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New federal permit could improve river health in the Boston area
On Nov. 8, the Boston Public Health Commission released a health advisory due to a cyanobacteria bloom in Sprague Pond in Hyde Park, which falls in the Neponset River watershed. For two weeks in ...
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Night Cap brings a pop-up, non-alcoholic third space to City Hall
There’s a huge interest in wanting to meet people naturally,” says Matt Meyers, creative director of Night Cap. “People are looking again for that third space, a place for community to gather.” The ...
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Study finds more laypeople are administering overdose reversal medication
Some signs indicate efforts like the ones in Boston could be helping.
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Healthy Food Program aims to help diabetes patients buy nutritious foods
A new program from Greater Grove Hall Main Streets and Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center aims to provide type 2 diabetes patients who are also food-insecure with financial support to make ...
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NFL mid-season report card
In New Orleans, the NFC South Division-leading Atlanta Falcons, 6-4, lost to the 3-7 Saints, 20-17. The LA Chargers, 6-3, took the measure of the 2-7 Tennessee Titans 27-17 to hold on to the ...
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Taneshia Nash Laird takes helm at Project REAP
When Taneshia Nash Laird stepped in as executive director of Project REAP, a national real estate nonprofit, back in August, she had an ambitious plan that included building community among alumni and ...
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Researchers: higher turnover, lower promotion rates for Black women with predominantly white co-workers
A new study by researchers at the Harvard University Kennedy School, Boston University’s Questrom School of Business and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology found that Black women who work on ...
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Roxbury Community College, state, launch new energy auditor training program
The program, announced Nov. 5, comes out of the state’s Department of Energy Resources from a $2 million federal grant. That funding is being directed toward the development of a program to train ...
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Rudy Edwards Jr., basketball player, firefighter, doing what he loved
Rudy Edwards Jr. showed courage through his 40 years of dedicated service as a Boston firefighter. Decorated for heroism many times over, firefighter Edwards survived to retire in 2019. Whether ...
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New murals adorn basketball courts at Malcolm X Park
Local basketball players have a new reason to hit the courts at Malcolm X Park in Roxbury. Three new murals on the courts, created by local, national and international artists make the space one for ...
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Coming to terms with Kamala’s loss
But let’s face it — a loss is a loss, even if it’s not as decisive as widely depicted. As we look at the results, it seems hard to understand why so many Americans would choose a convicted felon who ...