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The school, part of the Haven school system, was selected as a semi-finalist for the 2023 Building Hope Impact Award for community engagement.

Schools are redoubling efforts to check in with students: face-to-face, before and after graduation. At the same time, they're acknowledging that college may not be the best option for many of the young people they serve.

It’s been a Dorchester tradition for a quarter-of-a-century now and last week marked its triumphant return: Men of Boston Cook for Women’s Health, the largest fundraiser of the year to benefit Codman Square Health Center— after a two-year hiatus due to pandemic concerns— once again drew hundreds of people to eat, drink, dance, and network. Unlike most big “gala” events in

At 45 Norfolk St in Codman Square, there’s a spit of land carrying a big dream. The 4,855-square-foot triangular space is sited next to what was originally a curving pathway used by indigenous tribes connecting the upper falls of the Neponset River to the harbor waterfront. Its odd shape and small size preclude residential or commercial development, so the lot was placed on

Next month, we get to vote to raise a huge amount of new funding for education and transportation through Question 1 , the Fair Share Amendment. And we get a chance to make our roads safer and help immigrants come in from the shadows by voting yes on Question 4. Question 1 is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make our tax system fairer — and to invest in our public schools

$600,000 in Grassroots funding will renovate and create urban farms, community gardens, and open spaces in Boston On Saturday, Oct. 1, Mayor Michelle Wu joined

Over the past decade, multiple illegal dumping sites in the Talbot Norfolk Triangle (TNT) neighborhood, have been transformed into relaxing spaces for reflection, concerts, and forest bathing, with a fruit orchard also in the works, all thanks to a multi-generational people-powered movement among neighbors. Residents in the district teamed up with Boston Project Ministries as

While some school districts are responding to a pandemic-driven surge in student misbehavior with mental health support and disciplinary alternatives, others are suspending kids.

Bishop Desmond Tutu, part of a generation of anti-apartheid activists and revolutionaries who brought down a South African government built on racism, died on Dec. 26, 2021. As Anglican bishop in South Africa in the 1980s and 1990s, he became known world-wide as the heroic face of peaceful opposition to the apartheid government of South Africa. Massachusetts had a particularly

During a recent visit to Codman Square Health Center, I was chided by a staff member who noted that whenever she sees me there, I am taking a group on a tour. She’s probably right. Over my 47 years of involvement in Codman Square, I’ve given hundreds of tours, not just of the health center, but of Codman Square itself. People have come from many countries and dozens of states,