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Vanuatu’s Trade Commissioner to Australia, Moses Evans, is looking to expand the scope of his duties in New South Wales, Sydney, by requesting a budget from the Vanuatu government.

The Cumberland County Board of Commissioners on Monday hired a company to represent them during the procurement and construction of a multi-purpose event center.

In 1851, bernard became the first irish police officer in boston and america. he was not warmly welcomed to the police force. there were protest meetings held in bostons fanuil hall with speakers claiming it would be a conflict of interest for an irish immigrant to be a police officer because they were committing so much of the crime in boston. irish immigrants kept coming in and joining the police force and the irish had complete control over the next 120 years almost every boston police commis...

Every boston police commissioner was irish-american. bill evans whose brother was the boston police commissioner before him is the current boston irish police commissioner. here he is at a press conference this morning. >> i came on this job 39 years ago as a cadet on july 9th, 1980. i was a student at suffolk university. i never dreamed of the day i would be up here as a commissioner. i was a patrolman for years and a sergeant and lieutenant and a captain for 12 years and superintendent and now...

Were still a tiny minority in the boston police department. as bill evans said today, we are in a better place now. like the population of boston, the boston police department is about 24% black. and today after commissioner evans announced his retirement, marty walsh, the irish-american mayor of boston a pointed the highest ranking police officer in the history of the department, william gross to be bostons next police commissioner. bostons first african american police commissioner. >> commiss...

Commissioner. i was a patrolman for years and a sergeant and lieutenant and a captain for 12 years and superintendent and now commissioner. there has been a lot of challenges out there, but i think we are in a good place. >> the integration of black police officers did not move as quickly as the integration of the irish police officers. ho ratio homer became the first black police officer in 1878. 100 years later, block officers were still a tiny minority in the boston police department. as bill...

Department, william gross to be bostons next police commissioner. bostons first african american police commissioner. >> commissioner evans, he came on the job before me. we have things in common. he was a boston police cadet. i was a boston police cadet. it shows that any kid in boston and we were poor and made it, will have the opportunity to be the mayor or chief if we all work together. >> for we all work together. bostons new police commissioner, bill gross gets tonights last word. "the 11t...

People out and about. >> this is a huge crowd. good afternoon to both of you. commissioner evans was on television yesterday and he talked about the various plans in place. they have 500 police officers, barricades, significant numbers of cameras in the area to hold people accountable and what theyre doing right now is maintaining the barricade thats been put up. theres an area for the counter-protesters, theres an area for free speech zone for the people who want to talk, and then theres a bit ...

Of the 119th boston marathon. security is tight for the race. this is the second since the marathon bombing. 30,000 runners will take part. 1 million spectators will line the route to cheer the runners on. city officials say safety should not be a concern. >> there is no intelligence to say there is any threat to the marathon. i want to encourage everyone. dont be intimidated. >> commissioner evans has a great plan in place. similar to last years plan. just making sure there are security check p...