The Massachusetts Association of REALTORS® (MAR) reported a steady rise in closed sales for the month of February. Closed sales on single- family homes rose a total of 8.1% while condominiums also increased 6.0% compared to February of 2020. Inventory…
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Calling All Boston-based Artists!
Design competition for 2,500 sq. ft. of murals in JP The Stonybrook Neighborhood Association (SNA) and SSG Development and Construction are commissioning a Boston-based artist (or artists) to design murals for a new Extra Space Storage building at 141…
English High leads the way on increasing graduation rates
Boston Public Schools (BPS) experienced the highest four-year graduation rate for the district on record, according to information released by state officials reporting graduation data for the 2019-20 school year. Boston showed a 2.2 percentage point increase in the four-year cohort…
Friday Declared‘Leonard Nimoy Day’ in City of Boston
Dan Murphy Just days before being confirmed by the Senate as the nation’s Labor Secretary, exiting Mayor Martin Walsh declared this Friday, March 26, “Leonard Nimoy Day” in the City of Boston in honor of the English High graduate who…
JP Observer: Expansion of important Police/Social Worker Program is under way
By Sandra Storey / Special to the Gazette Talk about falling through the cracks. Talk about holes in safety nets. Between 1955 and 1994, state mental institutions were closed in Massachusetts and around the country with few reliable care…
Several Residents were Presenters at 15th Cape Verdean-Jewish Passover Seder
Jamaica Plain residents were well-represented at this year’s Cape Verdean-Jewish Passover Seder. For the past fifteen years, the Cape Verdean-Jewish Passover Seder has brought together Jews and Cabo Verdeans from Massachusetts and Rhode Island to meet face-to-face, share and celebrate…
Violence Against the AAPI Community Must End
Prejudice, discrimination, and violence against members of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community has existed ever since immigrants from China began to arrive in America in the 1850s. The first anti-immigration law in our nation’s history, the Chinese…
The Atlanta Shootings: A Confluence for a Perfect Storm
In addition to the obvious targeting of Asian-Americans in the tragic shootings in Atlanta, there were two other factors that created a perfect storm for this sort of tragedy to take place. The first was the easy and immediate access…
Letters
Dear Editor, To the people of Boston, Today, the United States Senate voted to confirm me as the next Secretary of Labor. I am deeply honored to serve my country in this way at such a critical moment in our…
Op-Ed Pandemic Highlights the Contributions of Immigrants to Masachusetts
By Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco In Massachusetts, immigration is both history and destiny. Immigrants have been shaping the state’s economy, politics and culture since the 1700s. The COVID-19 pandemic is illuminating how their contributions will shape the Commonwealth well into the…