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News Notes – March 10
Obama connects in Hub – Cheers on school, raises $1m in two-stop visit By Michael Levenson and Peter Schworm – Globe Staff / March 9, 2011 President Obama got a whirlwind taste of Boston yesterday — minus the rush-hour traffic — as he raced from a Dorchester high school, where he praised students’ science experiments, [...]
Teaching Middle School Students With a Focus on Academics, Service, and…Squash?
By Courtney Flynn A Boston-based youth-development program named SquashBusters serves Boston youths by combining squash, academics and community service. SquashBusters works primarily with middle and high school students from the Dearborn and Timilty middle schools, both located in Roxbury. SquashBusters runs out of a Northeastern University athletic center on Columbus Avenue, where it has a [...]
News Notes – February 28
Stop & Shop protest march urges more pay for tomato farmers By Stewart Bishop – Globe Correspondent / February 28, 2011 Hundreds of demonstrators marched from Copley Square to a Brigham Circle Stop & Shop yesterday, calling on the supermarket chain to improve wages and working conditions for farm workers who labor in Florida’s vast [...]
News Notes – February 25
Fenway development would add new street By Sara Brown, Town Correspondent – February 24, 2011 Plans to add two mixed-use buildings to an ever-expanding part of the Fenway are moving forward, with neighborhood residents saying they are largely in favor of the proposal, despite some concerns about parking and housing. Boston developer Samuels & Associates [...]
News Notes – February 18
BU reasearchers contribute to medicinal advancements by Alex Nawar/BU Daily Free Press – Feb 15, 2011 Researchers from Boston University’s Schools of Medicine, Management and Law and the National Institutes of Health have found that public sector research since the 1970s has been responsible for many pharmaceutical advancements over that time frame. According to the [...]
News Notes – February 15
How’s Obama doing so far? Greg St.Martin/news@Northeastern – February 15, 2011 In his first term, President Obama has faced an array of challenges — from high unemployment and his controversial health care bill, to foreign policy issues involving countries such as China and Egypt. Critical topics such as these were the crux of an engaging [...]
News Notes – February 14
Round 1 tomorrow for Turner’s seat – Despite crowded field, low turnout expected in special council election By Andrew Ryan/Globe Staff / February 14, 2011 On paper, Tito Jackson looks like the runaway favorite to take the top spot in tomorrow’s special preliminary election for the City Council seat held for a decade by Chuck [...]
News Notes – February 12
Arrest made in hit-run death of scooter driver in Roxbury last fall By adamg/Universal Hub – 2/11/11 A man who lists “being a Masshole” on his Facebook page as one of his interests was arrested today on charges he ran down a scooter driver near the Roxbury Crossing T stop Nov. 14. Boston Police report [...]
News Notes – February 11
Fenway at risk of losing affordable housing complex By Jennifer Gorden, Globe Correspondent – February 10, 2011 Conrad Ciszek graduated from Northeastern University 14 years ago, saddled with student debt while working an entry-level job in insurance regulation. He moved into the Burbank Apartments, which allowed him to live in quality affordable housing near his [...]
News Notes – February 10
Dorm plan angers YMCA members By Todd Feathers, The Huntington News – 2/10/11 Almost 1,000 disgruntled members of the Huntington Avenue YMCA have begun distributing and signing a petition to prevent Phoenix Property Company and Northeastern from buying two wings of the building and constructing a dormitory in their place. More than 970 of 2,700 [...]
Print Edition: May 2012
