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mark.gartsbeyn March 15, 2021 7:04 pm Boston has earmarked $34 million to build and preserve 841 affordable housing units across the city, Mayor Marty Walsh announced earlier this month. The new funds, which are roughly equal to the cost of a single Back Bay penthouse sold last year, will go toward creating 608 new income-restricted units and preserving 233 existing units. Nearly 200 of those units will be set aside as permanent housing for people and families who are homeless, and othe...

Florian Hall has been converted into a Covid-19 vaccination site this week. Harbor Health photo Florian Hall, the firefighter’s union headquarters on Hallet Street, is familiar to generations of Dorchester people as a gathering place for family functions and neighborhood benefit “times.” This week, the Neponset landmark has been converted into a Covid-19 vaccination site, the first of its kind in this section of the neighborhood. It was stood-up under the guidance of the medical professi...

By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff February 25, 2021 Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff Michelle White, the chef-owner of Next Step Soul Food Cafe on Washington Street in Codman Square, is shown (right) during a Facebook live last Thursday. Michelle White, the chef-owner of Next Step Soul Food Cafe on Washington Street in Codman Square, joined Community Servings’ “Learning Kitchen Live” series on Facebook live last Thursday afternoon to teach an online audience how to make one of her signatur...

Community health centers gear up for broader role in coronavirus vaccination They say they are best positioned to reach those most likely to get sick and least likely to get vaccinated. By Felice J. Freyer Globe Staff,Updated February 21, 2021, 6:41 p.m. Email to a Friend Ro Pham, 67, got her vaccine from nurse Stefanie Sampson, while Pham’s husband, Vang Dam, 74, watched at the Central Boston Elder Services in Roxbury. The vaccine was provided by the Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Cen...

Reply February 18, 2021 The Executive Order creates a framework to enact race- and gender-conscious procurement goals. The work will be supported with a $2 million investment in the Supplier Diversity Program. Subscribe Building on the City of Bostons commitment to reduce barriers and encourage more minority- and woman-owned businesses in Boston to compete for city contracts and procurements, Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the completion of a disparity study and an Executive Order design...

Building on the City of Boston's commitment to reduce barriers and encourage more minority- and woman-owned businesses in Boston to compete for city contracts and procurements, Mayor Martin J.

By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff February 4, 2021 Solmon and Rokeya Chowdhury: "It was the people in Dorchester that kept Shanti going." When Solmon and Rokeya Chowdhury opened up Shanti Indian Cuisine on Dorchester Avenue in 2001, they knew they were taking a risk. There weren’t many Indian or South Asian restaurants in the area and they couldn’t be sure if there would be enough support to keep such an eatery afloat. “It was a struggle at the beginning because not many people wanted to ...

What is the future of Boston’s Black-owned restaurants? These businesses entered the pandemic at an economic disadvantage. It’s time for everyone to invest in them, and not just during Black History Month. By Devra First Globe Staff,Updated February 2, 2021, 6:52 p.m. Email to a Friend The music cues in the video’s background, a staccato beat before a jazzy horn kicks in. A masked woman inside Mattapan’s Cafe Juice Up speaks. “Hello, Boston,” says Representative Ch...

Codman Square Health Center Founder We Have To Make Sure That We Dont Miss Any Opportunities To Get That Vaccine Into The Arms Of People," Local Community Health Leader Says Scientists at Oxford University say their experimental coronavirus vaccine has been shown in an early trial to prompt a protective immune response in hundreds of people who got it. AP / University of Oxford Share Codman Square Health Center Founder Theres growing frustration over the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine ...

Akeem Polimis A 17-year-old boy from Dorchester was found shot to death in a car in Quincy on Friday night (Jan. 15), according to Boston Police, who say they have arrested an 18-year-old man from Dorchester on murder charges. Akeem Polimis, a student at the Codman Academy Charter Public School, was fatally shot at 29 Ferndale St. near Codman Square around 6:45 p.m. on Friday, police say. However, somebody put him into a car, and drove him to Victory Road in Quincy’s Squantum neighborhood, wh...