LOCAL NEWS
Flaherty banking on big base, small talk to unseat MeninoAccording to City Councilor-at-Large Michael F. Flaherty, the idea came in the wake of the municipal election of 2007, in which only 13.6 percent of eligible voters cast a ballot. To reach more residents and drive up the low rate of turnout, Flaherty would hold a series of kitchen-table meetings with small groups of voters in their homes. More » |
As green goes global, minorities get in gameFrom the hybrid automobiles that now line city streets to the growing number of rooftop gardens dotting structures, "going green" seems to have moved from buzzword of the moment to everyday reality. While the environmental movement has long been viewed as an exclusive club for privileged whites, a number of events in recent years have highlighted the growing multicultural leadership within its ranks. More » |
New city cleanup effort kicks off in Grove HallGrove Hall received a facelift last Saturday, as city workers toiled from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to help beautify and revitalize the Roxbury neighborhood. More » |
Cemetery project seeks unheard black voicesThe voices of those buried at Forest Hills Cemetery speak volumes about New England's history and culture over the past 160 years. More » |
Sox, city groups team up to host Dot youth challengeMore than 150 children between the ages of 5 and 15 came out to Garvey Park in Dorchester last Tuesday to participate in the third of five Red Sox Talks and Fenway Challenge events scheduled for this year. More » |
John Bynoe, longtime Rox activist, dead at 82John Garvey Bynoe, a Roxbury man committed to civil rights and community activism, died Aug. 13, 2009, at his retirement home in Cape Cod. He was 82. More » |
