While stakeholders are optimistic about the Boston Fire Department’s new cadet program, which aims to create more diversity within its ranks, they’re imploring the city to make a quota for hires from this pool a mandate. “There’s a difference between…
Nearly 2,000 Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Compromised’ at Jamaica Plain VA Hospital
Nearly 2,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine went bad on January 19 after a freezer at the Jamaica Plain VA Medical Center came unplugged, according to a spokesperson for the VA Boston Healthcare system. “The freezer was in a…
State Rep. Tyler Presents the Fourth Annual Black Restaurant Challenge
The Boston Black Restaurant Challenge is a month-long event, challenging Boston residents to order takeout or delivery at one Black Owned Restaurant per week in Boston in honor of Black History Month. “Unfortunately, wealth in Massachusetts is unequally distributed by…
Carjacking Plays Out in Front of Boston Medical Center
About 1:16 a.m. on Saturday, January 30, officers assigned to District D-4 (South End) responded to a radio call for a Carjacking in the area of 658 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston. Upon arrival, officers spoke with the victim who stated that…
Minimum Wage Should Be at $15
In 1971, the minimum wage across the United States, as mandated by federal law, was $1.60. Today, the federal minimum stands at $7.25. One might look at those two numbers and think that because the minimum wage has increased by…
Oregon Leads the Way On Drugs
For more than 50 years, America has been fighting the “war on drugs,” an endeavor that began under the administration of President Richard M. Nixon, who had the avowed purpose of arresting and incarcerating as many Blacks and other minorities…
Letter to the Editor
Boston Ward 4 Dems Meeting — Tuesday, February 16, 6 pm Dear Editor, Join Democrats from Back Bay, Fenway, and the South End for our monthly meeting. We will be hearing an update from Enid Eckstein of the PILOT Action…
BPHC continues planning, executing vaccine rollout and education
Promising results in first shelter vaccine clinics at Mass/Cass A recent survey of 145 residents in Charlestown and Dorchester showed that more than 82 percent said they would take the COVID-19 vaccine when it’s available to them, while 17 percent…
The 11:59 Generation: Students say remote learning pushes them to 24-hour cycle
It’s noon on Monday, and Charlene Pimentel has been up for more than 24 hours doing homework, trying to catch up from the loads of assignments that were piled on over the past week by her teachers.She needs to crash…
Police Incident Updates
ARREST MADE FOR ART GALLERY HEISTSAt about 9 a.m. on Tuesday January 26, members of the Boston Police Fugitive Unit and U.S. Marshals HIDTA Task Force Officers with assistance from the Braintree Police Department located and arrested Robert Viens, 48,…
Dorchester man pleads guilty in Back Bay shootout during June 1 civil unrest
A Dorchester man has agreed to plead guilty to assaulting officers with a firearm during the civil disorder in the Back Bay early in the morning of June 1.John Boampong, 37, has agreed to plead guilty to one count each…
Commissioner Gross announces retirement from BPD
Police Commissioner William Gross, with Mayor Martin Walsh, on Thursday announced that he would retire from the Boston Police on Friday after 37 years on the force – perhaps signaling an interest in running for mayor of Boston. Gross has…