Tag: Roxbury
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Cruz Development’s One Waverly project secures state funding
With walls sprayed with graffiti and trash lining the street nearby, a dilapidated structure sits on 1 Waverly St. in Roxbury. What had once been a movie theater from the 1940s through the 1970s was converted into a Church of…
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BPD officer charged with manslaughter in shooting death of Dorchester man last week
A Boston police officer charged with manslaughter after he shot and killed a Dorchester man suspected in an apparent carjacking in Roxbury last week was released on personal recognizance after his arraignment Thursday. The officer, Nicholas O’Malley, 33, of West…
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ICE agents spotted in Jamaica Plain, other neighborhoods
Immigrant and Customs Enforcement agents were allegedly spotted in Forest Hills recently, and one person was “pulled off the street” in Roslindale Square, according to City Councilor Benjamin Weber, who spoke at the Boston Police Department’s District E-13 community meeting…
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Black History Month celebrations in a time of erasure
Worshipers celebrate Black History Month service at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury on Feb.15. Credit: Jiaxu Liu While Black History Month is observed this year in Boston and beyond, the Trump administration has taken actions that many say attempt to…
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Annual JP Open Streets
Local businesses, organizations, food vendors and musicians assembled on Jamaica Plain’s Centre Street last week in celebration of Boston’s last Open Street festival of the season. The city closed Centre Street from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. between Jackson Square and Soldier’s…
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What to know about Bluebikes’ expansion in Dot, Mattapan, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain
By Madyline Swearing Boston’s bike share system is expanding throughout Dorchester, Mattapan, Roxbury and Jamaica Plain, with 20 new Bluebikes stations to be installed in those neighborhoods. City officials hosted an open house on Oct. 1 at the Marshall Community…
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Domingos DaRosa eschews funds in his long-shot mayoral challenge
Domingos DaRosa stands on the corner of Dudley and Burrell streets, and it seems as if everybody in Roxbury knows him. Friends, family, and strangers yell to him on the sidewalk, across the street and even from their cars. “They…