Tag: community
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Dementia Friendly Natick to mark first year; Needham Bank to hold dementia-friendly hours
Needham Bank’s Natick branch will start providing dementia-friendly banking hours — a calm and supportive space for those experiencing cognitive decline — on the third weekend of every month starting Oct. 17. The bank will dim the lights, play calm…
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Residents Will March to the Polls as Early Voting Opens
On Saturday, the first day of early voting in Massachusetts, Belmont residents Linda Levin-Scherz and Dorothy Stoneman will lead a procession from Beech Street Center to Belmont Center, where first-time voters can register and early voters can cast ballots. “Voting…
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Franklin Cummings Tech begins a new chapter in Roxbury
Steven Thomas, a second-year student at Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in Roxbury, had an atypical journey to college. At 29 years old, he arrived at the private tech and trades school to build a more stable life for himself…
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Savor the flavors: Taste of Concord to showcase local, global offerings
From tacos al pastor to tortillas made fresh with corn sourced fresh from Mexico, at least 18 businesses and restaurants will strut their culinary creativity on October 20 at this year’s Taste of Concord. The early guidance: Show up at…
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‘The wrong solution to the right problem’: Why a committee said no to a Westview crematory
Building a crematory in Lexington would not be financially viable due to low demand for the service, a town committee’s majority voting bloc said in a report released last week. The committee voted 4-2 against building a crematory at Westview…
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What do you want the old Newbury College campus to be? The town wants to hear from you.
Pool, community center, new housing — residents on Monday can pitch ideas for what they want at the former Newbury College west campus on Fisher Hill. Brookline purchased the western half of Newbury College, now called Fisher Hill West, in…
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Sen. Raphael Warnock speaks on faith and politics at Worcester conference
“I don’t know what kind of religion causes people to pray for people while preying on people,” Sen. Raphael Warnock told hundreds of United Church of Christ members and local politicians on Sept. 26 while speaking at a youth conference…