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For Spring Break These Kids Went to Boot Camp
By Nate Leskovic Inactivity is a proven factor in chronic health problems, so instead of taking it easy during April vacation, Sociedad Latina’s youth Health Educators kept active by hosting their first annual Youth Fitness Boot Camp at the Tobin Community Center. The free, week-long event from April 19-22, part of Health Educators’ Healthy Mission [...]
Red Sox Tix Available to Fenway Neighbors
Dear Fenway Neighbors, We are happy to announce that we will once again be offering a limited number of tickets for purchase to residents and businesses in the Fenway neighborhood this season. We have some exciting games coming up this season that we will be offering tickets for. Similar to last season, we have implemented [...]
RCC Lady Tigers Make It to Nationals
by Erin Harper The Roxbury Community College (RCC) women’s basketball team advanced to the National Junior College Athletic Association’s (NJCAA) Division III national tournament with a 64-53 victory over Manchester Community College on February 27. The Lady Tigers traveled to Rochester, Minnesota, to take part in the eight-team national tournament March 10-12. They reached the [...]
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, [...]
News Notes – March 8
President’s visit leads to parking ban Tuesday in the Fenway by Sara Brown/Boston.com – March 7, 2011 After year of natural disasters, universities in Boston prepare for their own by Alexandros Letsas/BU Daily Free Press – Mar 8, 2011 The 2011 Boston Urban Symposium, hosted by Boston University’s City Planning and Urban Affairs Programs, addressed [...]
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 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 [...]
Chris Jericho is UNDISPUTED
WHO: Chris Jericho, top pro wrestler, New York Times bestselling author, host of the ABC game show Downfall, and frontman for the rock band Fozzy. WHAT: Meet Chris Jericho at a signing of his newest memoir, Undisputed: How to Become the World Champion in 1,372 Easy Steps. WHY: The eagerly awaited follow-up to the New [...]