Author: Karyna Cheung
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Cambridge schools fall short in fencing championships but happy with season success
Buckingham Browne & Nichols men’s and women’s fencing teams took home silver medals at the state championship tournament Saturday while Cambridge Rindge and Latin School teams came in fifth and sixth. “I think [the teams are] very happy with the…
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Book drive helps diversify what students are reading
Zhiqiang Fang ventured into the library during an open house at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School, where his younger son is a student. After weaving through several shelves, he found what he was looking for: a few of…
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Beyond war: Naja Pham Lockwood gathers her refugee stories
When Naja Pham Lockwood was seven years old, she stole a plastic water canteen from another little girl as she boarded a US Navy ship. It was 1975, and her family was one of many fleeing Vietnam following the fall…
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Peace Institute, NU class offer forum to survivors in unsolved homicides
Clementina Chéry, president and CEO of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, asked Northeastern University law professor Andrew Haile and his first-year law class last fall if they could look into police responses to survivors’ requests for information on unsolved…
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The 50th anniversary of ‘Black April’ centers memories for many in Vietnamese community
“I am who I am and where I am because of Black April,” says Tran Vu of Dorchester.Reporter file photo Vietnamese community organizations are organizing the largest commemoration in Boston for the 50th anniversary of what has become known as…
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City tells aggrieved resident that it will address intersection safety in Codman Sq.
Dean Toulan and city officials take the measure of things at the intersection of Washington and Armandine streets on March 11. Karyna Cheung photo Dean Toulan hit the new crosswalk button at Armandine and Washington streets that was installed by…