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Boston NAACP Concludes 2012 Election

Boston NAACP members took to the polls at 12th Baptist Church in Roxbury on Nov 19 to vote for the Officers and Executive Committee members of the Boston NAACP ...
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Sexy Cape Verde Model Search Posters Taken Down

During the week of Nov 16, someone wrapped 'Sexy Cape Verde Model Search' posters securely around light poles on Dudley Street ...
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Beautification Award to 15 Annapolis Street

This home is neat and trim and their garden is well kept - safe behind a chain-link fence ...
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Wide racial gap exists on speed of Boston-area commutes

New statistics from the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy show that among Greater Boston workers, white commuters who drive have the shortest trips to work " averaging less than 27 minutes each way " and black bus riders the longest, exceeding 46 minutes each way ...
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Happy Thanksgiving to All from Uphams Corner News

Especially at Thanksgiving, people partake in spontaneous greetings, days before the real Thanksgiving ...
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Feature Magazine: Highlighting Greater Uphams Corner Nov 23, 2012

Events and Media Mentions: Nov eletter from Four Corners Main Street, Nov 29 Transportation speak out, Grove Hall tree lighting, The Mayor's Holiday Specials, ArtRox Holiay Popup Shop, Hyde Jackson Holiday Stroll - lots more
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Roasted Trash Barrels for Thanksgiving Dinner in Uphams Corner?

A police cruiser pulled a U-y and stopped in the middle of Dudley Street ...
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Beautification Award to 52 Sumner Street

Annapolis Housing, maintained by the Boston Housing Authority, is a block-sized set of apartment buildings, set close to the sidewalks ...
Boston Globe

Dan Rea pays a visit to one of his biggest fans

of West Roxbury got a special visit this week from one of her favorite media personalities,
Your Town

Should Bostonians be thankful for the MBTA?

This is a week when many Americans find themselves taking stock of their lives and fortunes ...
Boston Globe

Photo gallery: Second-annual Dorchester Gravy Bowl

Photos from the Dorchester Gravy Bowl.
Dorchester Reporter

Police say Revere man picked the wrong apartment to try to rob

The Boston Police Department reports a 3 Harvest Terrace resident got the better of a home-invasion suspect, who fled without his jacket after failing to fight his way inside early Friday ...
Boston Globe

Two Massachusetts contestants win Miss India Show pageant

A 21-year-old from Norwood was crowned Miss India New England and a 16-year-old from Sharon won the Miss India Teen New England in a competition held at Ellsworth Theatre at Pine Manor College earlier this month.
Boston Globe

Dorchester man repels home invader

A Revere man was arrested early this morning after forcefully entering someones Dorchester apartment and assaulting him, Boston police said ...
Dorchester Reporter

Bowdoin-Geneva Main Streets leader fired by board

Gintautas Dumcius, News Editor The Bowdoin-Geneva Main Streets organization is "in transition" following the abrupt departure of its executive director, Sandra Kennedy, who was terminated "for cause" by the group's board of directors last month ...
Boston Globe

South Boston cheerleaders headed to the national Pop Warner championships - South Boston

The South Boston Fighting Irish Cheerleaders will be representing the neighborhood this coming December at the Pop Warner National Cheer and Dance Championships in Orlando, FL.
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Wendy Rist, Property Owner, Bakersfield Arms, a Closer Look

Known only as the owner of 27-37 Bakersfield St, Wendy Rist presented herself at the Annapolis Nbhd mtg as contrite and humble, wanting to do good for the community and she cited her many efforts ...
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ReServe Greater Boston - Thinking Outside the Hiring Box

ReServe is a new workforce strategy, connecting continuing professionals age 55+ with part-time service opportunities in community-based organizations, public institutions, and government agencies ...
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Zoosk - The Perils of Trusting - The Pain of Embarrassment

The online 'Complaints Board' has an entire section on Zoosk with three pages of complaints dating back to early 2010 ...
Boston Globe

Happy boys and girls

Party photos by Bill Brett
Boston Globe

UMass Boston students learn history as they honor early Chinese immigrants to Boston

At the far end of a cemetery in Mattapan lie the graves of 1,500 early Chinese immigrants who came to Boston, labored, and died, often with no family nearby and no money to send them home for burial ...
Metro Desk

Two arrested after attacks on cab drivers near Wonderland T station

A posse of cab drivers came to the aid of a fellow driver who was being assaulted by two men near the Wonderland MBTA station early this morning, MBTA Transit Police said ...
Dorchester Reporter

As the Hot Stove warms up, we have to ask: Who's closer to disaster, Boston or New York?

The morning after the Yankees' season ended so rudely in Detroit, I bumped into a chap of my acquaintance in the local supermarket ...
Your Town

Dorchester parents call quality neighborhood schools a priority

More than 100 parents and residents filled the Murphy SchoolÂ’s auditorium Monday night to get an update on where the Boston Public SchoolsÂ’ student assignment process is ...
Photo Gallery

Savin Hills unconventional school, work program

Cristo Rey High School, at 100 Savin Hill Ave. in Savin Hill, does more than teach academic subjects ...
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Savin Hill Halloween parade

All the ghouls, goblins, and even a few firefighters were out on the streets of Savin Hill over the weekend for the neighborhoods annual Halloween parade ...
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