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New street sign on Woodrow Ave. honors his legacy Of all places, a military posting on the outskirts of London during the late 1950s was where the late Bishop Hurshel Langham found his calling to preach the gospel and live out a life in the ministry. That turn of life eventually led him to Dorchester’s Woodrow Avenue, where he would lead the Faithful Church of Christ family

Mayor Michelle Wu today announced the launch of the City of Boston’s Summer Activation Mini-Grants, a $100,000 investment focused on empowering neighborhood

BROCKTON — "Beware of the woke church" was the warning Pastor Manny Daphnis remembers from a congregant of a different church, as he recalled the beginning of the Restoration Community Action Ministry. The idea of his church being lumped in with other justice movements and bringing in people with different agendas may have bothered that churchgoer , but not Daphnis. In a city with a public school system experiencing a widening achievement gap, a homeless population hit hard by COVID and...

Will Dickerson grew up backstage in the New Orleans music scene, the youngest in a family of musicians. On his debut album, Welcome to Rocktavia, he owns his roots rock sound with an impassioned, raspy voice and a tight group of musicians. Contributing vocals, guitar, piano, organ and keyboard to the album, Dickerson’s talents as a multi-instrumentalist have allowed him to perform throughout the pandemic at local restaurants and porch concerts, for which he was briefly featured in a travel p...

BROCKTON — On June 2, 2020, Barbatt Jocelyn scrolled through his Twitter feed to find Brockton was trending worldwide. Upon a closer look, a protest was taking place outside of the Brockton police station. Being in Florida at the time, the Brockton resident decided to virtually put himself where the protesters were, video chatting with a protester who was there outside the police station. The Enterprise, which had photographers and reporters on the ground on June 2, reported that a calm, op...

Was a three-week trip to New Orleans for work or vacation? Both. Andrea Sachs, The Washington Post Feb. 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 8 1of8The city canceled Mardi Gras parades and floats. In response, thousands of homes around the city installed artful "house floats" with such themes as Zydeco.Photo by Andrea Sachs for The Washington Post.Show MoreShow Less 2of8Mac is all packed up and ready to return to Washington after a three-week workcation in New Orleans.Photo by Andrea Sachs...

That is the moment when four Brockton detectives arrested a confused Allen on suspicion of murder. Now a group called the Second-Chance Justice Campaign is hoping to change his life again. Court records indicate Allen and his friend Roland Perry were seen entering an apartment on 41 Spring St. wearing ski masks and wielding knives the day before Allen was arrested, based off the testimony of an eye witness.   They were attempting to rob Purvis Bester after Perry received information about ...

"Its totally ridiculous," says Phyllis Ellis, president of the Brockton Area Branch NAACP. "It was overwhelming. An immediate shock," says Robert Connolly, lead pastor of Rezarec Church in Brockton. These were just some of the reactions from community activists in Brockton to the riots and storming of the U.S. Capitol that took place Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. What appeared to be a last stand for supporters of President Donald Trump due to Congress confirming President-elect Joe Biden ...