Month: January 2012
New program focuses on Latino mental health
Sociedad Latina is investing a recently-won $50,000 grant into expanded mental health and wellness programming for Latino youths and families. The organization is the first winner of the new $50,000 William L. Boyan award and grant, presented by Children’s Hospital…
Breakthrough!: Recent Research from the LMA
A First Step to Curing Deafness A first step to a possible cure for genetically caused deafness has been taken by a research team co-led by Children’s Hospital Boston’s Dr. Jeffrey Holt. The sense of hearing is produced by tiny…
NU dorm moves forward
Northeastern University (NU) continues to work on finalizing the GrandMarc at Northeastern dorm project despite two ongoing lawsuits aimed at halting the project. “Hopefully, we’ll have a deal done in the next several weeks,” said John Tobin, NU’s vice president…
Court: Legal immigrants get health coverage
Legal immigrants cannot be removed from the state’s low-income subsidized health insurance plan, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled Jan. 5, ordering the state to restore a $150 million budget cut. Local state Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez said the decision “validated” his…
Tattooed man robs bank
A man with a Chinese symbol tattooed on his neck robbed the Bank of America at 1620 Tremont St. this week, according to the Boston Police Department. The man entered the bank around 9:45 a.m. on Jan. 9 and gave…
Eight win ‘Harmony’ scholarships
Eight Mission Hill residents were awarded $500 scholarships for post-high-school education by the local Harmony on the Hill project at a Nov. 19 ceremony. The winners included: Esohe Amadin, Shante Clark, Ian Cotterell, Dominique Cotton, Lynette Crosby, James Morgan Thames,…
State primary election date shifts
This year’s state primary election has been moved to Sept. 6 after the original date conflicted with a Jewish holiday. The election had been slated for Sept. 18 under the usual pattern of holding it on the third Tuesday in…