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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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Should Bostonians be thankful for the MBTA?
This is a week when many Americans find themselves taking stock of their lives and fortunes ...
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Honoring early Chinese immigrants
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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 ...
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King Philip seniors Fabio Cherant and Pat Lydon have persevered through tough times
After a troubled childhood, Fabio Cherant found a foster father, and a home in Wrentham ...
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
Winter soccer clinic for kids at Mildred Ave. center
Tayla Holman, Reporter Correspondent The BCYF Mildred Ave ...
Boston Globe
Two arrested after attacks on cab drivers near Wonderland 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 ...
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Work on Morton Street Bridge could begin as soon as January
The project to replace the Morton Street Bridge could soon get underway ...
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Community gets first look at the Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative
The Boston Redevelopment Authority officially unveiled its Fairmount Indigo Planning Initiative to the greater community Saturday afternoon at the Salvation Army Kroc Center in Uphams Corner ...
Boston Globe
Patrick poised to call for transportation tax hike
Nearly six years after a bipartisan commission sounded the alarm about the states financial crisis in transportation " a system awash in red ink, with a projected shortfall of nearly billion over 20 years " Governor Deval Patrick will ask lawmakers to solve the problem partly through higher taxes ...
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Mattapan native joins Project Bread
Project Bread, the stateÂ’s leading antihunger organization, is pleased to welcome Gabrielle Farrell as a Communications Associate in Public Relations.
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Residents say public transportation is a priority for the community
Public transportation and green space were on the minds of residents and commuters Thursday night as they met with officials from the Massachusetts Department of Transportation ...
Boston Globe
More than 100 brawl after talent show at Mt. Ida College in Newton; one man arrested
A brawl involving more than 100 people broke out after a talent show at Mount Ida College in Newton Thursday night ...
Metro Desk
Mattapan man killed crossing major street in Everett
A man who was crossing Broadway in Everett was struck and fatally injured by a vehicle early today, authorities said ...
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Pie sale helps Community Servings feed critically ill
A cake weighing more than an entire Thanksgiving dinner and disguised as a pie was sliced up and shared among Bostonians Tuesdays, but the those lucky enough to walk by when the pie was fresh were not the only ones who benefitted from the dessert.
