The Boston Public Health Commission (BPHC) issued an advisory to Boston health care providers alerting them about concerning levels of presumed opioid-related overdoses in Nubian Square among individuals who believed they were using cocaine. BPHC attributes these overdoses to the…
Wu, Immigrant Advancement Award Mini-Grants To Promote U.S. Citizenship
Special to the Times-Free Press Mayor Michelle Wu and the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement (MOIA) are awarding $50,000 in mini-grants to five nonprofits for creative initiatives that help green card holders become U.S. citizens. The grants range from $2,000…
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March Harbor View Neighborhood Association Meeting Agenda The next meeting of the Harbor View Neighborhood Association will be on March 6, 2023, at 6pm. The meeting is In Person only but will be streamed via Facebook for archival purposes. Attendance…
EBNHC Appoints Dr. Ryan Boxill Chief Operations Officer
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC), the largest community-focused health system in Massachusetts and among the largest in the country, is pleased to announce that Dr. Ryan Boxill, PhD MBA, has been appointed executive vice president and chief operations officer…
Wu Announces Awardees of Returning Citizens Support Grant
Special to the Times-Free Press Mayor Michelle Wu, the Office of Human Services (OHS), and the Office of Returning Citizens (ORC) announced the award of over $1 million in funding to 35 organizations including North Suffolk Community Services that provide…
Statewide Poll Finds the Two Most Salient Issues Among the State’s Latino Population Are Related to Affordability
Amplify Latinx, Massachusetts-based nonprofit non-partisan, collaborative convener advancing Latino leadership representation, economic prosperity, and civic engagement, along with the MassINC Polling Group released the findings of a recent poll among about 1,200 Latino residents of Massachusetts. It is the largest…