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Concerns about weekend street “takeovers” and loud parties in the vicinity of Franklin Park have largely fallen on deaf ears this summer, according to several leaders and neighbors who want more to be done to contain the disruptions.
The 53rd installment of Boston’s Caribbean Carnival will be one of gratitude and appreciation – with a side of feathery costumes and Soca beats – according to leaders of the festive event, which steps off from Martin Luther King Boulevard in Roxbury at 1 p.m. this Saturday (Aug. 29).
Jordan has been the chief of staff in the city’s Department of Innovation and Technology.
The Healey-Driscoll administration has awarded a $370,408 grant to advance plans to restore Canterbury Brook and surrounding wetlands at Mass Audubon’s Boston Nature Center in Mattapan.
“I urge every survivor: Vote in the name of your loved one who was murdered.”
A mural located in an expressway underpass near Pope John Paul II Park just got a much-needed facelift.
When three candidates running in the primary for the First Suffolk District’s state Senate seat gathered on Aug. 20 for a virtual forum organized by the Ward 13 Democratic Committee, the most contentious differences were between the incumbent, Nick Collins, and a figure not on the ballot—Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
The usual Thursday-night karaoke crowd at Ghost Pepper Taqueria on Savin Hill Avenue swelled on April 16 with the addition of two large birthday parties. And as the place let out for the night, now early on the 17th, people were in no mood to leave. But they were in a fighty mood, not a mood to burst into more song, according to a police report read into the record at a Boston Licensing Board hearing on Tuesday.
Little Ni’ora Knight, who took the world by storm with her viral picture in The Reporter last year during her first Kiddie’s Carnival, returned for a second year. Seth Daniel photo
Plans for a 30-seat eatery, with take-out— called Tori Japan— were discussed last Monday evening (Aug. 24) during a virtual meeting with abutters organized by city officials.
Boston began casting ballots last weekend in the Sept. 1 state primary, with early voting opening on Saturday at locations across the city, including sites in Dorchester and Mattapan.
A police pursuit of a suspect vehicle ended in Lower Mills with one arrest on Thursday afternoon.
With her field office a block away, state Sen. Liz Miranda convened a group of neighbors, elected officials, and city and state workers in Grove Hall last Wednesday to identify and work toward solving a range of quality of life issues, including disruptive loitering and unkempt vacant lots.
Leaders in Codman Square are gathering support this month for a Letter of Interest (LOI) that would start the process of the neighborhood becoming a state-designated cultural district.