury found Puerto Rico's former governor not guilty Friday on all nine counts including conspiracy, money laundering and lying to the FBI, concluding his monthlong corruption trial. More » |
