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To be Puerto Rican is to be proud: That’s the lesson Carlos Pizarro Muñoz’s grandfather taught him to live by. The late Jorge “Chico” Muñoz would’ve been 104 years old on Sunday, the final day of the 50th annual Puerto Rican Festival.Known to some as the father of Boston’s Puerto Rican community, Chico Muñoz founded the festival in 1967 as a way to promote a sense of belonging. Decades later, on Sunday afternoon, Boston was filled with the sound of salsa as people waving Puerto Rican flags cele..>> view originalExpand and reboot often-ignored Metco
In 1966, a group of black Boston parents — fed up with struggling, overcrowded schools — joined with white liberal activists and seven suburban districts to form the Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, or Metco.The idea was to bore a hole through the region’s thick wall of segregation and give inner-city minority kids a chance to attend high-performing suburban schools. Advertisement The hope was that Massachusetts schools would eventually integrate and the program would no lon..>> view originalBrutalism Is Back? A New Map To Boston's Monumental Concrete ...
It seems like no one can be impartial when it comes to brutalism — the mid-20th century monumental concrete architecture — in Boston.The buildings remain controversial because they are seen as impersonal and too often tied up with federally-backed urban renewal projects that fractured some neighborhoods and decimated others. Like Boston’s West End, razed to create Government Center, which became home to Boston City Hall. That half-century-old building has been vilified as one of "The World's Top..>> view originalBoston mayor confirms health chief under internal investigation
Felix G. Arroyo, City Hall’s chief of Health and Human Services, is under internal investigation for unspecified reasons, Mayor Martin J. Walsh confirmed yesterday.“We have an internal investigation right now going on, into Felix,” Walsh told the Herald. Walsh declined to answer any questions about the nature of the probe or the reason for the focus on Arroyo. But Walsh said Arroyo remains actively in his post and is not on leave. “The situation is being investigated. When I have more info..>> view originalArlington church protests ouster of beloved priest
ARLINGTON — Hundreds of devastated parishioners at a Greek Orthodox church in Arlington turned out to mourn and protest a lack of transparency surrounding the firing of a beloved priest at his last Sunday service.The head of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of Boston announced in a letter on Thursday that Rev. Nicholas M. Kastanas would be relieved of his duties at St. Athanasius the Great Church after more than 27 years, citing a “state of turmoil” related to “hurtful and destructive communicatio..>> view originalHow Profits From Opium Shaped 19th-Century Boston
Part 1 of a two-part storyOn the second day of 1826, an elegant gentleman with a full head of white hair sits down behind a desk -- perhaps at his stately Boston townhouse, or maybe at his Brookline estate.Thomas Handasyd Perkins, one of Boston's leading merchants, has been taking risks with shipments to China for nearly 40 years. But now, he may have gone too far.Perkins drafts a letter to his nephew and business partner in the Chinese port city of Canton, now known as Guangzhou. The message is..>> view originalConservative firebrand Tomi Lahren admits she's benefitting from ...
Comedian Chelsea Handler and conservative commentator Tomi Lahren faced off over the Affordable Care Act Saturday, just two days after Senate Republicans failed to repeal the heath care law, also known as Obamacare.“I believe it’s my right to purchase health care, I don’t believe it’s my right to pay for it for other people,” Lahren told Handler. “We need to find alternatives — what we have now is not working. What we had before Obamacare wasn’t working.” Lahren repeatedly argued against th..>> view original'Top Chef' Teamsters trial to shine harsh light on City Hall
The Walsh administration — including City Hall’s embattled tourism chief — is expected to figure prominently in the trial of four Teamsters accused of threatening and extortion in the “Top Chef” trial that starts today.It’s the first of two major union trials that could shine a harsh light on City Hall’s controversial ties with organized labor over the next six months — coming just as Mayor Martin J. Walsh is ramping up his first re-election campaign. Jury selection in the long-awaited “Top..>> view originalBoston-related observations from Hall of Fame weekend
Patriots camp observations: Tom Brady nearly perfect, Duron ...
The Patriots wrapped up their fourth practice of training camp, and it was held in full pads for the second time. Here are the Herald’s observations from today’s workout.Attendance notes:Duron Harmon missed his first practice of camp after suffering a minor right leg injury yesterday while trying to break up a pass in the end zone. Harmon attended Rob Ninkovich’s retirement news conference and wore a compression sleeve on his lower right leg.Cody Hollister missed his second straight practice af..>> view original
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