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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 try Indian food, but those few people who did really liked it,” Solmon told the Reporter in a rece...
What is the future of Bostonâs Black-owned restaurants? These businesses entered the pandemic at an economic disadvantage. Itâs 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 videoâs background, a staccato beat before a jazzy horn kicks in. A masked woman inside Mattapanâs Cafe Juice Up speaks. âHello, Boston,â says Representative Chynah Tyler. âI want to welcome you to the fourth annual Black Restaurant Challenge.â Febru...
Codman Square Health Center Founder 'We Have To Make Sure That We Don't 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 There's growing frustration over the distribution of the coronavirus vaccine in Massachusetts. One of the people calling for changes to how the state administers the 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, where police found him dead in the car. Juan Nazario, 18, of Dorchester, was arrested around 11:30 a.m...