District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced that her office has secured a plea in a 2017 stabbing motivated by transphobic animus that seriously injured a disabled person. David Delacruz, 31, pleaded guilty to charges of assault and battery with a dangerous…
Walsh Announces Summer Youth Employment Registration Now Available
Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced the opening of SuccessLink, the City of Boston’s online tool that enables Boston youth to register for summer jobs. Boston teens between the ages of 15-18 can apply on the Department of Youth Engagement &…
Review of “Songs of Life and Love”: A Valentine’s Day Performance
Soprano Maire Clement, baritone Davey Harrison, and pianist Sam Partyka delivered a fresh and moving Valentine’s Day recital to a full house at Integrarte, a dance studio housed in the Hope Central Church, on Saturday, February 16. Roslindalers Clement and…
JP’s Patrick Planeta Joins Board at United South End Settlements
United South End Settlements (USES) announced the following five new board members who will join USES’s 20-memberBoard of Directors starting this month: Professor of Practice and Director of Urban Leadership Program at Simmons University Gary Bailey; Director of Diversity Recruiting…
Save the Harbor/Save the Bay Splashes in the Snow to Support Public Beaches
On March 10, over 200 beach lovers braved not only the chilly winter waters but also snowy weather and plunged into Boston Harbor at the BCYF Curley Community Center in South Boston as part of the 9th annual Harpoon Shamrock…
Students Complete Grant-Funded Biotechnology Lab at Meridian Academy
On a Tuesday morning in January, the father of one of my classmates sat us all down in our science lab to ask us questions that most of us could not answer. We didn’t know at the time that this…